From the course: Excel: Mastering Pivot Table Dashboards and Reports

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PivotCharts

PivotCharts

(electronic tones) - Okay, so far we've only been looking at the table of data by itself. We haven't visualized anything. So of course, pivot tables do allow you to visualize. They use a type of chart called a pivot chart. So if I click into my pivot table here, I don't have to highlight it, I can click on Pivot Chart right here. I can also insert a chart via the old methods, but it'll still default to a pivot chart type. So if I click on Pivot Table Analyze here, and I click on Pivot Chart, so this brings up kind of the older method of selecting a chart. I'll keep it as a column right here. Now the main difference between a pivot chart and a regular chart is that it will update based off of the type of interaction you do with it, right? And it also gives the user a little bit more buttons, which I actually like to take away. So we'll finish with that part. But what you can see here is if I click in here, and I…

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