{"id":138493,"date":"2026-02-20T08:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T02:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/?page_id=138493"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T03:49:49","slug":"pivot-tables","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/pivot-tables\/","title":{"rendered":"Pivot Tables"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pivot tables are a way to summarise data by turning detailed rows into a compact table of totals, averages, counts, or other metrics. They help you answer questions like: Which region has the highest sales? How do monthly sales vary by product category? What is the average order value by customer segment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A pivot table usually has three parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rows: the categories you want to group by (example: region, product, month)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Columns: a second category to break the data further (example: channel, quarter, gender)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Values: the numeric field you want to summarise (example: sales, quantity, profit)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In Python, pivot tables are commonly created in Pandas using pivot_table. You choose the index (rows), columns, and values, and then select an aggregation function such as sum, mean, count, min, or max. 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