Microsoft Excel
Reference functions exercise
Harder than average exercise
This Microsoft Excel REFERENCE FUNCTIONS exercise is provided to allow potential course delegates to assess their suitability for the Wise Owl EXCEL BUSINESS MODELLING course only, and may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any format without the prior written consent of Wise Owl.
Exercise: Six month budget - using MATCH/INDEX
A full answer to this exercise is provided as part of the training course!
| 1) | Download the files needed to start this exercise: exercise-677.zip (and click here if you experience any problems unzipping this file after downloading it). |
| 2) | Open the workbook in the folder shown above. |
| 3) | Create formulae in the blue cells to calculate the positions of the month/week choices made in the month row/week column: |
In this example, Feb is the 2nd month and Week4 is the 4th week
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| 4) | Now add a formula in the yellow cell to show the value for this month/week combination: |
The easiest way to do this is probably using INDEX
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| 5) | If you have spare time, you could always repeat this using OFFSET and then INDIRECT/ADDRESS: |
Three versions of the same thing
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| 6) | Save and close the workbook. |
Thank you for showing an interest in this Excel Business Modelling 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.
