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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 | PowerView exercise | Create a Power View report containing tiles, a table and a chart
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Software ==> | SSAS - tabular (30 exercises) |
Version ==> | SSAS 2012 and later |
Topic ==> | PowerView (2 exercises) |
Level ==> | Average difficulty |
- 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.
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Create a new project importing tables from the Make-a-Mammal dataabase.
In a new Excel workbook create a connection to your model, showing the results in a Power View report. See if you can make your report look something like this:

The tiles choice of age group should control both the table and the chart.
Save this workbook - imaginatively - as Report, then close it and your model down.