What is Pivot Table?

Last modified: March 13, 2023

Data analysis is not always a snap. You can look at the same data from different angles and only some of them can bring valuable information. When dealing with data, one often beats his brains with grouping, sorting, or doing anything else to get required results and grasp the whole picture. Pivot Table is designed exactly to end these miseries and enable you to fisk any obscure data with several mouse clicks. It’s possible to be a data-management guru with Pivot Table.

It’s possible to create pivot tables with the help of the crosstab() function. For more information, refer to the How to Create a Pivot Table in PostgreSQL Using the crosstab Function article.

Pivot Table is a tool that converts large amounts of data into compact and informative summaries - pivot tables. You can rearrange (or pivot) your data by a simple drag of a mouse until you get the layout best for understanding the data relations and dependencies.