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3.1 MSE - Chapter 6 - Date and Time Formulas - Case Study

This case study focuses on using Date & Time functions to analyze annual sales data for a mobile retailer, specifically Vikram's store. It involves calculating the number of working days and sales per working day across four quarters using a provided Excel workbook. The study guides users through the steps to perform these calculations using the NETWORKDAYS.INTL function and sales data from the previous case study.

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3.1 MSE - Chapter 6 - Date and Time Formulas - Case Study

This case study focuses on using Date & Time functions to analyze annual sales data for a mobile retailer, specifically Vikram's store. It involves calculating the number of working days and sales per working day across four quarters using a provided Excel workbook. The study guides users through the steps to perform these calculations using the NETWORKDAYS.INTL function and sales data from the previous case study.

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Chapter 6 – Date & Time Formulas: Case Study

In this case study, you will use some Date & Time functions to analyze annual sales data of a
mobile retailer.

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Description
We are going to build upon the case study we solved in the Math formulas section.

We are going to use Date & Time functions to compare performance of Vikram’s store across the
four quarters.

Open the data file MSE_Chapter 6_Date and Time Formulas Case Study.xlsx

The workbook has all the information we calculated in the previous case study. It also has a new
worksheet called List of Holidays. The worksheet has list of holidays for each quarter. We will
use this information to calculate the number of working days in each quarter.

We will calculate the following:

 Number of working days in each quarter


 Sales per working day in each quarter

Solution
Follow the steps to complete the case study:

1. Open Monthly Sales worksheet. Select cell B27. Calculate the number of working days
in Quarter 1 using NETWORKDAYS.INTL function.
On the Formulas tab, click Date & Time functions tool. Select NETWORKDAYS.INTL
from the list. Excel displays the Function Arguments dialog box.
Click inside Start_date box and select cell B2 which is the first day of the quarter.
Click inside End_date box and select cell C2 which is the last day of the quarter.
Since Vikram’s shop is closed only on Sundays, type 11 in the Weekend box. (Note 11 is
the code for only Sundays for weekends.)
In the Holidays box, select cell B2 on List of Holidays worksheet since quarter 1 had only
one holiday.
Click OK. Excel displays the number of working days in quarter 1 in cell B27.
2. Repeat the procedure for Quarter 2, 3 and 4 to calculate working days using data in List
of Holidays worksheet.
3. Select cell C27.
In this cell, we will calculate daily sales by dividing sales for the quarter by the number of
working days in the quarter.
Enter =G20/B27 and press Enter. Excel displays the average sales / day in cell C27.
Copy Cell C27 and paste in cells C28:C30. Excel calculates daily sales for quarter 2, 3
and 4.

Solution file: MSE_Chapter 6_Date and Time Formulas Case Study_Solution.xlsx

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