Office 2016 MyITLab Grader Instructions For Excel Project 1

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The University’s call center needs a workbook developed that will use data to analyze the performance of the call center. The call center contacted your professor and she recommended you for the task. The workbook will set up a variety of tools that will help assess the efficiency of the center and its staff. Your will develop a workbook for the call center manager that will help with the center's data analysis.

For the purpose of grading the project you are required to perform the following tasks:

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The task involves creating a comprehensive Excel workbook to analyze call center performance data, primarily involving multiple steps that include data organization, formula application, data filtering, and summary report creation. The aim is to facilitate effective evaluation of issues, call durations, customer satisfaction, and departmental performance metrics within the call center environment.

Initially, the project requires opening a specific Excel file, saving it with a designated name incorporating your last and first name, and setting up named ranges for use in formulas across different worksheets. These named ranges include data ranges for departments, grade scales, and days of the week, which are essential for dynamic referencing within formulas.

Next, the task involves converting raw data into a structured, formatted Excel table and adding appropriate headers. Specific columns will be customized with new headers such as "Issue", "Grade", and "Weekday". The data set needs to be fully named for easy referencing, including all data and headers.

Advanced formulas such as INDEX, VLOOKUP, and nested INDIRECT functions are required to extract and display department names, convert satisfaction ratings to grades, and identify actual weekdays from coded data. Formulas should include conditionals to handle blank or zero-value outputs for clarity.

A data filtering process follows, where the worksheet’s data range is filtered based on specified criteria, such as department "Public_Affairs" and a "Y" for running status, utilizing advanced filter options to isolate relevant calls.

On a separate worksheet, various summary formulas must be created to analyze issues within departments. These include INDEX functions with INDIRECT references to dynamically retrieve issue lists, COUNTIFS to count specific calls by department, reason, and call status, along with IF statements to flag issues for review based on thresholds.

Additional analysis involves calculating average call lengths, total calls, and issues with certain grades using AVERAGEIF, COUNTIF, and SUM functions. More complex calculations compare counts of specific grades and call outcomes, generating flags such as "Explore Issues" when thresholds are exceeded.

Further, the worksheet should identify the longest call duration, retrieve the corresponding department and satisfaction rating, and use MAX and INDEX/MATCH functions for these purposes.

In the final steps, the workbook should include data validation and criteria ranges for further analysis, such as setting up departments and days of the week, and performing database functions like DCOUNT, DAVERAGE, DSUM, DMAX, and DMIN on the data to summarize key metrics such as satisfaction ratings and call durations.

The project concludes with saving the completed workbook, closing Excel, and submitting the file as per instructor instructions, ensuring all steps are followed to provide an insightful analysis template for the call center management team.

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