Excel used to be the poor schmuck’s database, with spreadsheets that just sort of sat there. You could create something more sophisticated with LOOKUP functions, but they were a huge hassle to set up.

This has been driving me crazy. Can anyone help me understand how I can dynamically create a sort of calendar view for a promotional schedule? I can't seem to get anything to work My table ...

Excel created pivot tables to improve upon its convoluted, weak reporting features (which are still available). The pivot table is actually a collection of tools that Excel uses to help you create ...