We begin by pulling the data off of the mainframe via FOCUS – FOCUS can create the excel file for us
(Thanks JD) so there is no need to import the tab delimited or comma delimited files. We will cover this
though as people can send hot screen print to Lotus and the output is text.
Now if I run this focexec for a given population one semester, and then choose that same group of students
for another semester, I can place the data into Excel and create some simple comparisons quickly.
In order to create the above I placed the data into the same workbook. I created a third sheet where I find
the difference in averages between the two groups. Then I created this simple chart using the chart wizard.
I need to cover the following to start everyone off on the same footing:
- importing files tab delimited versus csv
- conditional formatting
- IF statements
- named Ranges
Do you already know all the above? If so we can press on to linking worksheets and some formulas
Screen Shots – Step By Step
analyze this screen shots