fx Analysis & Visualization

KPI Thinking

30 min3 lessons9 quiz questions

Practice file

⬇ Download analysis-visualization-practice.zip

Analysis & Visualization practice bundle

Extract the ZIP before opening files. Start with pivot-practice.xlsx: its Sales sheet contains the original 16-row tblSales table for pivot and dynamic-array exercises. Grand total: ₹10,70,000. Keep an unchanged copy as your baseline.

capstone/data/ contains 24 monthly sales CSVs, totaling 50,000 synthetic orders from April 2024 through March 2026. Stores, Products and Targets CSVs sit outside that folder so a sales-only folder import does not combine incompatible schemas.

analysis-reference.xlsx contains a Wide Targets exercise and independently calculated reference summaries for checking your work. These are plain tables, not completed PivotTables or a Power Pivot model; build those in Excel as directed in the lessons. solutions-en.md and solutions-hi.md provide exercise answers.

calendar.csv contains daily dates for 2024–2026, FY labels and fiscal month numbers. Load it into the model and mark its Date column as the date table. answer-key.json and the optional standard-library audit_capstone.py let you reconcile the CSVs without Excel. README.md explains setup and filter scope.

Use a supported Windows desktop Excel edition with Power Pivot for the complete model exercises. The modern dynamic-array lessons specify their own Excel version requirements. The download contains no macros, credentials, or external connections.

Module quiz (9)

1. Is monthly profit leading or lagging?
Lagging
2. Revenue = Footfall × ? × ?
Conversion % × Average Order Value
3. Test for a vanity metric?
If it doubled, would any decision change?
4. Better growth measure for a Diwali-driven business?
YoY
5. CAGR from 20 to 29.5 over 3 years?
About 13.8%
6. Margin 16.8% → 16.5% is a fall of how many percentage points?
0.3
7. Achievement 95% — which RAG status (thresholds 100% / 90%)?
Amber
8. For a cost KPI, is Actual below Target good or bad?
Good — lower is better
9. Which region missed target by the most in FY2025-26?
West, 92.4%
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