7 Advanced PivotTable Techniques That Feel Like Cheating

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[@vidyabhushankumar5361]

16 minutes well invested. Thank you so much for these EXCELlent tricks. Text in values was something which had kept me away from pivots, but now I am again a happy Pivot user :)

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Awesome to hear 🙏😁

[@chrism9037]

I always look forward to Tuesday mornings because I know a new video is coming out. Thanks Mynda this is great!

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Thanks for your support, Chris 😁

[@jon99long]

Using DAX to add labels is amazing. I’m working on a project that requires that. Now I can stop scratching my head on how to do it. Thanks from Sydney!!!

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So pleased to hear that! 😁

[@DCCConsults]

I wonder that the way you share your knowledge including the workbook. Thanks Mynda, this helped me a lot.

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You're welcome! I'm glad it helped.

[@madlarch]

Well, I'm going to have to do a bit of playing around, but I think that technique #6 might well solve a problem that I've been stuck on for quite a while now. Some of the others look like they might help solve some other problems. So thank you VERY much for this !!!

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Wonderful to hear!

[@56Nine]

NO!!! You can't make me choose the "best" one. What an amazing set of tips...I've been missing out of so many features, just by not seeing an application. Thank you for putting this together!

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😁so glad you liked them 🙏

[@olakunleoriyomi]

You are a blessing to my smartness in Excel usage in ffice. Once I'm lost, I'll just go to your page and reconnect myself 😊. Many thanks for your teachings 🙏

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That's wonderful to hear 🙏

[@HelenoPaiva]

Techinique 1 is a specific customization. It is only good if you are working alone with the data. If you are collaborating with others or need to handover sheets, it is preferable to create another column on your raw data.

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I guess if you're the only one who wants this grouping, then yes, but if it's a company standard, then it doesn't prevent collaboration as such.

[@leerv.]

Holy moly, Mynda, where has tip 1 (grouping pivot table rows) been all my life?! I always added a bucket column to the data or more recently, a column in the data model. This is so much better!!

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Glad you can make use of that technique 😁

[@leerv.]

@@MyOnlineTrainingHub the trick with having all data in the pivot and using the filter to split it out is also really clever. I never ever would have thought of that!

[@MsSilver2000]

Point no6 is amazing, as usual your videos are stunning, Clear teaching with sample data. Thanks for sharing the tricks and tools

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Thanks so much! Glad you liked number 6. 😁

[@KimzCraftz]

Text in values and number formatting - both great, but number formatting will be used a lot!

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Awesome to hear!

[@ExcelWithChris]

Great tips again, especially using the DAX formulas. Thanks from South Africa.

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Cheers, Chris!

[@brianwied3702]

Very helpful, hoping they come out with power pivot for the Mac version of excel

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Thank you! Not much chance of Power Pivot for Mac anytime soon, sorry.

[@ahmedameenkhalaf]

Text in Values is an amazing add

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Glad you like it 🙏

[@vikaasb2016]

Earlier I thought other videos which were the best but this stands out

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Thanks so much!

[@karolinab9749]

I did not know the trick to count unique values in a pivot table - thank you!!!😊

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Glad you discovered something new 😊

[@adelgonalves7839]

Mynda you're so EXCEllent at what you do, you always provide us with best content. I really wish I could take one of your courses unfortunately I can't pay for it because of the country I'm in. 😢. Thanks a lot for all these high quality content

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Thanks for your kind words!

[@mcwahaab]

These tips are both helpful and insightful. Thank you, Mynda.

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That's wonderful to hear!

[@brighttriangle]

Great video, as always. Tip number 6 was new to me. Your use of the CONCATENATEX DAX function is amazing. Thank you for sharing.

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Glad you enjoyed it! 🙏

[@rokaskrisciunas6015]

Thanks for great tips! I didn't even know DAX is used in excel!

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Yes, DAX was in Excel before Power BI even existed 😁 The data model/Power Pivot in Excel is the same as the one found in Power BI, so those skills are transferrable. Note: not all functions in Power BI are available in Excel.

[@JB-nv9fn]

Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for sharing. 😊

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Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@shoppersdream]

Very Nice, thanks! I was planning to give my report to my supervisor tomorrow but now I think I will add those Data Bars before sending my report.

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So pleased you can make use of the data bars 😊

[@shoppersdream]

@@MyOnlineTrainingHub I tried it today but Data Bars didn't show on my Show Filter Pages. My numbers were not very big so Data Bars didn't look nice. Many numbers were like 1 to 10 and it didn't give any noticeable bars for these small numbers. It definitely looks nice if you have bigger numbers. Thanks

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Yes, if you have large disparities in values, then the small bars will get lost. Unfortunately, no formatting comes across when you create report filter pages, but once set up, you can refresh those PivotTables and the formatting sticks.

[@regme4life191]

Thank you Mam for this most useful and informative video.

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So nice of you 😊

[@hanshoogland7452]

You show me new stuff (I didn't know) every single week Mynda, 🎉 thank you so much!

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I'm so glad to hear that!

[@BookwormFUT]

Glad I found this channel. I basically live in Excel, so these tips are extremely useful. Also, off-topic comment, but that's a great haircut.

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😁thanks so much x 2!

[@JamesBond-qg5gx]

Great, very informative and helpful

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I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@zachcross8868]

I love these tips, especially the text labels. I'm trying to use Technique No. 4 and have a problem. I have a pivot table and want to generate a worksheet for each filter. However the "Show Report Filter Pages" is greyed out. I'm using a pivot table from data model with relationships. Could that be why it's not available?

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Yes, the show report filter pages feature is not available when you load the data to the data model.

[@felixdelarosa9266]

excellent video. You are the best. in the Dashboard you made once you used the honeycomb. What is the hexadecimal code for that color of honey? I await your response please

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Glad you liked it! I'm not sure what colour you're referring to. Best to download the file and then you can inspect the colours yourself.

[@martinargimon730]

Excellent tips. You are a ⭐️. Rgds. Martin

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Thanks so much, Martin! Glad you liked them 😁

[@rakeshsaraf5139]

Thanks for these wonderful tricks

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Most welcome 😊

[@mipe5227]

Hi Mynda, I've been looking for something like in tip no. 4 for a long time... Is there a way to lock the filter as the different recipients of the filtered tables should not be able to see the rest of the data? And by the way: I absolutely ❤your videos! Please keep going! Thank you so much!!!

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Thank you! You can protect the sheets (Review tab > Protect sheet) to stop recipients from editing the PivotTables. Make sure you disable "Select Locked cells".

[@tomhaase1386]

Rhis was for me 16 minutes worth spend. Text in values was new to me , as well as adding to data model to get distinct values. Very well done 😅

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Thanks so much, Tom!

[@yertletheturtle5843]

I always learn something new in your videos!

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Glad to hear it!

[@JamesBond-qg5gx]

Struggling to sort the values in my pivot table but no success. I have item codes, item descriptions and sales value. Appreciate your support. Thanks

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PivotTables sort from left to right, therefore you need to put the column you want to sort by first in the row labels. If you're still stuck, post your question and sample Excel file on our forum where someone can help you further: www.myonlinetraininghub.com/excel-forum

[@druzicka2010]

Omg these technics ! 🤩 i think i gonna suffer because i don't enough know pivot table functions and practice... but i like challenge so... thanks.🌹

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Great to hear! 😁

[@Vlog88999]

Thank you for your efforts 🎉🎉

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It's my pleasure 😊

[@NAWAZSHAIKH-t6m]

Last two was awesome 🎉❤

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So pleased you liked them!

[@joshuaholland3705]

It's like magic! Straight fire!

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😁🙏

[@moonilyas]

Yeah, great 7 Advanced Pivot table techniques, Thanks!!!

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Glad you liked them 🙏

[@arkai59]

I am curious of how you would handle comments updates per row with updated data everyday in an automatic way (example: status per open order, until the order is closed and doesn't show anymore in source data)

[@jgs343]

Probably using a macro that detects what is in the data column and then a movement. I think you can have macros run every x amount of time. I use ai for help building mine

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There's not enough information here for a specific answer, but you could have a status column that says 'open/closed' and then filter the PivotTable to exclude 'closed' items. If you get stuck, you're welcome to post your question and sample Excel file on our forum where someone can help you further: www.myonlinetraininghub.com/excel-forum

[@georgewilliams6139]

Thanks lovely data lady

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Glad it was helpful!

[@georgewilliams6139]

@@MyOnlineTrainingHub I should say Excel Data Lady

[@TrainWrecks-b5p]

why doesnt excel let you set default number formats?

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You can with Power Pivot PivotTables aka the data model, but not with the original/regular PivotTables.

[@mohammeddapwan6226]

thank so much for amazing vedio

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So pleased you liked it 🙏

[@salilgangal5913]

Excellent !!

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Thank you! Cheers!

[@tanveerabbas3271]

great as always😅

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Thank you so much 😀

[@KevinLongUSA]

That number formatting trick!

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😁

[@ashishshiriskar123]

Superb Video😊

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Thanks 🤗

[@Vlog88999]

Can you provide this excel file please

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The link for my file downloads is always in the video description. Here it is again for your convenience: bit.ly/advancedpt24file

[@Vlog88999]

@@MyOnlineTrainingHub thank you for your help

[@bestoptimate]

Hi, My problem is different from the topic of this video, but I have to connect with you for the solution of a small problem that I am facing. When I define a named range and deselect and select the range-address, the marching-ants around the defined range are not displayed. Also, when I select an already defined named-range from the list, the cursor does not follow and go to that range. This problem is only in one file that contains VBA code. I don't know whether I have mistakenly disabled that feature. I am using Excel 365. Please do reply, it is a pain for me.

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Please post your question and sample Excel file on our forum where someone can help you further: www.myonlinetraininghub.com/excel-forum

[@mogarrett3045]

excellent

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Many thanks!

[@cornereye842]

I recently got me a desktop and am trying to learn Excel to freelance and to help me in near future jobs (if God blesses me with one). But for now I thought of freelancing and don't know much how to start. I don't know any Excel freelancers to seek guidance from. I don't know how to I evaluate my skills in Excel. May I ask for some suggestions? *English is not my first language, so I'm sorry if it's hard to read.*

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You can get up to speed with the basics with our free Excel course: www.myonlinetraininghub.com/free-registration I hope that gets you started and from there you can build up your skills until they're more comprehensive. There are various online tests you can do to evaluate your skill level that you can find with a Google/Bing search.

[@abidurrahmanabir7745]

Oh my god 😱😱😱 i m looking for this video... Btw m still trying to analyze your video😢😢😢😢

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Hope you can make use of these techniques.

[@DavidKing-wk1ws]

In reality excel could be considered a formulaic decision tree :)

[@nazarkamal8831]

❤❤❤❤❤ great 👍👍👍

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🙏😁

[@Tomg2525]

#7 Number Formats as it will save a lot of time versus constantly updating.

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Glad you can make use of it, Tom!

[@stanTrX]

Conditional formatting in my pivot doesnt work at all

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Conditional formatting in a PivotTable only works on the value fields. You cannot apply it to row or column labels, unless you do so manually, i.e. not using the PivotTable regions.

[@stanTrX]

@@MyOnlineTrainingHub thank you now it worked. But i think its not possible to apply it for the whole row based on the value field cond. Formatting rule

[@ChandBabu-xz5kd]

Is it worthy because google recommended me

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Hope you enjoyed it!

[@cscarpulla1]

0:03 That iMac with no power cord.

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😂