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SSAS - tabular | Changing query context exercise | Rank habitats by number of sales using the RANKX function
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Software ==> | SSAS - tabular (30 exercises) |
Version ==> | SSAS 2012 and later |
Topic ==> | Changing query context (2 exercises) |
Level ==> | Average difficulty |
Subject ==> | SSAS training |
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Create a measure which ranks regions according to the count of the number of purchases. The syntax of the RANKX function is shown below:

Only the first two arguments are compulsory.
To start with, create a measure in the purchases table giving the number of purchases:

What this measure should show in your model.
Now create a measure in the Habitat table to rank habitats according to the number of purchases, and use this to create this pivot table:

Grasslands is always the habitat with the most purchases, regardless of centre type, and Urban the one with the fewest purchases.
The lack of variety between shopping centre types might be almost enough to make you suspect that the data was randomly generated, and not genuine.
Save this workbook as Suspiciously similar data, then close it down.