16. Practice Exercises with Answer Hints
16.15 Challenge Exercises
- A Diwali-week report (fictional dates 06-11-2026 to 12-11-2026): day-wise sales per city with a spike chart and a slicer for Platform. Hint: Timeline filtered to the week; line chart from pivot.
- A single dynamic formula that returns the top 3 products per city.
Hint:
TAKE(SORT(FILTER(...),2,-1),3)inside a per-city layout or withREDUCE/VSTACK(Microsoft 365 / Excel 2024). - A macro that splits
tblOrdersinto one sheet per city and saves each as a separate workbook. Hint: extend 12.12 C;Worksheets(city).CopythenActiveWorkbook.SaveAs. - Build the bank-statement folder query of Module 10 for three months and reconcile with a manual total.
Hint: From Folder › Combine; compare
SUMof each file. - Create a LAMBDA named
DELIVERYFEEthat returns the slab fee. Hint: Formulas › Name Manager › New:=LAMBDA(amt,XLOOKUP(amt,{0;99;199;499},{30;25;15;0},,-1))(Microsoft 365 / Excel 2024).
Ravindra Bagale's Tip
Khup students challenge exercises madhe atkale ki sodun detat. Motha prashna chhotya steps madhe toda – aadhi ekach city sathi kara, chalala ki sagle cities. Atakla tar hint bagha, pan uttar copy na karta swatah type kara.
Thodkyaat sangaycha tar (quick recap)
- Pratyek exercise swatah Excel madhe kara; hint shevti bagha.
- Formula challa tari 2–3 rows manually check kara.
- Scenario prashnat aadhi approach, mag formula.
Aata pudhe jaauya – interview questions!