A Pivot Table is a great way for you to summarize and present the information contained in your data set. When you apply conditional formatting to your Pivot Table, you can “visually” spot important trends or anomolies in your data.
Improvements to Conditional Formatting
Condition Formatting for Above Average
Beginning with Excel 2007, Conditional Formatting has been dramatically improved. In addtion to pre-built formula rules, you can also apply Data Visualizations (Icon Sets, Data Bars and Color Scales).
Conditional Formatting for Above Average
In this lesson, I apply the pre-built “Above Average” rule. I want Excel to dynamically format the summary values that answer, “TRUE” to this question: “Is this value “Above the Average” in the range of cells selected?
This is the key to understanding how Conditional Formatting works. Special Formatting is applied only when the answer to your CONDITION (a rule or a formula) is TRUE.
Dynamically Filter Conditional Formatting
In this lesson, I use the Report Filter zone in my Pivot Table to see how conditions change when I change the time period in my report. Values that meet the Condition, “Above the Average,” receive the formatting that I established in my rule. Try this on your Pivot Table. It is a wonderful tool to use in an Excel Dashboard.
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