BIDA Final Exam Scenario

Power Query Problem Solving Exercise

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Power Query Problem Solving Exercise

Sales By Manager Table Sales by Month

Row Labels Sales_PY Sales_CY Sales_Growth$ Sales_Growth% Row Labels
Bernhard Niessen NA NA 2018-01
Joseph Yeates NA NA 2018-02
Katie Au Yeung NA NA 2018-03
Lester Leong NA NA 2018-04
Lisa Dorian NA NA 2018-05
Luca Gualtieri NA NA 2018-06
Pavel Nacev NA NA 2018-07
Seb Taylor NA NA 2018-08
Tim Vipond NA NA 2018-09
(blank) 10,805,224 11,936,594 1,131,370 10.47% 2018-10
Grand Total 10,805,224 11,936,594 1,131,370 10.47% 2018-11
2018-12
This shape represents a slicer. Slicers are supported in Excel 2010 or later. 2019-01
2019-02
If the shape was modified in an earlier version of Excel, or if the workbook was 2019-03
saved in Excel 2003 or earlier, the slicer cannot be used. 2019-04
2019-05
2019-06
Grand Total
es by Month Task
Sales_Sum
1,287,944 BIDA Exam - Power Query Task
2,586,715
3,626,242 Context
2,227,373 - Your company has a performance rating system for sales managers.
- Performance is measured based on $ growth in sales over the full year.
652,210 - Today's date is the 5th January 2020.
424,739
868,698 Task
There are a number of issues with the data to the left. All issued are caused by problems in Power Query.
859,490 Identify and fix the issues, before answering the related questions in the exam.
1,488,805 You may need to refresh the table once you've made changes in Power Query.
1,753,140
Issues to Solve
4,599,095 - The numbers in the table don't look right, and the right table doesn't show full year.
5,907,498 - The most recent 6 months of data seem to be missing.
1,299,564 - Also, the Manager Sales table doesn't seem to be mapping correctly.
- For reference, the total increase in company sales between 2018 and 2019 should be 8.59% overall.
2,760,770
4,178,835 Everything about this task can be completed in the Power Query Editor.
2,345,173
828,818
523,434
38,218,546
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how full year.

019 should be 8.59% overall.

uery Editor.