Microsoft Office
Pivot tables exercise
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This Microsoft Office PIVOT TABLES exercise is provided to allow potential course delegates to assess their suitability for the Wise Owl ADVANCED EXCEL course only, and may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any format without the prior written consent of Wise Owl.

Exercise: Pivot Table and Chart - Viewing Figures

A full answer to this exercise is provided as part of the training course!

1)	Download the files needed to start this exercise: exercise-928.zip (and click here if you experience any problems unzipping this file after downloading it).
2)	Ensure the data satisfies the definition of a list.
3)	Create a pivot table showing the highest chart positions by channel and timeslot:
	“Day of Week” and “Genre” are additional page fields.
4)	Use this pivot table to show that: Channel 4's best performing teatime show made number 36 on the weekly chart with 3.58 million viewers Two BBC1 dramas shown on Saturday in the peak evening timeslot made the weekly chart with an average of 8.45 million viewers.
5)	Create a Pivot Chart showing, in 3D column chart format, the average viewing figures by genre for each channel on Monday:
	Feel free to change the formatting of your pivot chart
You can use the F11 key to quickly create a Pivot Chart from your table
6)	Save your workbook with the name Doctor Who should have won and close it down.

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