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Create a Microsoft Excel workbook with four worksheets that provides extensive use of Excel capabilities including charting, and written analysis and recommendations in support of a business enterprise. A large rental car company has two metropolitan locations, one at the airport and another centrally located in downtown. It has been operating since 2016 and each location summarizes its rental car revenue quarterly. Both locations rent four classes of cars: economy, premium, hybrid, SUV.

Rental revenue is maintained separately for the four classes of rental vehicles. The data for this case resides in the file fall2019rentalcars.txt and can be downloaded by clicking on the Assignments tab, then on the data file name. It is a text file (with the file type .txt). Do not create your own data. You must use the data provided and only the data provided.

Default Formatting. All labels, text, and numbers will be Arial 10, There will be $ and comma and decimal point variations for numeric data, but Arial 10 will be the default font and font size. Tutorials Note: Tutorials that address activities used in this project have been assigned in Week 1, 2 and 3. Step Requirement Comments 1 Open Excel and save a blank workbook with the following name: a. “Student’s LastFirstInitial Name Excel Project 1”. b. Set Page Layout Orientation to Landscape. Use Print Preview to review how the first worksheet would print. 2 Change the name of the worksheet to Analysis by. 3 In the Analysis by worksheet: a. Beginning in Row 1, enter the four labels in column A (one label per row) in the following order: Name:, Class/Section:, Project:, Date Due: b. Place a blank row between each label. Please note the colon : after each label. c. Align the labels to the right side in the cells It may be necessary to adjust the column width so the four labels are clearly visible within Column A (not extending into Column B). Format for column A: • Arial 10 point • Normal font • Right-align all four labels in the cells Step Requirement Comments 4 In the Analysis by worksheet with all entries in column C: a. Enter the appropriate values for your Name (in cell C1), Class and Section, Project, Date Due across from the appropriate label in column A. b. Use the formatting in the Comments column (to the right). It may be necessary to adjust the column width so the four labels are clearly visible and are clearly visible within Column C (not extending into Column D). Format for column C: • Arial 10 point • Bold • Left-align all four values in the cells 5 a. Create new worksheets: Data, Sorted, and Airport. Upon completion, there should be Analysis by as well as the three newly created worksheets. b. Delete any other worksheets. Note: The three new worksheets might not have Arial 10 point as the default type so it may be necessary to change the font and point to Arial 10 for the new worksheets. 6 If necessary, reorder the four worksheets so they are in the following order: Analysis by, Data, Sorted, Airport. 7 After clicking on the blank cell A1 (to select it) in the Data worksheet, import the text file fall2019rentalcars.txt into the Data worksheet. The data should begin in Column A, Row 1. It will be necessary to change Revenue data to Currency format ($ and comma (thousands) separators) with NO decimal points, and to change NumCars data to number format, with NO decimal points, but with the comma (thousands separator). Note: in the Currency format there is NO space between the $ and the first numeric character that follows the $. Though the intent is to import the text file into the Data worksheet, sometimes when text data is imported into a worksheet, a new worksheet is created. If this happens, delete the blank Data worksheet. Then change the name of the new worksheet with the imported data as “Data”. Make sure worksheets are in the correct order per Item 6. Format: all data (field names, data text, and data numbers) • Arial 10 point. The field names should be in the top row of the worksheet with the data directly under it in rows. This action may not be necessary as this is part of the Excel table creation process. The data should begin in column A.

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The task involves creating a comprehensive Excel workbook to analyze rental car revenue data for a company with two locations—airport and downtown—covering multiple car classes across quarterly periods. This analysis includes data importing, formatting, sorting, calculations, charting, and written interpretive responses.

First, the user must establish a well-structured workbook with four worksheets: Analysis by, Data, Sorted, and Airport, ensuring the sheets are in a specific order. The worksheet "Analysis by" is designed to capture metadata such as name, class, project name, and due date, formatted meticulously for clarity and professionalism. This personal and project information sets the context for the entire analysis.

Next, the user imports the provided data file "fall2019rentalcars.txt" into the Data worksheet, taking care to format numerical data correctly—revenue as currency with no decimal points and commas for thousands, and number data with comma separator. After importing, the data is converted into an Excel table with banded rows for enhanced readability, ensuring headers are correctly labeled and no blank cells disrupt the data’s integrity.

The data table is then copied to the Sorted worksheet, where a sort operation arranges the dataset ascending by location. Subsequently, the table is copied again into the Airport worksheet, where all downtown data are removed, leaving only airport data. In this worksheet, a bespoke sorting sequence orders the data primarily by CarClass, then Year, then Quarter for detailed analysis.

A new column, "AvgRev," is added next to NumCars to calculate the average revenue per car by dividing Revenue by NumCars. The cell is formatted as currency with two decimal places. Ranges are defined for various car classes’ AvgRev values, facilitating targeted calculations and comparisons.

Within the Airport worksheet, descriptive labels delineate various analyses, such as average quarterly revenue per car class, with corresponding formulas calculating these averages using the named ranges previously created. Conditional formatting highlights cases where individual AvgRev exceeds the class averages, providing visual cues for significant deviations.

Two charts are created to visualize revenue trends: one for hybrid cars over ten quarters, another for premium cars across four quarters, both placed strategically beneath the data labels and titles included for clarity. Accompanying these visualizations are interpretive responses to observe potential trends and to justify chart type choices, demonstrating analytical insight.

Throughout the project, formatting adheres to standards—Arial 10 font, currency formats, organized layout, and clear, readable labels. The entire process emphasizes detailed data handling, visual presentation, and analytical commentary, culminating in a professional report that leverages Excel's capabilities for data-driven business insights.

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