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Excel Lab 4 - Pivot Tables and Charts: Reference If Needed

This document provides instructions for completing an Excel assignment involving pivot tables and charts. The assignment has four parts: 1) Create a pivot table to analyze genre popularity by region, adding a column chart. 2) Create a pivot table and pie chart to analyze total CD sales by release year. 3) Move an existing pivot chart to a new sheet and format it to analyze artist popularity by region. 4) Questions are asked about the results of the analysis in each part. The completed workbook is to be submitted.

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Excel Lab 4 - Pivot Tables and Charts: Reference If Needed

This document provides instructions for completing an Excel assignment involving pivot tables and charts. The assignment has four parts: 1) Create a pivot table to analyze genre popularity by region, adding a column chart. 2) Create a pivot table and pie chart to analyze total CD sales by release year. 3) Move an existing pivot chart to a new sheet and format it to analyze artist popularity by region. 4) Questions are asked about the results of the analysis in each part. The completed workbook is to be submitted.

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Excel Lab 4 – Pivot Tables and Charts Due Date: Nov 9, 2015

Name:________________________
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Turn in this sheet with your answers to the questions in this Assignment Sheet.
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BE CAREFUL TO FOLLOW EACH OF THE STEPS IN THE DIRECTIONS.

Reference if Needed
• Material presented in the associated Tour
• Gcflearnfree.org http://www.gcflearnfree.org/excel2010

Assignment – Pivot Tables

Skills
Use of the Excel Pivot Table and Pivot Chart for data analysis

Assignment

Part 1 – Prepare the Spreadsheet for Analysis


1. Open the workbook named Excel4.xlsx. Download it from my webpage:
a. http://cs.mtsu.edu/~xy2e/Excel/Excel4.xlsx
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2. Save the file as Excel4.xlsx in the Documents folder or your USB drive.
Note: Pivot Table tool will perform any required sorts

Part 2 – Genre Popularity


1. Select range A1-J17
2. Insert, Pivot Table (Leftmost selection on the Insert Ribbon)

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3. The range should be filled in, if not select the range A1 – J17. Select New Worksheet for the Pivot
table and hit OK.
4. Drag Genre to Row Labels box
5. Drag each of the Regions to Values box. Do this in the order North, South, Midwest, West.

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6. Select spreadsheet range A3-E6
7. Insert a 2D Column Chart
8. Close the Pivot Table Field List by clicking the x in the upper right corner
9. The spreadsheet should look as follows

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10.Rename the tab to GenreRegion
11. Save the workbook
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QUESTION
For each of the genres, which region are they the most popular in?
Blues:
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Country:
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Indie:
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Part 3 – Best Selling Release Year
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1. Go to the RecordingData tab
2. Select range A1-J17
3. Insert, Pivot Table (Leftmost selection on the Insert Ribbon)

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4. The range should be filled in. Select New Worksheet for the Pivot table and hit OK.
5. Drag Release to Row Labels box
6. Drag CDs to Values box.
7. Eliminate 1974 by selecting the filter symbol next to the Row Labels heading (at about cell A3) and
clicking on 1974 in the years list. Then click OK.

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8. Select range A4-B11 and insert a 2D Pie chart, Chart Layout 1. Change the chart title to Total Sales.
9. Reposition the chart so it doesn’t overlap the data
10. The spreadsheet should look as follows
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11.Rename the tab to ReleaseYear
12. Save the workbook
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QUESTION
Which Release year generated the greatest CD sales and what percent of total company sales did it
generate?
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What would you say about the company’s progress as shown in the latest years of the analysis?
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Part 4 – Artist Popularity by Region
(Using Pivot Chart rather than Pivot table)
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1. Go to the RecordingData tab
2. Select range A1-J17
3. Insert Pivot Chart

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4. The range should be filled in. Select New Worksheet from the Pivot table and hit OK.
5. Drag Genre and then Artist to the Axis Fields
6. Drag each of the Regions to Values box. Do this in the order North, South, Midwest, West.
7. The spreadsheet should look as follows (a mess)
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8. Move the chart to a new tab and name it Regional Popularity (Move Chart option on the right
end of the Design tab). Close the Pivot Table Field list as you did above.
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9. Your Chart should look as follows

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10. Save the workbook
11. Submit the workbook to the public folder of your CS account.
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QUESTIONS

What region is Mose Alison most popular in? Is this odd for a Blues Artist?
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