PivotTable Fields and Functions
Field button
A button on a PivotChart with an arrow to choose a filter and thus change the data that is displayed in the chart
Filtering button
A button on a slicer used to select the item by which to filter
Area section
The lower portion of the PivotTable Fields pane
Clear Filter
A button that removes a filter
PivotChart
A graphical representation of the data in a PivotTable report
Data model
A method of incorporating data from multiple, related tables into an Excel worksheet
List
A series of rows that contains related data with column titles in the first row
Field
A single piece of information for every record
PivotTable Fields pane
A window that lists all of the fields—column titles—from the source data for use in the PivotTable
Record
All of the categories of data pertaining to one person, place, event, thing, or idea
Filters area
An area in the lower portion of the PivotTable Fields pane to position fields by which you want to filter the PivotTable report
Values area
An area to position fields that contain data that is summarized in a PivotTable report or PivotChart report
PivotTable
An interactive Excel report that summarizes and analyzes large amounts of data
Slicer
Easy-to-use filtering control with buttons that enable you to drill down through large amounts of data
Associated PivotTable report
The PivotTable report in a workbook that is graphically represented in a PivotChart
Field names
The column titles from source data that form the categories of data for a PivotTable
Refresh
The command to update a PivotTable to reflect the new data
Source data
The data for a PivotTable, formatted in columns and rows, that can be located in an Excel worksheet or an external source
Primary key
The field used to uniquely identify a record in an Access table
Slicer header
The top of a slicer that indicates the category of the slicer items
Field section
The upper portion of the PivotTable Fields pane containing the fields—column titles—from your source data
Filter
To limit the display of data to only specific information
Columns area
An area to position fields that you want to display as columns in the PivotTable report
Rows area
An area to position fields that you want to display as rows in the PivotTable report
Relationship
An association between tables that share a common field