PowerPivot | The CALCULATE function exercise | Use CALCULATE to show the value of sales for watery habitats

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Software ==> PowerPivot  (75 exercises)
Version ==> Excel 2016 and later
Topic ==> The CALCULATE function  (15 exercises)
Level ==> Average difficulty
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  3. Execute this script.

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The aim of this exercise is to show the percentage of the values of sales for each region attributable to watery habitats.  Read on!

First import the following tables into a PowerPivot data model in a new workbook:

Five tables to import

The tables that you'll need to import for this exercise.

In the Purchase table, create a measure to calculate the total value of sales for habitats with id numbers 3 and 4 (corresponding to fresh and salt water respectively).

You'll need to use the CALCULATE function, the SUMX function to sum (price * quantity) and the double pipe characters ( || ) to denote "or".

Use this measure to show total watery sales by shopping centre type:

Water habitat sales

You should format your numbers to look nice!

 

Now create another (similar) measure called Vegetation, showing the total value of sales for vegetative habitats (id numbers 1 and 2, for grasslands and forest respectively). 

Use this to create and show a third measure called Water-to-veg ratio, to get this pivot table: 

Water to vegetable ratio

Factory outlets have the smallest ratio (surely a fact worth shouting about).

 

Save your workbook as What about the desert, 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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