Real situations from working spreadsheets — sales targets, commission tiers, messy exports, aged invoices. Numbered in recommended order: start at 1 and work down, or filter to what you need.
4 exercises — Intermediate · for Data Analyst
Extract characters from the middle of a text value.
MID
Clean inconsistent spacing and casing so values can be matched.
Match a customer ID against a reference table to return their region.
XLOOKUP
Combine INDEX and MATCH to look up a value without a fixed column number.
INDEX · MATCH
| # | Exercise | Functions | Difficulty | Time | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Pull the year out of an order code with MIDHarbor Supply — order codes | MID | Intermediate | 7 min | 25 pts |
| 16 | Standardise messy codes with TRIM and UPPERHarbor Supply — supplier feed, uncleaned | — | Intermediate | 7 min | 25 pts |
| 21 | Look up a customer's region with XLOOKUPHarbor Supply — orders plus a customer reference table | XLOOKUP | Intermediate | 8 min | 25 pts |
| 24 | Find a value with INDEX and MATCHHarbor Supply — commission rates by rep | INDEX · MATCH | Intermediate | 10 min | 25 pts |