"Pivot Table Data Crunching".... Who has this book

[highndry]

Hi

I'm a moderate pivot table user and I want to become an expert, so I was looking to buy a book exclusively written on Pivot Tables.

Does anyone have this book "Pivot Table Data Crunching"? If so, how do you like it? Or could you recommend one for experts. I do not need a basic pivot table book.

Thanks

 

[Derek Brown]

In my 'library' of Microsoft Officer Application books I have 5 books soley on the subject of Pivot Tables including "Pivot Table Data Crunching" and "Pivot Table Data Crunching 2007". I suppose the fact that I also bought the 2007 version must be an indicator of my views on the book. The others are "Excel Pivot Tables and Charts" (Walkenbach), "A Complete Guide to Pivot Tables a Visual Approach" (published by Apress), and "Excel Pivot Tables Recipe Book A Problem-Solution Approach" (published by Apress).
The latter takes a Problem/Solution/How it Works approach throughout the book with 40 of the 307 pages covering VBA.
Pivot Table Data Crunching has 274 pages with the VBA section having 44 pages.
Of those two books "Excel Pivot Tables Recipe Book" has larger font (no doubt contributing to the reason for more pages). This book is good for quick answers to a particular problem.
Of all the books that I have mentioned, my personal preference is "Pivot Table Data Crunching" - this contains more detailed examples and several Case Studies. I think that it is the better book if you want to learn Pivot Tables in detail.