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Software ==>	SSAS - tabular (30 exercises)
Topic ==>	Date calculations (3 exercises)
Level ==>	Relatively easy
Subject ==>	SSAS training

Use the TOTALYTD and TOTALQTD to calculate and show cumulative yearly and quarterly totals

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Before you can do this exercise, you'll need to download and unzip this file . Once you've done this:

Go into SQL Server Management Studio;
Open the SQL file you've just unzipped (you can press CTRL + O to do this); then
Execute this script.

This will generate the database that you'll need to use in order to do this exercise (note that the database and script are only to be used for exercises published on this website, and may not be reused or distributed in any form without the prior written permission of Wise Owl).

If you haven't already done so, create a new project called BaseModel, and import the following tables: Centre, CentreType, Environment, Family, Habitat, Product, Purchase, Region and Town.

Import the wo_Calendar table (rename it as Calendar) and create a relationship via the purchase date column:

Link the calendar and purchase tables together by the purchase date.

Create the following measures in the Purchase table:

Measure	What it calculates
Purchases	The number of purchases for the query context
Year to date	The year-to-date cumulative total number of purchases
Quarter to date	The quarter-to-date cumulative total number of purchases