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.
7 exercises — Intermediate · for Sales
Return one of three labels depending on where a value falls.
IF
Return the right rate from several tiers without nesting.
IFS
Build a conditional average out of a conditional sum and a conditional count.
SUMIF · COUNTIF
Match a customer ID against a reference table to return their region.
XLOOKUP
Sum the orders that beat the average, without typing the average in yourself.
SUMIF · AVERAGE
Apply two conditions at once to a conditional sum.
SUMIFS
Use VLOOKUP with exact match to pull prices from a product table.
VLOOKUP
| # | Exercise | Functions | Difficulty | Time | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Band orders by size with nested IFHarbor Supply — October orders | IF | Intermediate | 9 min | 25 pts |
| 50 | Apply commission tiers with IFSHarbor Supply — Q3 sales by rep | IFS | Intermediate | 10 min | 25 pts |
| 51 | Average one region without AVERAGEIFHarbor Supply — orders by region | SUMIF · COUNTIF | Intermediate | 9 min | 30 pts |
| 57 | Look up a customer's region with XLOOKUPHarbor Supply — orders plus a customer reference table | XLOOKUP | Intermediate | 8 min | 25 pts |
| 60 | Total only the orders above averageHarbor Supply — October order values | SUMIF · AVERAGE | Intermediate | 8 min | 25 pts |
| 62 | Total sales for a region and month with SUMIFSHarbor Supply — orders across regions and months | SUMIFS | Intermediate | 9 min | 25 pts |
| 63 | Look up a unit price with VLOOKUPHarbor Supply — quote lines and product master | VLOOKUP | Intermediate | 8 min | 25 pts |