PivotTables: The WD-40 of Excel

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In business, data trends can change on a dime.

It’s difficult to keep your reporting up-to-date with what’s going on in your business.

You also want reports to be visually pleasing and accurate.

So, how can we extract meaning from our data in a way that looks great and is responsive to changes in demand?

Like in engineering, most problems in Excel can be fixed with a couple of tools…

PivotTables, like WD-40, will get your data flowing for easy analysis.

Drilldown, rollup, slice-and-dice, whatever….

With PivotTables, the result will always be a quick, pre-formatted report.

Excited? Ready to rock with PivotTables?

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