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    Create sliding scale for bonuses

    Hi all!

    I'm creating a sliding scale for my customer service team's bonuses and I need some help determining a simple formula. Here's my example:

    The top bonus is 2.5% (.025)
    The bottom bonus is 0.5% (0.005)

    The top performer completed 931 orders, so he'll get the full 2.5%. The bottom performer completed 641 orders, so he'll get 0.5%. How do I figure out the bonus percentages for everyone in between? Here's my data set:

    931
    867
    844
    824
    817
    810
    768
    751
    719
    717
    690
    677
    641

    Thanks!

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    Re: Create sliding scale for bonuses

    You intervals should be determined as below

    =(Highest bonus - Lowest bonus)/(COUNT of performers-1)

    Hence, where cells A1 to A13 hold your values use
    =(0.025-0.005)/COUNT(A$1:A$13)-1

    Now subtract the resultant value from 2.5% for the next bonus value and so on..
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    Re: Create sliding scale for bonuses

    Thanks Ace. I don't think I'm doing this right... here's what I'm getting:

    931 -1.00
    867 -1.00
    844 -1.00
    824 -1.00
    817 -1.00
    810 -1.00
    768 -1.00
    751 -1.00
    719 -1.00
    717 -1.00
    690 -0.99
    677 -0.99
    641 -0.98

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    Re: Create sliding scale for bonuses

    I read your question a little differently:

    Row\Col
    A
    B
    C
    1
    Max
    Max
    2
    931
    2.50%
    3
    Min
    Min
    4
    641
    0.50%
    5
    Orders
    6
    931
    2.500%
    B6: =(A6-A$4) / (A$2 - A$4) * (B$2 - B$4) + B$4
    7
    867
    2.059%
    8
    844
    1.900%
    9
    824
    1.762%
    10
    817
    1.714%
    11
    810
    1.666%
    12
    768
    1.376%
    13
    751
    1.259%
    14
    719
    1.038%
    15
    717
    1.024%
    16
    690
    0.838%
    17
    677
    0.748%
    18
    641
    0.500%


    Ace's interpretation may be correct though.
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    Re: Create sliding scale for bonuses

    Perfect, thanks SHG!

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    Re: Create sliding scale for bonuses

    You're welcome.

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