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PivotTables in Excel

Learn how to use PivotTables in Excel to summarize and analyze the City of Albuquerque's Open Building Permits dataset. Find answers to questions like the number of open permits, the areas with the most permits, and the commonly valued plan range.

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PivotTables in Excel

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  1. PivotTables in Excel Kevin Estes

  2. What is a PivotTable? • A PivotTable is a table of statistics that summarizes the data of a more extensive table (or dataset)

  3. Why use a PivotTable?

  4. Example • The City of Albuquerque Open Building Permits dataset is a good example of a dataset that can be summarized well with a PivotTable (even though it is not the most exciting) • Link: https://www.cabq.gov/abq-data

  5. Example Questions to Answer • How many commercial and residential building permits are open? • Which area in Albuquerque (SW, SE, NW, NE) has the most open building permits? • What months are most building permits issued? • (Bonus Points) What $ plan valuation range is most common?

  6. Summary • Starting a pivot table is easy! Just select any cell in your dataset, go to the “Insert” tab, and click on the “PivotTable” button in the left-hand corner. • Once you have set up a pivot table just start adding variables to rows, columns, and values. Play with it! • Search out PivotTable resources online, there are some amazing examples (https://exceljet.net/things-to-know-about-excel-pivot-tables). • Once comfortable with PivotTables, PivotCharts is the next step!

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