Classic Gardens and Landscapes counts responses to specialty promotions to determine effectiveness. You use SUMIFS and an IFS formula to complete the summary. You also calculate insurance statistics and display full names in one cell. [Student Learning Outcomes 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.6, 6.7] File Needed: ClassicGardens-06.xlsx (Available from the Start File link.) Completed Project File Name: [your name]-ClassicGardens-06.xlsx Skills Covered in This Project Nest MATCH and INDEX functions. Create DSUM formulas. Build an IFS function. Build SUMIFS formulas. Use TEXTJOIN to join labels. Open the ClassicGardens-06 start file. The file will be renamed automatically to include your name. Change the project file name if directed to do so by your instructor, and save it. Create a nested INDEX and MATCH function to display the number of responses from a city. Click the Mailings sheet tab and select and name cells A3:D28 as Responses . Click the Mailing Stats sheet tab. Click cell B21 and type Carthage . Click cell C21 , start an INDEX function, and select the first argument list option. Choose or type the Responses range name for the Array argument. Click the Row_num box and nest a MATCH function. Select cell B21 for the Lookup_value and cells A3:A28 on the Mailings sheet for the Lookup_array . Click the Match_type argument box and type 0 . Click INDEX in the Formula bar. Click the Column_num box and nest a second MATCH function to look up cell D3 on the Mailings sheet in the lookup array A3:D3 . Click the Match_type box and type 0 (Figure 6-106) and click OK . The result displays as 343.00. Figure 6-106 Nested MATCH and INDEX functions Format the results to show zero decimal places. Type Smyrna in cell B21 . Use DSUM to summarize mailing data. Select the Mailings sheet and note that number mailed is located in the third column and response data is in the fourth column. Click the Criteria sheet tab. Select cell B2 and type lan* to select data for the Landscape Design department. Type law* in cell B5 for the Lawn & Maintenance department. Type pat* in cell B8 for the Patio & Furniture department. Click the Mailing Stats sheet tab and select cell B7 . Use DSUM with the range name Responses as the Database argument. Type 3 for the Field argument (# Mailed column), and enter an absolute reference to cells B1:B2 on the Criteria sheet as the Criteria argument. Copy the formula to cell C7 and edit the Field argument to use the fourth column (# Responses). Use DSUM in cells B8:C9 to calculate results for the two remaining departments. Use SUM in cells B10:C10 . Format all values as Comma Style with no decimal places. Create an IFS function to display a response rating. Note: If your version of Excel does not include the IFS function, build the following nested IF function =IF.

1. Classic Gardens and Landscapes counts responses to specialty
promotions to determine effectiveness. You use
SUMIFS
and an
IFS
formula to complete the summary. You also calculate insurance
statistics and display full names in one cell.
[Student Learning Outcomes 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.6, 6.7]
File Needed:
ClassicGardens-06.xlsx
(Available from the
Start File
link.)
Completed Project File Name:
[your name]-ClassicGardens-06.xlsx
Skills Covered in This Project
Nest
MATCH
and
INDEX
functions.
Create
DSUM
formulas.

2. Build an
IFS
function.
Build
SUMIFS
formulas.
Use
TEXTJOIN
to join labels.
Open the
ClassicGardens-06
start file. The file will be renamed automatically to include
your name. Change the project file name if directed to do so by
your instructor, and save it.
Create a nested
INDEX
and
MATCH
function to display the number of responses from a city.
Click the
Mailings
sheet tab and select and name cells
A3:D28
as
Responses
.
Click the

3. Mailing Stats
sheet tab.
Click cell
B21
and type
Carthage
.
Click cell
C21
, start an
INDEX
function, and select the first argument list option.
Choose or type the
Responses
range name for the
Array
argument.
Click the
Row_num
box and nest a
MATCH
function. Select cell
B21
for the
Lookup_value
and cells
A3:A28
on the
Mailings
sheet for the
Lookup_array
. Click the

4. Match_type
argument box and type
0
.
Click
INDEX
in the
Formula
bar. Click the
Column_num
box and nest a second
MATCH
function to look up cell
D3
on the
Mailings
sheet in the lookup array
A3:D3
.
Click the
Match_type
box and type
0
(Figure 6-106) and click
OK
. The result displays as 343.00.
Figure 6-106 Nested
MATCH
and
INDEX

5. functions
Format the results to show zero decimal places.
Type
Smyrna
in cell
B21
.
Use
DSUM
to summarize mailing data.
Select the
Mailings
sheet and note that number mailed is located in the third
column and response data is in the fourth column.
Click the
Criteria
sheet tab. Select cell
B2
and type
lan*
to select data for the Landscape Design department.
Type
law*
in cell
B5
for the Lawn & Maintenance department.

6. Type
pat*
in cell
B8
for the Patio & Furniture department.
Click the
Mailing Stats
sheet tab and select cell
B7
.
Use
DSUM
with the range name
Responses
as the
Database
argument. Type
3
for the
Field
argument (# Mailed column), and enter an absolute reference to
cells
B1:B2
on the
Criteria
sheet as the
Criteria
argument.
Copy the formula to cell
C7
and edit the
Field
argument to use the fourth column (# Responses).

7. Use
DSUM
in cells
B8:C9
to calculate results for the two remaining departments.
Use
SUM
in cells
B10:C10
.
Format all values as
Comma Style
with no decimal places.
Create an
IFS
function to display a response rating.
Note: If your version of Excel does not include the
IFS
function, build the following nested
IF
function
=IF(C7/B7>=20%,$C$15,IF(C7/B7>=15%,$C$16,IF(C7/B7>=11
%,$C$17,$C$18)))
to display the rating
.
Click cell

8. D7
. The response rate and ratings are shown in rows 14:18.
Start an
IFS
function and select
C7
for the
Logical_test1
argument. Type
/
for division and select cell
B7
. Type
>=20%
to complete the test.
Click the
Value_if_true1
box, select
C15
, and press
F4 (FN
+
F4)
(Figure 6-107).
Figure 6-107 First
Logical_test
and
Value_if_true
arguments

9. Click the
Logical_test2
box, select
C7
, type
/
, select cell
B7
, and type
>=15%
.
Click the
Value_if_true2
box, click cell
C16
, and press
F4
(
FN
+
F4
).
Complete the third and fourth logical tests and
Value_if_true
arguments (Figure 6-108).
Figure 6-108 Completed
IFS
function arguments
Copy the formula in cell
D7
to cells

10. D8:D10
.
Use
SUMIFS
to total insurance claims and dependents by city and
department.
Click the
Employee Insurance
sheet tab and select cell
E25
.
Use
SUMIFS
with an absolute reference to cells
F4:F23
as the
Sum_range
argument.
The
Criteria_range1
argument is an absolute reference to cells
E4:E23
. The
Criteria1
argument is
bre*
to select the city of Brentwood.
The

11. Criteria_range2
argument is an absolute reference to cells
D4:D23
, the department column, with criteria of
lan*
to select the Landscape Design department.
Click
OK
. The result for cell
E25
is 10.
Build
SUMIFS
formulas for cells
E26:E28
based on the criteria displayed in cells
C26:C28
.
Format borders to remove inconsistencies, if any, and adjust
column widths to display data.
Use
TEXTJOIN
to display names.
Note: If your version of Excel does not include the
TEXTJOIN
function, use
CONCAT or CONCATENATE
to build the function.

12. Click the
Full Names
sheet tab and select cell
E4
.
Start a
TEXTJOIN
function and press
Spacebar
for the
Delimiter
argument.
Click the
Text1
box and select cell
C4
.
Complete the
Text2
and
Text3
arguments to show middle and last names and click
OK
(Figure 6-109).
Figure 6-109 Delimiter is a space
Copy the formula to display full names in column E.
Save and close the
ClassicGardens-06
Excel workbook (Figure 6-110).