Barbara Data Lab

Pivot tables are one of the most useful tools in Google Sheets for summarizing and analyzing data. If you’ve ever worked with a dataset that feels too large or repetitive, pivot tables help you make sense of it quickly. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use pivot tables and pivot charts in Google Sheets to analyze a sales dataset. We’ll focus on a simple but practical example: total sales by category. By the end of this guide, you’ll be confident creating your own pivot tables and charts for basic data analysis. You can follow along by [downloading the practice dataset here ] 📌 If you prefer learning by watching, you can check out the video version of this tutorial below: Understanding the Dataset Before creating a pivot table, it’s important to understand what we’re working with. In this dataset, the key columns we’re interested in are: Category Sales If you look closely at the Category column, you’ll notice that the same categories appear multiple times. For example, Furniture...