SSAS - tabular | Other data sources exercise | Linking Excel workbooks, Access databases and Word tables

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Software ==> SSAS - tabular  (30 exercises)
Version ==> SSAS 2012 and later
Topic ==> Other data sources  (1 exercise)
Level ==> Average difficulty
Subject ==> SSAS training
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This should be easy: all you have to do is count how many stores there are in each region.  What could possibly go wrong?

Sadly, Mr. Angry has taken your nice SQL Server tables and scattered them into a diverse range of data sources.  Your task is to round them up in a data model!

Open the workbook called Stores in the above folder to have a look at its contents, then close it down.  Now create a new tabular model project, and import this table into it from this Excel file:

Table of stores

Rename your table in your data model.

 

Now open up the Word document called Regions in the above folder to view its contents.  Select all of the data in the table of regions, copy it and paste it into your data model with the name Region to get:

Two tables, one from Word

You can't tell that the table on the left comes from Excel, and the one on the right from the clipboard.

 

Import the table called tblCentre from the Access database called Geography in the above folder (you won't need to type in a user name or password):

Table of centres

The table imported from Access, with a suitable new name.

 

Finally, import the Excel workbook of towns from the above folder, and link up your tables using relationships to get:

Final data model

The data model linking data from two Excel workbooks, an Access database and a Word document!

 

Use this data model to create a pivot table showing how many stores there are per region:

Stores by region

The start of the pivot table.

 

Discuss with colleagues or neighbours how you could use this amazing tool to bring together your disparate data sources, back in the office! 

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