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PowerPivot | KPIs exercise | Create a KPI targeting this month's sales value
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Software ==> | PowerPivot (75 exercises) |
Version ==> | Excel 2016 and later |
Topic ==> | KPIs (5 exercises) |
Level ==> | Average difficulty |
Subject ==> | Power BI training |
- 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 workbook, and import the tblCalendar and tblPurchase tables into a PowerPivot data model:

You'll need to create the relationship shown also (and possibly give the tables friendly names, as here).
Create the following two measures:
Name | What it should show |
---|---|
This period | Total sales for the current period, whatever that is |
Two months ago | Total sales for the same period, but two months previously |
You can use the DATEADD function to add -2 months to the current calendar date keys.
Here's what these two measures should show:

This pivot table shows what your measures should ... measure.
Now create a KPI, using the following thresholds:
Value | Show |
---|---|
Sales more than 110% of those two months ago | Green |
Sales more than those of two months ago, but less than 10% more | Yellow |
Otherwise | Red |
Display this KPI in your pivot table to get something like this:

March was a grim month ...
Save this as Kilimanjaro Pack Ice, then close it down.