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Software ==>	SSAS - tabular (30 exercises)
Topic ==>	Power BI Desktop overview (1 exercise)
Level ==>	Average difficulty
Subject ==>	SSAS training

Use a Tabular Model as the basis for a new Power BI Desktop report

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Before you can do this exercise, you'll need to download and unzip this file . Once you've done this:

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.

This will generate the database that you'll need to use in order to do this exercise (note that the database and script are only to be used for exercises published on this website, and may not be reused or distributed in any form without the prior written permission of Wise Owl).

Create a new project called BaseModel, importing into it all of the main tables in the Create-a-Creature database. Create and deploy a model so that you see something like this in Management Studio:

What you should see when you browse your model in SSMS: three aggregator columns (dimensions) and one measure summing total quantity sold for purchases.

Create a new Power BI report, and import from (not link to) your deployed model to get: