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USING MICROSOFT EXCEL 2016 Independent Project 6-5
Independent Project 6-5 Classic Gardens and Landscapes counts responses to mail promotions to determine effectiveness. You
use SUMIFS and a nested IF formula to complete the summary. You also calculate insurance statistics
and convert birth dates from text to dates.
Skills Covered in This Project • Nest MATCH and INDEX functions.
• Create DSUM formulas.
• Build an IFS function.
• Build SUMIFS formulas.
• Use DATEVALUE to convert text to
dates.
1. Open the ClassicGardens-06 start file. Click the Enable Editing button. The file will be renamed
automatically to include your name. Change the project file name if directed to do so by your
instructor, and save it.
2. Create a nested INDEX and MATCH function to display the number of responses from a city.
a. Click the Mailings sheet tab and select and name cells A3:D28 as Responses
b. Click the Mailing Stats sheet tab.
c. Click cell B21 and type Carthage.
d. Click cell C21, start an INDEX function, and select the first argument list option.
e. Choose the Responses range for the Array argument.
f. Click the Row_num box and nest a MATCH function. Select cell B21 for the Lookup_value and
cells A3:A28 on the Mailings sheet for the Lookup_array. Click the Match_type argument box
and type 0.
g. Click INDEX in the Formula bar. Click the Column_num box and nest a second MATCH
function to look up cell D3 on the Mailings sheet in the lookup array A3:D3.
h. Click the Match_type box and type 0 (Figure 6-105).
i. Format the results to show zero decimal places.
j. Type Smyrna in cell B21.
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3. Use DSUM to summarize mailing data.
a. On the Mailings sheet, note that number sent is located in the third column and response
data is in the fourth column.
b. Click the Criteria sheet tab. Select cell B2 and type lan* to select data for the Landscape
Design department.
c. Click the Mailing Stats sheet tab and select cell B7.
d. Use DSUM with the range name Responses as the Database argument. Type 3 for the Field
argument, and use an absolute reference to cells B1:B2 on the Criteria sheet as the Criteria
argument.
e. Copy the formula to cell C7 and edit the Field argument to use the fourth column.
f. Complete criteria for the two remaining departments on the Criteria sheet.
g. Click the Mailing Stats sheet tab and select cell B8.
h. Use DSUM in cells B8:C9 to calculate results for the two departments.
4. Use SUM in cells B10:C10.
5. Format all values as Comma Style with no decimal places.
6. Create an IFS function to display a response rating.
IMPORTANT: If you are using a version of Excel that does not include the IFS function, create a formula
using nested IF functions instead where each Value_if_false argument is the next IF statement. The
innermost nested IF statement should have a Logical_test argument of C7/B7<10%, Value_if_true
argument of $C$18, and Value_if_false argument of 0.
a. Click cell D7. The response rate and ratings are shown in rows 14:18.
b. Start an IFS function and select C7 for the Logical_test1 argument. Type / for division and
select cell B7. Type >= 20% to complete the test.
c. Click the Value_if_true1 box, select C15, and press F4 (FN+F4) (Figure 6-106).
d. Click the Logical_test2 box, select C7, type /, select cell B7, and type >=15%
e. Click the Value_if_true2 box, click cell C16, and press F4 (FN+F4).
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f. Complete the third and fourth logical tests and value_if_true arguments (Figure 6-107).
g. Copy the formula in cell D7 to cells D8:D10.
7. Use SUMIFS to total
insurance claims and
dependents by city and
department.
a. Click the Employee
Insurance sheet tab
and select cell E25.
b. Use SUMIFS with an
absolute reference to
cells F4:F23 as the
Sum_range argument.
c. The Criteria_range1
argument is an
absolute reference to
cells E4:E23 with
Criteria1 that will select
the city of Brentwood.
d. The Criteria_range2 argument is an absolute reference to the department column with criteria
that will select the Landscape Design department.
e. Complete SUMIFS formulas for cells E26:E28. Use the first three letters for the criteria.
f. Format borders to remove inconsistencies, if any, and adjust column widths to display data.
8. Use DATEVALUE to convert text data to dates.
a. Click the Birth Dates sheet tab and select cell D4. The dates were imported as text and cannot
be used in date arithmetic.
b. Select cells D4:D23
and cut/paste them
to cells G4:G23.
c. Select cell H4 and
use DATEVALUE to
convert the date in
cell G4 to a serial
number.
d. Copy the formula to
cells H5:H23.
e. Select cells H4:H23
and copy them to
the Clipboard.
f. Select cell D4, click
the arrow with the
Paste button [Home
tab, Clipboard group], and choose Values (Figure 6-108).
g. Format the values in column D to use the Short Date format.
h. Hide columns G:H.
i. Apply All Borders to the data and make columns B:D each 13.57 wide.
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9. Save and close the workbook (Figure 6-109).
10. Upload and save your project file.
11. Submit project for grading.
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