Stick to the simple array to keep the spreadsheet sortable. A pivot table is the quickest way to analyze your data, but it is also a simple way to check for inconsistencies.

The Pivot Table is a tool that Excel uses to create custom reports from your spreadsheet databases. All you need is one common, unique field. Here's how to set it up with multiple spreadsheets.

Then you'll move on to developing complex graphs and automating spreadsheets — you'll even learn to utilize raw data to with PivotTable.

The pivot table is a collection of tools that Excel uses to create reports from complex, multi-file spreadsheet data. Here's how to generate reports for single tables ...