In such scenarios, you can use these features to their full potential only when you’ve laid out your data in a very basic table. Time and time again we see spreadsheets that do not follow this simple rule and thus are limited in their ability to take full advantage of some of Excel’s most powerful features, including PivotTables, subtotals, and worksheet formulas. The first three items on the preceding list add up to one thing: you should always try to keep related data in one continuous table. Having blank columns and rows in tables of data Unnecessarily spreading data over different tables Unnecessarily spreading data over numerous worksheets
Unnecessarily spreading data over many different workbooks
