


The green outline (above) is where you define how your new Pivot Table will look like. The yellow outline (above) is the placeholder for your new Pivot Table – that’s where you’ll see your newly formed Pivot Table, once you define it. Once you insert a Pivot Table, you will see something like this on your screen:Īs enigmatic as it might look, this actually means you are all set to go and do your analysis! You also have the option to select an alternative location - press Existing Worksheet and then click the desired location: The Create PivotTable dialog will open, and unless you selected a region, the whole Table/Range will automatically be selected as the data you want to analyze:Īt this point, you can just click OK, and the new Pivot Table will get added to a new worksheet, just like in Excel Desktop application. If you do select a region, your selection will be respected. Select the “source” data you want to analyze Also, you’ll get the best results if the “source” data doesn’t have any blank rows or columns.

For example, you shouldn't mix dates and text in the same column. Data types in columns should be the same.Tables are a great source of data for Pivot Tables because rows added to the “source” Table (later on) will be automatically included in the Pivot Table once you refresh it. Ideally, you can use an Excel table (select the grid data and use Format as Table in the HOME tab). Your data should be organized in a tabular format.

To learn more about Pivot Tables please use this overview article and our new Pivot Table Tutorial. This was one of the top requests from our community and we have now rolled it out for all of our Office Online customers. We are excited to announce that it is now possible to insert new Pivot Tables in Excel Online.
