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The document outlines a step-by-step guide to create a heat map for sales data in MS Excel, focusing on sales by category and sub-category. It includes instructions for organizing data, sorting it by sales value, applying conditional formatting, and creating a pivot table for visualization. Additionally, it emphasizes fine-tuning the formatting for clarity and better presentation of the data.

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The document outlines a step-by-step guide to create a heat map for sales data in MS Excel, focusing on sales by category and sub-category. It includes instructions for organizing data, sorting it by sales value, applying conditional formatting, and creating a pivot table for visualization. Additionally, it emphasizes fine-tuning the formatting for clarity and better presentation of the data.

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RESULT :

Thus the above application has been executed successfully.

EX NO : 5
DATE : HEAP MAP

AIM:

To Create heat map for Sales by Category by Sub-Category (in thousands and sorted by
sales value in descending order ) by using MS-Excel.

ALGORTHIM :

Step 1: Organize Your Data

 Make sure your data is structured properly in Excel, with columns such as:
 Category
 Sub-Category
 Sales (in thousands)

Step 2 : Sort Data


 Highlight your data range (e.g., A1:C5).
 Go to the Data tab.
 Click on Sort and:
 Sort by: "Sales".
 Order: "Largest to Smallest"

Step 3 : Apply Conditional Formatting

 Highlight the Sales column (e.g., C2:C5).


 Go to the Home tab.
 Click on Conditional Formatting > Color Scales.
 Choose a color scale (e.g., green to red, where green represents higher values and red
lower values).

Step 4 : Create Heat Map Table

If you want to make a pivot table with heat map-like visualization:


Highlight the data range.
Go to Insert > PivotTable.
Drag:
 Category to the Row Labels section.
 Sub-Category to the Row Labels section (beneath Category).
 Sales to the Values section.
 Format the pivot table:
 Highlight the sales values in the pivot table.

Step 5 : Fine-Tune Formatting


 Ensure your heat map is visually clear by using a two-color scale or data bars for better
visualization.
 Add thousands separators to your sales values by:
 Right-clicking the numbers.
 Selecting Format Cells > Number > Check "Use 1000 Separator".

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