Pivotdrill

All 31 pivot table exercises

Pivotdrill is pivot table practice in your browser. Every exercise gives you a dataset and a request phrased the way a manager would ask it. You drop fields into Rows, Columns, Values and Filters, the table updates as you go, and the result is checked number by number. The exercises are listed here level by level. 8 are free without an account; Pro unlocks the rest.

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Level 1: Basics

Rows, columns and values. Sum, Count, Average, Max and Min, and your first cross-tab.

  1. Revenue by regionFree
  2. How many orders per productFree
  3. Average salary by departmentFree
  4. Region by product gridPro
  5. Slowest ticket per teamPro
  6. Smallest order by channelPro

Level 2: Sorting and filtering

Sort by value to rank items, and report filters that combine like AND.

  1. Best region firstFree
  2. Approved spending onlyFree
  3. Office staff headcountPro
  4. Products by units, smallest firstPro
  5. High priority workloadPro

Level 3: Dates

Group days into months, quarters and years, and filter on a grouped date.

  1. Revenue by monthFree
  2. Spending by quarterPro
  3. Year over year by departmentPro
  4. Ticket volume per monthPro
  5. Fourth quarter by repPro

Level 4: Show values as

% of Grand Total, % of Row Total and % of Column Total, and when to use each.

  1. Share of revenueFree
  2. Product mix inside each regionPro
  3. Where each channel sellsPro
  4. Headcount share by levelPro

Level 5: Several values, nested rows

Two fields in Rows with subtotals, and the same field summarized more than one way.

  1. Units and revenue togetherFree
  2. Region, then repPro
  3. Count, total and averagePro
  4. Pay by department and levelPro
  5. Channel, customer type and feesPro

Level 6: Real work

Requests from Sales, Finance, Support and HR: commission lists, budget tracking, resolution times and payroll shares.

  1. Commission checkPro
  2. Monthly approved spend per departmentPro
  3. Resolution time by priorityPro
  4. Marketplace by country and yearPro
  5. Payroll share by locationPro
  6. Returning customer valuePro

Try the first eight exercises free.

No sign-up needed for the first eight, which include filters, dates and percentages. If it works for you, Pro unlocks all 31, and a free account saves your progress across devices.

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