Top 10 in a pivot

Show only the best sellers in a pivot table, ranked largest first, with Excel's Top 10 filter or a sort by value in Google Sheets.

Advanced · 11 min · 10 steps

In this lesson

  • Sorting keeps every row, so the Grand Total still covers everything.
  • The pivot updates on its own when the data changes, and the order follows.

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Your first pivot table

Turn 200 rows of sales into totals by region, read the answer, and re-ask the question by rep or product.

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Skill
Pivot tables
Stage
Advanced

Where it sits in Pivot tables 13 lessons

And 1 more, up to Project: sales by region and month. See the whole skill

The steps

10 steps: 3 explanations, 5 Do this, 2 questions, then Your turn.

Try a free lesson first

Your first pivot table

Turn 200 rows of sales into totals by region, read the answer, and re-ask the question by rep or product.

Confident · 10 min · Free, with no sign-up

Do the free lesson on your computer.

Send yourself the link and open it on a laptop or desktop.

On your computer, go tolearnford.com/go/WE33