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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Extended Learning Module D Decision Analysis with Spreadsheet Software
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Define a list and list definition table within the context of spreadsheet software and describe the importance of each. 2. Compare and contrast the Filter function and Custom Filter function in spreadsheet software. 3. Describe the purpose of using conditional formatting.
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES 4. Define a pivot table and describe how you can use it to view summarized information by dimension. 5. Describe the purpose of Goal Seek.
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin INTRODUCTION IT plays an important role in aiding decision making Spreadsheet tools can aid in decision making Filter Conditional formatting Pivot tables
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin MODULE ORGANIZATION 1. Lists Learning outcome #1 2. Basic Filter Learning outcome #2 3. Custom Filter Learning outcome #2 4. Conditional Formatting Learning outcome #3 5. Pivot Tables Learning outcome #4 6. Goal Seek Learning outcome #5
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin LISTS List – information arranged in columns and rows Each column has one type of information First row contains headings or labels No blank rows Blank columns/rows all around
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin LISTS A list Total number of customers
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin List Definition Table List definition table – description of a list by column (see Figure D.2 on pp. 388-389) CUST ID – Unique ID for customer REGION – North, South, etc. RENT VS. OWN – customer rents or owns a home And so on
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin BASIC FILTER Filter function – filters a list and hides rows that don’t match criteria Good for seeing only certain rows of information Basic Filter supports only “equal to” criteria Example: customers in the North REGION
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Basic Filter Steps 1. Open workbook (XLMD_Customer.xls from www.mhhe.com/haag) www.mhhe.com/haag 2. Click in any cell in the list 3. Menu bar – click on Data and then click on Filter Will see list box arrows next to each label or column heading
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Basic Filter Steps From the menu bar, click on Data and then click on Filter
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Basic Filter Steps Each column will have a pull-down arrow. Click on it and select the criteria
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Basic Filter Steps To select only customers in the North REGION, you must deselect all other regions
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Basic Filter Steps Excel will respond by showing only those records that meet the selection criteria (i.e., North REGION)
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Turning off Basic Filter Perform either of the following From the menu bar, click on Data and then Filter Turn off selected column filtering by clicking on the appropriate list arrow box and clicking on Clear Filter from “columnname” where columnname is the name of the column
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Basic Filter Can also filter on multiple columns Example Customers in North region (select North in REGION) Own a home (select Own in RENT VS. OWN) Only one household member (select 1 in NUM HOUSEHOLD)
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Basic Filter Customers in the North REGION who own a home with only 1 household member
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin CUSTOM FILTER Custom Filter function – hides all rows except those that meet criteria, besides “is equal to” Example Customers with more than 3 household members
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Custom Filter Steps 1. Turn on Filter 2. Click on pull-down arrow in appropriate column 3. Click on Number Filters 4. Complete Custom AutoFilter dialog box with criteria 5. Click on OK
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Custom Filter Steps To use Custom AutoFilter, click on the appropriate pull-down arrow, select Number Filters and boolean operator
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Custom Filter Steps You will then see a Custom AutoFilter box
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Custom Filter Steps Enter the appropriate value and click on OK
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Custom Filter Steps Excel will respond by presenting only the records that meet the selection criteria
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Another Custom Filter Example Customers who spent less than $20 or more than $100
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Another Custom Filter Example Complete both selection criteria appropriately
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Another Custom Filter Example Excel will respond appropriately
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin CONDITIONAL FORMATTING Conditional formatting – highlights the information in a cell that meets some criteria Does not hide any rows Let’s you see the whole list While highlighting certain information Example Customers show purchased more than $100
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Conditional Formatting Steps 1. Select entire appropriate column 2. From menu bar, click on Home and then Conditional Formatting within Styles 3. Select Highlight Cells Rules 4. Click on the appropriate boolean operator 5. Complete the dialog box 6. Click on OK
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Conditional Formatting Steps First, highlight the appropriate column
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Conditional Formatting Steps From the menu bar, click on Home and then Conditional Formatting within Styles, then select Highlight Cells Rules and click on the appropriate boolean operator
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Conditional Formatting Steps In the Conditional Formatting box, enter the appropriate value and click on OK
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Conditional Formatting Steps Excel will highlight those cells meeting your selection criteria
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Removing Conditional Formatting Option #1 (click anywhere in the list) 1. Click on Conditional Formatting 2. Select Clear Rules 3. Click on Clear Rules from Entire Sheet Option #2 (select the entire column) 1. Click on Conditional Formatting 2. Select Clear Rules 3. Click on Clear Rules from Selected Cells
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin PIVOT TABLES Pivot table – enables you to group and summarize information Shows summaries of information by dimension Can be two-dimensional Can be three-dimensional Similar to data warehouse concept from Chapter 3
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Pivot Table Example This is a pivot table
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin 2D Pivot Table Steps 1. Click anywhere in list 2. From menu bar, click on Insert and then PivotTable 3. Click on OK 4. Drag/drop labels in row and column fields 5. Provide appropriate formatting
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin 2D Pivot Table Count of customers By REGION By RENT VS. OWN
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin 2D Pivot Table Steps To create a 2D pivot table, from the menu bar click on Insert and then PivotTable
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin 2D Pivot Table Steps Click on OK
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin 2D Pivot Table Steps Pivot table PivotTable Field List Summary
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin 2D Pivot Table Steps Now, drag and drop appropriate column headings (labels) from the Pivot Table Field List Box to the appropriate places in the pivot table summary area Example: Number of customers by REGION RENT VS. OWN
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin 2D Pivot Table Steps Drag and drop REGION here Drag and drop RENT VS. OWN here Drag and drop CUST ID here
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin 2D Pivot Table Steps The default aggregation for a pivot table is summing. To change that, click on the pull-down arrow next to Sum of CUST ID
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin 2D Pivot Table Steps You will then see the Value Field Settings dialog box
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin 2D Pivot Table Steps To change it, select another aggregation in the Summarize value field by box and click on OK
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin 2D Pivot Table Steps Excel will change the aggregation in the pivot table
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Pivot Tables Can have multiple pieces of information in the body of the pivot table Example Count of customers (already present) Total of purchases (new information) Drag/drop TOTAL PURCHASES into Values in lower right portion of screen
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin Pivot Tables
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin 3D Pivot Tables Desired dimensions REGION RENT VS. OWN NUM HOUSEHOLD Drag/drop NUM HOUSEHOLD into lower right portion of the screen called “Report Filter”
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin 3D Pivot Tables Depth dimension
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin 3D Pivot Tables
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin GOAL SEEK Goal Seek works backward from objective to compute an unknown value Scenario (movie posters from Chapter 1): Buy poster for $4 and sell for $9 $2 shipping for each poster Fixed costs of $1,500 per year What is the breakeven point?
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin GOAL SEEK – BREAKEVEN POINT Download XLMD_BreakEven.xls C14 = C13*C7 C15 = C13*C8 C16 = C13*C9 C18 = C14 – C15 – C16 – C17 Now, for a given net profit, we want Excel to compute Units Sold (C13)
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin GOAL SEEK – BREAKEVEN POINT 1. From menu bar, click on Data and What-If Analysis 2. Select Goal Seek 3. For Set cell, enter C18 4. For To value, enter 30000 5. For By changing cell, enter C13 6. Click on OK
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin GOAL SEEK – BREAKEVEN POINT
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© McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., McGraw-Hill/Irwin GOAL SEEK – BREAKEVEN POINT Sell 10,500 units to achieve a profit of $30,000
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