Power BI | Filtering data exercise | Creating different types of slicer on a report

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Software ==> Power BI  (92 exercises)
Version ==> Latest update
Topic ==> Filtering data  (9 exercises)
Level ==> Average difficulty
Courses ==> Introduction to Power BI  /  Fast track DAX  /  Fast track Power BI
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  1. Go into SQL Server Management Studio;
  2. Open the SQL file you've just unzipped (you can press CTRL + O to do this); then
  3. Execute this script.

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Create a new Power BI report, and from the Make-a-Mammal database load these tables:

The tables to import

Tick these tables to import them into your new report.

 

Create a report containing as many of the following slicers as you have time for!

Various slicers

This report contains a date, numeric, horizontal and dropdown slicer!  The report shows that there were 2 sales in January 2015 in the East Midlands region for the Water environment where the quantity sold was between 3 and 5.

Save this report as Various slicers, then close it down.

You can unzip this file to see the answers to this exercise, although please remember this is for your personal use only.
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