Custom grouping

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By default, all columns in the pivot table are not grouped.  For example, the profit column, when used as a row column, will simply display a single line for each record.

 

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This isn't particularly useful.  Instead, we can first grouping the column using its values by selecting the numeric grouping type.

 

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The pivot table now displays the profit values in increments of 1.

 

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This is still a lot of rows, and not summarized enough.  Let's change the group interval to increments of 500.

 

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Now, the profit (or loss) values are summarized in increments that aren't overwhelming to analyze.

 

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The available grouping types depend on the column data type.  For textual data, you can group data alphabetically.

 

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For dates, you have more grouping options.

 

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Using the appropriate grouping type and grouping interval allows you to analyze your data in many more ways.