Microsoft Excel
IF and LOOKUP functions exercise
Relatively easy

This Microsoft Excel IF AND LOOKUP FUNCTIONS exercise is provided to allow potential course delegates to assess their suitability for the Wise Owl ADVANCED EXCEL course only, and may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any format without the prior written consent of Wise Owl.

Exercise: Sales reps - lookup table

A full answer to this exercise is provided as part of the training course!

1) Download the files needed to start this exercise: exercise-176.zip (and click here if you experience any problems unzipping this file after downloading it).
2) Consider the following rules for calculating the commission due on sales for the different reps:
  • More than £1,000 - 15% of total sales
  • Between £500 and £1,000 - 10% of total sales
  • Between £200 and £500 - 8% of total sales
  • Between £100 and £200 - 5% of total sales
  • Less than £100 - no commission paid
3) Create a lookup table to contain these rules, and give this a range name (optional).
Training exercise hint Don't forget to start at the bottom threshold and work your way up, to make it easier.
4) Create and copy down a lookup formula to show the commission for each sales rep:
Exercise screen-shot 301 Your answer should look like this
5) Save this as Sales reps with lookups, then close it down.

Thank you for showing an interest in this Advanced Excel training course! As mentioned above, full answers to this and other exercises are provided on the course. On all Wise Owl scheduled courses delegates can take away these model answers (together with their own efforts!) on a free USB stick.

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