Even though PivotTables sum up your data in Excel, the value fields within don't have number formatting. Sometimes, this makes it difficult to interpret the data. Changing the data field number format will make your numbers much easier to read and decode. From this online training video, you can learn how to effectively apply number formatting to data fields within your PivotTable.
Most PivotTables summarize numerical data. The problem is that when you create a…PivotTable in Excel 2013, as you can see here, Excel doesn't apply any number…formatting to the contents of the value field.…In this movie, I will show you an efficient way to apply number formatting to…the body of your PivotTable.…I'll use of the number formatting sample file, which you can find in the…Chapter04 folder of your Exercise Files archive.…Unformatted numbers are hard to read, and you can see that this first value,…98677, isn't that difficult to read, because it's different length than the…surrounding numbers,…but when you're trying to read 138920, and 137099, unless you're intimately…familiar with the data, seeing all those numbers of the same length, and with the…same starting number together can make it confusing.…
It would be much easier to read those numbers with some formatting applied.…Here's how you do it.…Right-click any data cell from the body of the PivotTable. So, in other words, not…a summary, and certainly not one of the labels; you want one of the data cells…
Author
Curt Frye
Released
4/11/2013- Creating a PivotTable
- Summarizing multiple data fields
- Managing subtotals and grand totals
- Grouping PivotTable fields
- Filtering with selections, rules, slicers, and search filters
- Applying PivotTable styles
- Formatting cells
- Creating PivotCharts
- Enabling PowerPivot
- Using DAX operators
- Visualizing data with matrices, cards, and tiles
- Building charts and maps
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome58s
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1. Creating and Pivoting PivotTables
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Introducing PivotTables3m 14s
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Creating a PivotTable2m 37s
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Pivoting a PivotTable3m 13s
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Configuring a PivotTable3m 17s
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Managing PivotTables3m 48s
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2. Summarizing PivotTable Data
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Grouping PivotTable fields2m 40s
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3. Sorting and Filtering PivotTable Data
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Sorting PivotTable data3m 41s
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Creating a custom sort order3m 52s
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Formatting slicers3m 7s
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4. Formatting PivotTables
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Applying a PivotTable style2m 36s
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Creating a PivotTable style4m 27s
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5. Applying Conditional Formats to PivotTables
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6. Creating and Manipulating PivotCharts
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Creating a PivotChart2m 34s
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Pivoting a PivotChart2m 24s
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Filtering a PivotChart2m 48s
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Formatting a PivotChart3m 38s
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7. Printing PivotTables
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Printing a PivotTable2m 53s
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Printing a PivotChart1m 14s
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8. Manipulating PivotTables Using Macros
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Running an Excel macro4m 4s
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9. Starting with PowerPivot and the Data Model
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Introducing PowerPivot4m 32s
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Importing PowerPivot data3m 24s
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Managing table columns3m 21s
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10. Introducing Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
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Introducing the DAX language2m 29s
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Using DAX operators4m 35s
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Surveying DAX functions2m 35s
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Adding calculated columns2m 11s
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Adding calculated fields3m 7s
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11. Visualizing Power View Data Using Matrices, Cards, and Tiles
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Starting out with Power View2m 16s
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Creating a card3m 30s
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Creating a tile3m 18s
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Filtering Power View objects3m 31s
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12. Visualizing Power View Data Using Charts and Maps
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Creating a pie chart2m 7s
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Creating a line chart2m 40s
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Creating a map2m 31s
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Creating chart multiples2m 38s
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Conclusion
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Next steps54s
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