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Software ==>	PowerPivot (72 exercises)
Topic ==>	Power BI Desktop overview (3 exercises)
Level ==>	Average difficulty
Subject ==>	Power BI training

Create and format a slicer, and also a column chart with formatting, and use them to show sales for 2 centre types

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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 Power BI Desktop file, and import the following tables from the Make-a-Mammal database:

Import these tables into your Power BI Desktop model.

Use Query Editor and/or the "field well" to whittle your tables/columns down to the ones you want to consider:

You can delete some columns, but be careful to hide the id columns used in relationships (not delete them). On a scale of 1 to 10, how annoyed are you at having to hide each column individually?

Create a slicer allowing you to choose one or more centre types: