Analyze External Data in
Excel
You can
use PivotTables, PivotCharts, and Slicers to analyze
information outside of a spreadsheet. The External Data can
come from Microsoft Access, from the Internet, or from a server or
mainframe. Microsoft Excel can also connect to a SharePoint server.
The
following pages will show how to connect a PivotTable to a mighty
Microsoft Access database that has a table of customers,
tblCustomers.
1.
Try This: Insert a PivotChart
Open the a new, blank spreadsheet.
Go to
Insert-> Table-> PivotTable.
Click on
PivotChart.
Go to
Use an external data source.
Click on
Choose Connection.
Keep
going...
Memo to Self: This lesson uses a sample Microsoft
Access database.
If you
are not familiar with Access, or if you do not have Access on your computer, you may not be able to practice these
steps. That is OK.