WISE OWL EXERCISES
SSAS EXERCISES
SSAS - TABULAR EXERCISES
- Creating a data model (2)
- Excel pivot tables (1)
- PowerView (2)
- Power BI Desktop overview (1)
- Other data sources (1)
- Calculated columns (4)
- Measures (3)
- Changing query context (2)
- The EARLIER Function (1)
- DAX queries (3)
- Date calculations (3)
- Hierarchies (1)
- KPIs (2)
- Perspectives (1)
- Prototyping using PowerPivot (1)
- Security (2)
SSAS - tabular | KPIs exercise | Show if you are within a whisker of your KPI
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| Software ==> | SSAS - tabular (30 exercises) |
| Version ==> | SSAS 2012 and later |
| Topic ==> | KPIs (2 exercises) |
| Level ==> | Relatively easy |
| Course ==> | SSAS - Tabular Model |
- 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).
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If you haven't already done so, create a new project called BaseModel, and import the following tables: tblCentre, tblCentreType, tblEnvironment, tblFamily, tblHabitat, tblProduct, tblPurchase, tblRegion and tblTown.
The aim of this exercise is to create the following pivot table:
Our target is that each quarter's sales should be at least 95% (and ideally 100% or more) of the previous quarter's sales.
To get this to work, create two measures:
| Measure | What it will calculate |
|---|---|
| Total qty | The total sales quantity for any filter context. |
| Previous quarter | The total sales quantity for the previous quarter (use CALCULATE and DATEADD to go back 1 quarter in time). |
Turn the first measure into a KPI with the second measure as your target, setting 95% and 100% as your thresholds, then save this workbook as Circles and close it down.