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Software ==>	SSAS - tabular (30 exercises)
Topic ==>	Prototyping using PowerPivot (1 exercise)
Level ==>	Average difficulty
Subject ==>	SSAS training

Prototype a simple data model in PowerPivot, then load it into Analysis Services tabular

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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).

Create a new Excel workbook, and go into PowerPivot.

Import the following tables: Centre, CentreType, Environment, Family, Habitat, Product, Purchase, Region and Town. and use this data model to create the following pivot table:

You don't need to create an explicit measure for the total quantity sold - just drag the Quantity field into the Values section of the pivot table.

Now use the PowerPivot ribbon within Excel to create two new measures:

Choose to create measures from within Excel.

The measures are:

Measure	What it calculates
Cheap	Total quantity sold for goods where the price is less than £10.
Expensive	Total quantity sold for goods where the price is £10 or more.

Add these measures to your pivot table:

The pivot table showing one implicit measure and two explicit ones.

Save this workbook as Baby sibling, then close it down.

Create a new SSAS tabular model project, importing this PowerPivot model, and have a look at the tables, relationships and measures created to check that everything has come through OK.

Analyse this model in Excel to create - we hope - the same pivot table: