Power BI | Calendars exercise | Adding new field to support reporting by thirds

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Software ==> Power BI  (88 exercises)
Version ==> Latest update
Topic ==> Calendars  (2 exercises)
Level ==> Relatively easy
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Sadly, your company has appointed a new FD who insists that you should report in thirds, rather than quarters.  The thirds should be named after his 3 pet cats:

Third Covers
Truffles January, February, March and April
Sprout May, June, July and August
Spot September, October, November and December

Start by importing all of the tables from the above database into a new model.  You'll need to create a relationship between the tblCalendar table and the tblPurchase table via the PurchaseDate field:

Purchase relationship

Link these two tables as shown.

Create a new calculated column in the calendar table using this logic:

  • If the MonthNumber column is less than or equal to 4, return Truffles;
  • Otherwise if the MonthNumber column is less than or equal to 8, return Sprout;
  • Otherwise, return Spot.

Use this to show a tree diagram proving that most sales are made in third 1:

Tree diagram

A tree diagram with data labels displayed.

 

Time for a new finance director?  Save this as Doing things by thirds, then close it down.

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