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Bite-sized Excel Pivot Tables Course (one day)

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Topics covered on this course

  • Creating pivot tables  

    Subtopics

    1. Using recommended pivot tables
    2. Creating from scratch
  • Working with pivot tables  

    Subtopics

    1. Drilling down
    2. Swapping rows/columns
    3. Sorting and filtering
  • Advanced features  

    Subtopics

    1. Creating slicers
    2. Creating timelines
    3. Controlling multiple pivot tables
  • Advanced calculations  

    Subtopics

    1. Showing % of totals and other stats
    2. Using calculated fields
  • Other features  

    Subtopics

    1. Grouping fields
    2. Pivot table report pages

Topics marked will be covered if time allows.

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Why Choose Us?

Here are some reasons to choose Wise Owl courses:

In addition, here are some benefits unique to classroom training:

And some benefits specific to online training:

  • Courseware posted to you in advance
  • Separate pre-course check-up included
  • Our clever Wordsworth system means you can use our laptops (and we can see them)

We've been in business over 30 years - we must be doing something right!

Bite-sized Excel Pivot Tables course dates

The table below lists the Bite-sized Excel Pivot Tables courses that we currently have scheduled (click on one of the tabs to filter the list).

We don't currently have any Bite-sized Excel Pivot Tables courses scheduled. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Bite-sized Excel Pivot Tables course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

We don't currently have any Bite-sized Excel Pivot Tables courses scheduled in our London training centre. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Bite-sized Excel Pivot Tables course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

We don't currently have any Bite-sized Excel Pivot Tables courses scheduled in our Manchester training centre. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Bite-sized Excel Pivot Tables course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

We don't currently have any online Bite-sized Excel Pivot Tables courses scheduled. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Bite-sized Excel Pivot Tables course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

About half of our courses are created bespoke for a single organisation, and either delivered onsite (usually somewhere in the UK, but we're willing to travel!) or online. For onsite courses we will usually provide and set up the necessary computers free of charge.

There are four main reasons why you might want to book tailored training like this:

  1. If you have 3 or more people, organising custom training will probably be cheaper than booking people individually onto a scheduled course.
  2. You'll be able to choose the content of any training, and be able to pause it for discussions on how you'll use software internally, or ask to take digressions.
  3. You may not be able to travel to our venues, so it might be easier to ask us to travel to you.
  4. You may not be able to make the dates of our published scheduled courses, and want to be able to choose when your training takes place.

If you'd like a quote for how much a tailored course would cost please let us know what you'd like to achieve and we'll get back to you (normally within half a working day).

What other people have said about our Excel training

Here are some comments we've received about our Excel training . You can see all of our 386 reviews here. We would like to sincerely thank the clients whose names are shown below for kindly agreeing to let us share their feedback.

"Fantastic trainer - she was very fun and friendly!"

Gemma Tucker

PowerPlay Brands

"The VBA course was great. I learnt a lot in 3 days and didn't feel like I had to practice alone at all. There was sufficient support the whole time and could ask any questions I wanted without slowing the progress. The course was finished timely and we learnt more than expected. The course came well recommended and I am likely to recommend to anyone else who needs similar training."

Kieran Patel

Nationwide Building Society

"The course in my opinion was fantastic. I got a lot from it, the trainer was great and so were the biscuits! "

Stuart O’Neil

Mitsubishi Electric UK

"The trainer was highly engaging, very knowledgeable and the concepts were communicated concisely and clearly."

Hugo Dunkason

Clearwater International

"I thought the course was excellent - well structured, thorough and engaging with good use of worked examples throughout. The manual is very thorough and I appreciate the quality of the physical edition (and the lovely pen!)"

Callum Kirk

Sellafield Ltd

"A great trainer, thorough and kind."

Lauren Dunne

Landauer Group

About this Bite-sized Excel Pivot Tables course

Click on one of the tabs below to see the given information about this Excel course.

Pivot tables allow you to present data in more interesting and useful ways:

Example of a pivot table

A simple example of a pivot table.

This bite-sized course will show you how to create, format, sort and filter pivot tables, how to add slicers and timelines, and much more besides!

Pre-requisites

You shouldn't attend this course unless you're comfortable using the basics of Excel, including creating formulae and moving round a worksheet.

What you'll need to bring

If you book on a classroom course, the only thing you need to bring to the course is ... yourself! We even provide a notepad and a suprisingly nice pen for you to take notes with.

For online training you'll need two things:

  1. A good internet connection (otherwise you'll have a frustrating time); and
  2. A second screen (a requirement, not a nice-to-have!)

You can see full details of our online course requirements here.

For classroom training, you won't need a computer - we (obviously) will provide that. However, you're welcome to use your own laptop if you prefer, providing that you have the correct software installed.

For online training you will need a computer, but you won't need to have any software installed.  This is because you'll use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to our computers using our whizzy Wordsworth online training system, and these computers will have all of the necessary files and software installed.

When you book a place

If you book a place on one of our courses:

  • For classroom courses we will send out a joining email. That's it!
  • For online courses we will get in touch to organise a half-hour pre-course check to iron out any connection problems before the course (rather than during it). We will also ask you whether you want to receive a printed copy of the course manual (and post this to you if you do).

Whatever type of course you book, we will also send you out a reminder a few days before the course is due to take place - not that (we hope) you'll have forgotten!

After the course

After the course finishes you'll receive a digital certificate proving your attendance (we will gladly send a paper copy on request also).

We don't have any formal arrangement for answering questions after the course, but if you get stuck on something and email your trainer they should (and nearly always do!) respond as quickly as their training schedule allows.

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

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What other Excel courses can I take?▼

Here is a list of all of the Excel courses that we run:

What courses do you have related to this one?▼

We don't have any courses listed of direct relevance to this one.

What are your venues for your classroom Excel courses?▼

We run our scheduled classroom training courses in the following venues:

Venue Details
Excel training in London We run our courses in London from the LandMark offices in Bevis Marks, right in the middle of the City (and close to Liverpool Street mainline station).
Excel training in Manchester We run our courses in Manchester from the Holiday Inn business centre, which is a few minutes' walk from Piccadilly station.

Booking 2 or more places? Ask about discounts:

Or ask about tailored courses at your site or online!

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