SOLUTION - Indirect

Company X

$ in thousands Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Store A 55 51 64 71 82 100 119 120 144 80 51
Store B 57 72 80 79 85 101 120 123 130 84 54
Store C 58 48 80 81 90 95 124 132 134 82 57
Store D 64 71 81 77 77 89 125 147 157 95 52
Store E 72 64 79 75 100 110 180 189 200 91 58

Company
CompanyXX runs
runs 55 stores.
stores.The
Thetable
table you
yousee
see below
below refers
refers to
to the
the table
table above.
above.
Task
Task 1:
1: Use
Usethe
theIndirect
Indirect function
functionand
and the
the letters
letters and
and numbers
numbers in
in the
the blue
bluearea
areato
to create
create aatable
table that
that shows
shows the
thefirst
first quarte
quart

Indirect

Jan Feb March

C D E
Store A 6 55 51 64
Store B 7 57 72 80
Store C 8 58 48 80
Store D 9 64 71 81
Store E 10 72 64 79
 Dec
60
67
64
71
76

hat
hat shows
shows the
thefirst
first quarter
quarter sales
sales of
of all
all stores.
stores.
SOLUTION - Vlookup and Indirect

Company X

Q1 Q2
$ in thousands Sales $ in thousands Sales $ in thousands
Store A 170 Store A 253 Store A
Store B 209 Store B 265 Store B
Store C 186 Store C 266 Store C
Store D 216 Store D 243 Store D
Store E 215 Store E 285 Store E

The
The sales
salesgenerated
generatedin
inthe
thecompany's
company's fivefivestores
stores have
have been
been organized
organized into
intoquarters.
quarters. Their
Their ranges
ranges have
havebeen
been named
named Q_1,
Q_1, Q_
Q
  
Task
Task 1:
1: Use
Use Vlookup
Vlookup and
and Indirect
Indirect
Vlookup to
to+show
show quarterly
quarterly sales
Indirect sales in
in the
the table
table below.
below.

Q_1 Q_2 Q_3 Q_4

Store A 170 253 383 191
Store B 209 265 373 205
Store C 186 266 390 203

Task
Task 2:
2: Change
Changethe
the names
names of
of the
the stores
stores in
in the
the first
firstcolumn
columnto
to verify
verify the
the table
table isis responsive.
responsive.

Vlookup + Indirect

Q_1 Q_2 Q_3 Q_4

Store D 216 243 429 218
Store B 209 265 373 205
Store E 215 285 569 225
 Q3 Q4
Sales $ in thousands Sales
383 Store A 191
373 Store B 205
390 Store C 203
429 Store D 218
569 Store E 225

anges have
ranges havebeen
been named
named Q_1,
Q_1, Q_2,
Q_2, Q_3,
Q_3, and
and Q_4.
Q_4.