Retrieving Specific Product Sales Data
A Sales Analyst needs to quickly find the sales figure for a specific product in a particular month from a large sales dataset. Manually scanning the table is time-consuming and prone to errors.
=INDEX(A2:D5, 3, 2) How it works: The INDEX function returns the value at the intersection of a specified row and column within a given range. In this scenario, A2:D5 is the array, 3 specifies the third row (Keyboard), and 2 specifies the second column (Jan Sales), thus returning the sales figure for Keyboard in January.
Data Setup
| Product | Jan Sales | Feb Sales | Mar Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laptop | 12000 | 15000 | 18000 |
| Monitor | 5000 | 6000 | 7000 |
| Keyboard | 1500 | 1800 | 2000 |
| Mouse | 800 | 900 | 1000 |
Step-by-Step Guide
Identify the data range where your sales figures are located (e.g., A2:D5).
Determine the row number within that range corresponding to the product you're interested in (e.g., Keyboard is the 3rd row in A2:D5).
Determine the column number within that range corresponding to the month's sales you need (e.g., Jan Sales is the 2nd column in A2:D5).
Enter the formula =INDEX(A2:D5, 3, 2) into a cell to retrieve the value.
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