How to Organize Dates by Week in Excel

Quick summary

This tutorial shows how to organize dates by week in Excel using a Pivot Table and the Group feature. By setting the grouping interval to 7 days, you can instantly summarize daily data into weekly totals for faster analysis.

Steps

1. Open the file you intend to edit.
2. Click on Insert and select Pivot Table.
3. Enter or select the cells containing your data in the Table/Range section.
4. In the Location section, specify where you want the Pivot Table to appear, then click OK.
5. In the Rows section, drag the Date field to organize data by date; in the Values section, drag the Sales field and set it to calculate the Sum for each date.
6. Right-click on any date in the generated Pivot Table and select Group from the context menu.
7. Select Days and change the number of days to 7.
8. Your data will now be grouped and displayed by week.