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Subtotal Function vs. Pivot Tables

Anonymous
2012-10-29T21:43:32+00:00

In Excel 2010, what are the differences between the subtotal function & pivot tables?

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Ashish Mathur 101.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2012-10-29T23:59:11+00:00

Hi,

In all versions of Excel, pivot tables are far more flexible than Data > Subtotal.  You can Group Dates, write formulas, use slicers, create charts from pivot tables.  Data > Subtotal only summarises data - essentially generates a series of SUMIF(), COUNTIF(), MAX IF etc.

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  1. Ashish Mathur 101.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2012-10-30T00:16:08+00:00

    You are welcome.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-10-30T00:15:01+00:00

    Thank you. Very helpful!

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