With a map, the data doesn’t flow directly from the trial balance to the balance sheet report. Instead, the data flows from the trial balance into the map and then from the map into the balance sheet.

Although you don't have to format your data as an Excel table, doing so will make life easier if you add more rows or columns, and Excel generally reads data formatted as a table ...

Note that the content below is based on Microsoft Excel 365 for Pcs. Other versions of Excel may work differently. All the charts and underlying data are available in this Excel file. As you probably ...

Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto. PivotTable objects are only as good as their underlying data and that can change quickly. If the pivot tables are part of a dashboard, they might not reflect ...