AdvancedFinanceEXCEL+20 XP

Advanced 11: Make a pivot table

Scenario

You are a data analyst. Finance sheet (column A = payment_id, B = region, C = amount, rows 2–5). Insert ▸ PivotTable. Put the group in Rows and the number in Values (Sum). The formula version is PIVOTBY.

Question

Write the formula in the editor, press Check my answer, then try changing one small thing.

Your task

Write the formula in the editor
Press Check my answer
Compare with the expected result

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1. Choose your dataset

Pick an industry and a size. Your code and results change to match.

IndustrySize

excel editorpayments

Snippets

💡 Explain my whole code, line by line (hover any word in the editor for a tip)

🌈 In short — no coding words

📋 Looks at the boxes (cells) on your sheet→✅ Shows you the answer

Altogether: this formula looks at the cells you named and works out one answer.

Start typing to see suggestions. Press Enter to use one. Red marks show the line to fix. Drag a bottom corner horizontally and vertically to resize.

Type your code here ↓Tap or click inside the box to start

✍️ Tap here to type

Dataset & schema

payments

IndustryDataset size

The tiny starter data. Bigger data scrolls.

Fields

A: payment_id	B: region	C: amount
P1	North	500
P2	South	200
P3	North	900
P4	East	300

Finance sheet only. Header is row 1, data is rows 2–5.

attempts: 0

▶ Output terminal

$ Press “Check my answer” — results appear here.

Your next steps

Each item turns green when your answer includes it.

2 left

Starts with =
Uses PIVOTBY