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Software ==> | PowerPivot (72 exercises) |
Topic ==> | Date functions (10 exercises) |
Level ==> | Average difficulty |
Subject ==> | Power BI training |
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Create a new workbook, and import the following tables into a PowerPivot data model:
The five tables you need to import (giving each a friendly name).
Create a relationship between the purchase date column in the Purchase table and the Calendar table's date key:
You can now summarise purchases by month, quarter or year of purchase.
Create a pivot table similar to the following:
Show total sales by quarter and environment for 2015.
You can find the timeline tool on the Analyze tab of the ribbon.
Use the TOTALQTD function to create a measure called Quarter-to-date to accumulate quarterly sales data, and show this instead of total sales:
Choose not to display pivot table subtotals, to get a tidier pivot table.
Save this workbook as Quarterback, then close it down.
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