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Pivot workshop

One source · ordered calendar fields

Turn dates into the comparison you need.

Place Year, Quarter and Month on either axis. Follow the highlighted real cells, then rearrange the same workbook yourself.

Teaching · read-only · Report!A1

Step 1 / 6Read the real date parts

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Inspect the numeric date and actual YEAR, ROUNDUP and MONTH formulas. Every calendar field keeps its own identity. Teaching is read-only; switch to Your turn to edit.

Calendar layout!B2 · (blank)
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Preparing the calendar layout worksheet…

Correct source/control cells or explicitly repair edited helpers. Previous valid report remains until correction.

Arrange the actual worksheet fields

Rows

  1. year
  2. quarter
  3. month

Columns

  1. category

Available fields

Source records: 12. Active row order: year,quarter,month; column order: category. Each report value uses original records.

Current original-record populations and totals
year → quarter → monthcategory=Cedarcategory=Harborcategory=LumenGrand total
year=2024 · quarter=4 · month=12
year=2025 · quarter=1 · month=1
year=2025 · quarter=1 · month=2
year=2025 · quarter=1 · month=3
year=2025 · quarter=2 · month=4
year=2025 · quarter=2 · month=6
year=2025 · quarter=3 · month=7
year=2025 · quarter=3 · month=9
year=2025 · quarter=4 · month=10
year=2025 · quarter=4 · month=12
year=2026 · quarter=1 · month=1
Grand total

Up to 50 original records; only observed field tuples plus grand totals are shown. Empty Average is undefined; Count counts the numeric Amount records. Native files contain explicit Year/Quarter/Month helper fields, not an automatically grouped date field. Desktop Excel refresh/edit/save remains unverified.

Microsoft: rearrange fields and move them between axes