1. Employee PivotTables

You are the human resources director and you are interested in analyzing the hiring and compensation practices in your company. The Employee Data worksheet contains information about 1200 sales employees of your company. This information includes the Shift, Name, Location (city), Region, Position, and Salary for each employee. Complete the tasks by adding PivotTables to each worksheet in the workbook and then reference the worksheets to answer multiple choice questions.

1.1

Using the data on the Employee Data worksheet, insert a PivotTable on the “# Employees” worksheet to calculate the number of employees in each region. There are no blank salary cells and each employee accounts for one salary data point.

a. Place “Region” as the Row Labels of the PivotTable.

b. Use an appropriate presentation of Salary as the PivotTable Values.

1.2

Using the data on the Employee Data worksheet, insert a PivotTable on the “Experience” worksheet to calculate the average work experience by position for each location.

a. Construct the PivotTable with “Location” as the Row Labels.

b. Place “Position” as the Column Labels.

c. Use an appropriate presentation of “Experience” as the Values for the PivotTable.

1.3

Using the data on the Employee Data worksheet, insert a PivotTable on the “Max Salary” worksheet to calculate the maximum salary by shift and position.

a. Construct the PivotTable with Position as the Row Labels.

b. Place Shift as the Column Labels.

c. Use an appropriate presentation of Salary as the PivotTable values.

1.4

Using the data on the Employee Data worksheet, insert a PivotTable on the “Average Salary” worksheet to examine the average salary of employees based on their position and the shift they work.

a. Construct the PivotTable with “Position” as the Row Labels.

b. Place “Shift” as the Column Labels.

c. Use an appropriate presentation of “Salary” as the PivotTable Values.

1.5

Using the data on the Employee Data worksheet, insert a PivotTable on the “Position” worksheet to calculate the percentage of employees for each type of position by region. There are no blank salary cells and each employee accounts for one salary data point.

a. Construct the PivotTable with “Position” as the Row Labels.

b. Place “Region” as the Column Labels.

c. Use an appropriate presentation of Salary as the values field.

1.6

Using the data on the Employee Data worksheet, insert a PivotTable on the “Managers” worksheet to determine which locations have regional or sales managers.

a. Construct the PivotTable with “Location” as the Row Labels.

b. Place “Region” as the Column Labels.

c. Use the sum of “Experience” as the PivotTable Values.

d. Add “Position” as a “Report Filter”.

e. Use the filter to display only “Regional Managers” and “Sales Managers” in the PivotTable.

1.7

Using the data on the Employee Data worksheet, insert a PivotTable on the “Salespersons” worksheet to calculate the percent of grand total each position makes up in each region.

a. Construct the PivotTable with “Position” as the Row Labels.

b. Place “Region” as the Column Labels.

c. Use an appropriate presentation of “Salary” as the PivotTable values.

ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-8

2

Consider the PivotTable on the # Employees worksheet. How many employees are in the West Region?

• 245
• 20 Million
• 13 Million
• 370

3

Consider the PivotTable on the Experience worksheet. What is the average number of years experience for Salespersons in Phoenix?

• 1495.5
• 1956.9
• 15.7
• 3.1
• 17
• 127.1
• 15.4

4

Consider the PivotTable on the Max Salary worksheet. What is the maximum salary for Regional Managers who work the morning shift?

• 202800
• 62100
• 179200
• 160000
• 100400
• 205600

5

Consider the PivotTable on the Average Salary worksheet. Is there evidence that employees working one shift make more than employees working the other shift?

• Yes
• No

6

Consider the PivotTable on the Position worksheet.  Approximately what percentage of employees are Salespersons in the South region?

• 19%
• 94%
• 17%
• 95%
• 97%
• 93%
• 29%

7

Consider the PivotTable on the Managers worksheet. How many total years experience do managers of the East region have?

• 75
• 23
• 78
• 10
• 17
• 52
• 35
• 39

8

Consider the PivotTable on the Salespersons worksheet. What percentage of salaries are paid to the employees that hold a position of Salesperson?

• 30.70%
• 96.85%
• 100.00%
• 30.05%
• 17.61%