Excel: who invented pivot tables?

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Post #23,016 by kmself 1/3/02 4:24:05 PM Reply	Excel: who invented pivot tables? IIRC, they were created by a user, then adopted by Microsoft as a feature of the spreadsheet. I can't find a reference quickly in Google. Anyone got clues? `-- Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com] [link\|http://kmself.ix.netcom.com/\|[link\|http://kmself.ix.netcom.com/\|http://kmself.ix.netcom.com/]] What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?`
Post #23,018 by admin 1/3/02 4:30:15 PM Reply	Re: Excel: who invented pivot tables? [link\|http://www.vcnet.com/bms/departments/innovation.shtml#pivot\|Here's a page] that claims that they were invented by Lotus for Improv. Regards, -scott anderson
Post #23,020 by bepatient 1/3/02 4:37:54 PM Reply	Dunno... ...the only thing I saw (and used) was Lotus Improv...which was pretty darned close to what pivot tables bring to excel... You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #23,022 by Another Scott 1/3/02 4:39:25 PM Reply	Ditto on Lotus Improv. A bit more detail is [link\|http://www.utdallas.edu/~liebowit/book/sheets/sheet.html\|here]. In 1990 Lotus came out with Improv, a truly innovative spreadsheet that introduced what has come to be known as the pivot table. But Lotus squandered its innovative edge. [...] Cheers, Scott.

Excel: who invented pivot tables? - (kmself) - (3) - Jan. 3, 2002, 04:24:05 PM EST

Re: Excel: who invented pivot tables? - (admin) - Jan. 3, 2002, 04:30:15 PM EST

Dunno... - (bepatient) - Jan. 3, 2002, 04:37:54 PM EST

Ditto on Lotus Improv. - (Another Scott) - Jan. 3, 2002, 04:39:25 PM EST

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