Since Pivot Tables are new to SPSS, this article outlines how to use them and the different ways you can view your tabular results. A pivot table is a table capable of dynamically displaying and rearranging multiple dimensions. Rearranging these dimensions increases the amount of data that you can see in your table. The dimensions of any pivot table can be easily moved from row to column to layer. The parts of an SPSS pivot table are shown below.
Layers help reduce the dimensionality by displaying one slice of the table at a time.
Stepping through the layer values shows the same three dimensions for other variables that are present in the table. The benefits of pivot tables Explore your tables further. SPSS pivot tables allow you to easily reorder, or pivot, rows, columns and layers of the table. These tables give you all permutations of an n-dimensional table. And, you can use pivot tables simply by dragging an icon.