I can't seem to get anything to work My table (tbl_Promotions) has 3 columns which I'd like to create the pivot from -Promo_Item (the item name) -Promo_Week (the calendar date of the first Monday) -ID ...

Using the OLE DB Provider for SQL Server/Analysis Services, the end-user can connect to a Data Source directly and build a Pivot Table or PivotChart using standard Excel functionality.