View Sales Data by Quarter

Suppose you want to compare the total sales figures of each product by quarter. You can have the PivotTable Wizard create another PivotTable from the same query that displays the sales performance of each product (ROW area) by order date (COLUMN area). When the wizard finishes, edit the PivotTable to group the data by quarter.

Display specific products; hide those you don’t need   Click the Edit Pivot Table button on the form, select the rows of products that you want to hide, click Row, and then click Hide (Format menu). Sort Descending button Rank products from most to least sold   Click Edit Pivot Table, select the products you want to sort, and then click the Sort Descending button.

Next Steps

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Learn more about queries	Evaluate Sales Performance in a Microsoft Access Database
Display data visually	Create a Chart from a Database