Chapter 3 Logical Functions

Class Activities
This is a group activity and you should form a group of 3 to 4 members who are able to work as
a team.

Activity 1: Generate Monthly Sales Report

Scenario: As a finance officer of A-One Household Product Company, you are required to
compile a Monthly Salary Computation based on the sales generated by each sales staff.

Objective: To apply logical functions for decision making and to display the desired result.
Outcomes: Students should be able to use and understand the use of logical functions and to
test for errors so as to display the desired result.

Activity
Instructions
Time

a. Open Chapter03 Activity.xlsx and select the Case worksheet.

This workbook contains the monthly sales data of all sales staff.
To determine the monthly gross salary, we would need to compute
the following:
 transport allowance based on the area served,
 top sales award (top 3 only)
 commission amount based on the sales amount,
 long service award (awarded in January each year)
b. You are supposed to construct a reference table where appropriate and use the logical
function to determine the following:

i) Commission Amount
The Commission Amount is the Sales Amount * Commission (%).
In the workbook, construct a reference table to determine the Commission (%) based on
the table below.
Sales Amount Commission (%)
<= $50,000 5%
<= $100,000 6%
> $100,000 7%

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ii) Transport Allowance
In the workbook, construct a reference table to determine the Transport Allowance
for each sales person based on the Sales Area:
North or West: $500
East : $350
South : $300

iii) Top 3 Sales Rank

An award of $500 is given to the top 3 sales person as at the current month e.g. Jan
2019, who are the top 3 sales person. The top 3 selected are based on the sales
amount.

iv) Long Service Reward **

Long Service Reward is given out in January of each year. For those who joined the
company for 10 years or more, they will have a reward of $1000.
** you may use Month() function to test if date in cell I1 is in January and to check if the
date joined is 10 years or more (use DATEDIF function to test if the staff has joined the
company for 10 years or more)

More information on DATEDIF and MONTH function

Datedif: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/DATEDIF-function-25dba1a4-2812-480b-84dd-
8b32a451b35c

Month: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/MONTH-function-579a2881-199b-48b2-ab90-
ddba0eba86e8

v) Gross Pay
Gross Pay is the total of Basic Salary, Commission Amount, Transport Allowance, Top 3
sales Award and Long Service Reward.

vi) Monthly Sales Data by Sales Area

Your manager would like you to prepare a monthly sales report showing the:
 Total and Average sales for each area
 The overall Average, Highest and Lowest sales amount

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Present your findings to the class:

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