The data below are a subset of the Resale dataset provided with the software. This (computer simulated) data. gives the selling price, the number of bedrooms, the total square footage (finished and unfinished), and the size of. the lots for 150 residential properties sold during the last four months in two states.
Many Excel users are not familiar with, or are intimidated by Pivot Tables, one of the most powerful features in Excel. This page describes elementary Pivot Tables. A pivot table is a great reporting tool that sorts and sums independent of the original data layout in the spreadsheet.
The above are all really good answers to your question. The Excel pivot table is a great tool for taking a large transactional data set and provides you with a mean to easily summarize that data in pretty much every way you can think of. I built a list of 10 ways Excel pivot tables can make you more productive on my blog (http://bradedgar.com/10-ways-piv... - source).