Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Why Spreadsheets?
• Many commercial software packages can be
used for Business Analytics.
• Spreadsheet software, such as Microsoft Excel,
is widely available and used across all areas of
business.
• Spreadsheets provide a flexible modeling
environment for manipulating data and
developing and solving models.
Basic Excel Skills
• Opening, saving, and printing files
• Using workbooks and worksheets
• Moving around a spreadsheet
• Selecting cells and ranges
• Inserting/deleting rows and columns
• Entering and editing text, data, and formulas
• Formatting data (number, currency, decimal)
• Working with text strings
• Formatting data and text
• Modifying the appearance of a spreadsheet
Excel 2013 Ribbon
• Tabs - Home, Insert, Page Layout, Formulas,
…
• Groups - Font, Alignment, Number, Styles, …
• Buttons and Menus
- Buttons appear as small icons.
- Menus of additional choices are indicated
by
small triangles.
Excel Formulas
• Common mathematical operators are used.
• For example:
c
a − bP5 + d would be entered into Excel as:
each range.
Other IF-Type Functions
• SUMIF, AVERAGEIF, SUMIFS, and AVERAGEIFS can be
used to embed IF logic within mathematical
functions.
• For instance, the syntax of SUMIF is
– SUMIF(range, criterion, [sum range]). "Sum range" is an
optional argument that allows you to add cells in a
different range.
• Example: In the Purchase Orders database, to find
the total cost of all airframe fasteners, use
=SUMIF(D4:D97,"Airframe fasteners", G4:G97)
Logical Functions
• =IF(condition, value if true, value if false) – a
returns one value if the condition is true and
another if the condition is false,
• =AND(condition1, condition2, …) – returns
TRUE if all conditions are true and FALSE if
not,
• =OR(condition1, condition2, …) – returns TRUE
if any condition is true and FALSE if not.
IF Function