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1. Topic 1, Litware, Inc. Case Study

This is a case study. Case studies are not timed separately. You can use as much exam time as you would like to complete each case. However, there may be additional case studies and sections on this exam. You must manage your time to ensure that you are able to complete all questions included on this exam in the time provided.

To answer the questions included in a case study, you will need to reference information that is provided in the case study. Case studies might contain exhibits and other resources that provide more information about the scenario that is described in the case study. Each question is independent of the other questions in this case study.

At the end of this case study, a review screen will appear. This screen allows you to review your answers and to make changes before you move to the next section of the exam. After you begin a new section, you cannot return to this section.

To start the case study

To display the first question in this case study, click the Next button. Use the buttons in the left pane to explore the content of the case study before you answer the questions. Clicking these buttons displays information such as business requirements, existing environment and problem statements. If the case study has an All Information tab, note that the information displayed is identical to the information displayed on the subsequent tabs. When you are ready to answer a question, click the Question button to return to the question.

Overview

Litware, Inc. is an online retailer that uses Microsoft Power Bl dashboards and reports.

The company plans to leverage data from Microsoft SQL Server databases, Microsoft Excel files, text files, and several other data sources.

Litware uses Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to authenticate users.

Existing Environment

Sales Data

Litware has online sales data that has the SQL schema shown in the following table.

In the Date table, the dateid column has a format of yyyymmdd and the month column has a format of yyyymm.

The week column in the Date table and the weekid column in the Weekly_Returns table have a format of yyyyww.

The regionid column can be managed by only one sales manager.

Data Concerns

You are concerned with the quality and completeness of the sales data. You plan to verify the sales data for negative sales amounts.

Reporting Requirements

Litware identifies the following technical requirements:

• Executives require a visual that shows sales by region.

• Regional managers require a visual to analyze weekly sales and returns.

• Sales managers must be able to see the sales data of their respective region only.

• The sales managers require a visual to analyze sales performance versus sales targets.

• The sale department requires reports that contain the number of sales transactions.

• Users must be able to see the month in reports as shown in the following example: Feb 2020.

• The customer service department requires a visual that can be filtered by both sales month and ship month independently.

You need to address the data concerns before creating the data model.

What should you do in Power Query Editor?

2. You need to create a calculated column to display the month based on the reporting requirements.

Which DAX expression should you use?

3. You need to create the required relationship for the executive's visual.

What should you do before you can create the relationship?

4. What should you create to meet the reporting requirements of the sales department?

5. You need to create a relationship between the Weekly_Returns table and the Date table to meet the reporting requirements of the regional managers.

What should you do?

6. HOTSPOT

You need to create a visualization to meet the reporting requirements of the sales managers.

How should you create the visualization? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

7. You need to provide a solution to provide the sales managers with the required access.

What should you include in the solution?

8. You need to create relationships to meet the reporting requirements of the customer service department.

What should you create?

9. HOTSPOT

You publish the dataset to powerbi.com.

For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

10. You need to get data from the Microsoft SQL Server tables.

What should you use to configure the connection'

11. You merge data from Sales.Region, Region_Manager, Sales_Manager, and Manager into a single table named Region.

What should you do next to meet the reporting requirements of the executives?

12. HOTSPOT

You publish the semantic model to powerbi.com.

For each of the following statements, select Yes if the statement is true. Otherwise, select No. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

13. Topic 2, Contoso Ltd, Case Study

Overview

Contoso Ltd. is a manufacturing company that produces sports equipment. Contoso holds quarterly board meetings for which financial analysts manually prepare Microsoft Excel reports, including balance sheets and profit and loss statements for each of the company s four business units.

Data for the reports comes from the sources shown in the following table.

The balance sheet data is unrelated to the profit and loss results other than they both relate to dates.

The balance sheet data is imported and includes the final monthly balances of each account in the format shown in the following table.

The balance sheet data always includes a row for each account for each month.

The product catalog shows how products roll up to product categories, which roll up to the business units the product list is provided in the format shown in the following table.

Revenue data is provided at the date and product level. Expense data is provided at the date and department level.

Contoso wants the reports and datasets refreshed with minimum manual effort.

The company wants to provide the board with 3 single package of reports that will contain custom navigation and links to supplementary information.

Maintenance, including maturity updating data and access, must be minimized as much as possible.

The reports must be made available to the board from powerbi.com. A group in Microsoft Azure Active Director)' (Azure AD), part of Microsoft Entra. will be used to share information with the board.

Contoso identifies the following security requirements for analyst access:

• Analysts must be able to access all balance sheet and product catalog data.

• Analysts must be able to access only the profit and loss data of their respective business unit

• Analysts must be able to create new reports from the dataset that contains the profit and loss data, but the reports built by the analysts must NOT be included in the quarterly reports for the board.

• Analysts must NOT be able to share the quarterly reports with anyone.

• Analysts must NOT be able to make new reports by using the balance sheet data.

You plan to relate the balance sheet table to a date table in Power Bl in a many-to-one relationship based on the last day of the month. At least one of the balance sheet reports in the quarterly reporting package must show the ending balances for the quarter, as well as for the previous quarter.

The date table will contain the columns shown in the following table.

The definitions and attributes for the products departments, and business units must be consistent across all the reports.

The board must be able to get the following information from the quarterly reports:

• Revenue trends over time

• The ending balances of each account

• Changes m long-term liabilities from the previous quarter

• The percent of total revenue contributed by each product category

• A comparison of quarterly revenue versus the same quarter from the previous year

The reports must be updated with the latest data by 5 AM each day.

Overview

This is a case study. Case studies are not timed separately. You can use as much exam time as you

would like to complete each case. However, there may be additional case studies and sections on this exam. You must manage your time to ensure that you are able to complete all questions included on this exam in the time provided.

To answer the questions included in a case study, you will need to reference information that is provided in the case study. Case studies might contain exhibits and other resources that provide more information about the scenario that is described in the case study. Each question is independent of the other questions in this case study.

At the end of this case study, a review screen will appear. This screen allows you to review your answers and to make changes before you move to the next section of the exam. After you begin a new section, you cannot return to this section.

To start the case study

To display the first question in this case study, click the Next button. Use the buttons in the left pane to explore the content of the case study before you answer the questions. Clicking these buttons displays information such as business requirements, existing environment and problem statements. If the case study has an All Information tab, note that the information displayed is identical to the information displayed on the subsequent tabs. When you are ready to answer a question, click the Question button to return to the question.

Existing Environment

Contoso, Ltd. is a manufacturing company that produces outdoor equipment Contoso has quarterly board meetings for which financial analysts manually prepare Microsoft Excel reports, including profit and loss statements for each of the company's four business units, a company balance sheet, and net income projections for the next quarter.

Data and Sources

Data for the reports comes from three sources. Detailed revenue, cost and expense data comes from an Azure SQL database. Summary balance sheet data comes from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. The balance sheet data is not related to the profit and loss results; other than they both relate to dates.

Monthly revenue and expense projections for the next quarter come from a Microsoft SharePoint Online list. Quarterly projections relate to the profit and loss results by using the following shared dimensions: date, business unit, department, and product category.

Net Income Projection Data

Net income projection data is stored in a SharePoint Online list named Projections in the format shown in the following table.

Revenue projections are set at the monthly level and summed to show projections for the quarter.

Balance Sheet Data

The balance sheet data is imported with final balances for each account per month in the format shown in the following table.

There is always a row for each account for each month in the balance sheet data.

Dynamics 365 Business Central Data

Business Central contains a product catalog that shows how products roll up to product categories, which roll up to business units. Revenue data is provided at the date and product level. Expense data is provided at the date and department level.

Business Issues

Historically, it has taken two analysts a week to prepare the reports for the quarterly board meetings. Also, there is usually at least one issue each quarter where a value in a report is wrong because of a bad cell reference in an Excel formula. On occasion, there are conflicting results in the reports because the products and departments that roll up to each business unit are not defined consistently.

Planned Changes

Contoso plans to automate and standardize the quarterly reporting process by using Microsoft Power Bl. The company wants to how long it takes to populate reports to less than two days. The company wants to create common logic for business units, products, and departments to be used across all reports, including, but not limited, to the quarterly reporting for the board.

Technical Requirements

Contoso wants the reports and datasets refreshed with minimal manual effort

The company wants to provide a single package of reports to the board that contains custom navigation and links to supplementary information.

Maintenance, including manually updating data and access, must be minimized as much as possible.

Security Requirements

The reports must be made available to the board from powerbi.com. A mail-enabled security group will be used to share information with the board.

The analysts responsible for each business unit must see all the data the board sees, except the profit and loss data, which must be restricted to only their business unit's data. The analysts must be able to build new reports from the dataset that contains the profit and loss data, but any reports that the analysts build must not be included in the quarterly reports for the board. The analysts must not be able to share the quarterly reports with anyone.

Report Requirements

You plan to relate the balance sheet to a standard date table in Power Bl in a many-to-one relationship based on the last day of the month. At least one of the balance sheet reports in the quarterly reporting package must show the ending balances for the quarter, as well as for the previous quarter.

Projections must contain a column named RevenueProjection that contains the revenue projection amounts. A relationship must be created from Projections to a table named Date that contains the columns shown in the following table.

The relationships between products and departments to business units must be consistent across all reports.

The board must be able to get the following information from the quarterly reports:

• Revenue trends over time

• Ending balances for each account

• A comparison of expenses versus projections by quarter

• Changes in long-term liabilities from the previous quarter

• A comparison of quarterly revenue versus the same quarter during the prior year

DRAG DROP

You need to create a DAX measure in the data model that only allows users to see projections at the appropriate levels of granularity.

How should you complete the measure? To answer, drag the appropriate values to the correct targets. Each value may be used once, more than once, or not at all. You may need to drag the split bar between panes or scroll to view content. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

14. HOTSPOT

You need to calculate the last day of the month in the balance sheet data to ensure that you can relate the balance sheet data to the Date table.

Which type of calculation and which formula should you use? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

15. HOTSPOT

You need to grant access to the business unit analysts.

What should you configure? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

16. You need to recommend a strategy to consistently define the business unit, department, and product category data and make the data usable across reports.

What should you recommend?

17. DRAG DROP

Once the profit and loss dataset is created, which four actions should you perform in sequence to ensure that the business unit analysts see the appropriate profit and loss data? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.

18. What is the minimum number of datasets and storage modes required to support the reports?

19. Which DAX expression should you use to get the ending balances in the balance sheet reports?

20. Which two types of visualizations can be used in the balance sheet reports to meet the reporting goals? Each correct answer presents part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

21. HOTSPOT

How should you distribute the reports to the board? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

22. You need to ensure that the data is updated to meet the report requirements. The solution must minimize configuration effort.

What should you do?

23. You need to create the relationship between the product list and the revenue results. The solution must minimize the time it takes to render visuals.

What should you set as the relationship cardinality?

24. Topic 3, Northwind Traders

Case study

Overview

This is a case study. Case studies are not timed separately. You can use as much exam time as you would like to complete each case. However, there may be additional case studies and sections on this exam. You must manage your time to ensure that you are able to complete all question included on this exam in the time provided.

To answer the questions included in a case study, you will need to reference information that is provided in the case study. Case studies might contain exhibits and other resources that provide more information about the scenario that is described in the case study. Each question is independent of the other question on this case study.

At the end of this case study, a review screen will appear. This screen allows you to review your answers and to make changes before you move to the next section of the exam. After you begin a new section, you cannot return to this section.

To start the case study

To display the first question on this case study, click the Next button. Use the buttons in the left pane to explore the content of the case study before you answer the questions. Clicking these buttons displays information such as business requirements, existing environment, and problem statements. If the case study has an All Information tab, note that the information displayed is identical to the information displayed on the subsequent tabs. When you are ready to answer a question, click the Question button to return to the question.

Overview. General Overview

Northwind Traders is a specialty food import company.

The company recently implemented Power BI to better understand its top customers, products, and suppliers.

Overview. Business Issues

The sales department relies on the IT department to generate reports in Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). The IT department takes too long to generate the reports and often misunderstands the report requirements.

Existing Environment. Data Sources

Northwind Traders uses the data sources shown in the following table.

Source2 is exported daily from a third-party system and stored in Microsoft SharePoint Online.

Existing Environment. Customer Worksheet

Source2 contains a single worksheet named Customer Details.

The first 11 rows of the worksheet are shown in the following table.

All the fields in Source2 are mandatory.

The Address column in Customer Details is the billing address, which can differ from the shipping address.

Existing Environment. Azure SQL Database

Source1 contains the following table:

- Orders

- Products

- Suppliers

- Categories

- Order Details

- Sales Employees

The Orders table contains the following columns.

The Order Details table contains the following columns.

The address in the Orders table is the shipping address, which can differ from the billing address.

The Products table contains the following columns.

The Categories table contains the following columns.

The Suppliers table contains the following columns.

The Sales Employees table contains the following columns.

Each employee in the Sales Employees table is assigned to one sales region. Multiple employees can be assigned to each region.

Requirements. Report Requirements

Northwind Traders requires the following reports:

- Top Products

- Top Customers

- On-Time Shipping

The Top Customers report will show the top 20 customers based on the highest sales amounts in a selected order month or quarter, product category, and sales region.

The Top Products report will show the top 20 products based on the highest sales amounts sold in a selected order month or quarter, sales region, and product category. The report must also show which suppliers provide the top products.

The On-Time Shipping report will show the following metrics for a selected shipping month or quarter:

- The percentage of orders that were shipped late by country and shipping region

- Customers that had multiple late shipments during the last quarter

Northwind Traders defines late orders as those shipped after the required shipping date.

The warehouse shipping department must be notified if the percentage of late orders within the current month exceeds 5%.

The reports must show historical data for the current calendar year and the last three calendar years.

Requirements. Technical Requirements

Northwind Traders identifies the following technical requirements:

- A single dataset must support all three reports.

- The reports must be stored in a single Power BI workspace.

- Report data must be current as of 7 AM Pacific Time each day.

- The reports must provide fast response times when users interact with a visualization.

- The data model must minimize the size of the dataset as much as possible, while meeting the report requirements and the technical requirements.

Requirements. Security Requirements

Access to the reports must be granted to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) security groups only.

An Azure AD security group exists for each department.

The sales department must be able to perform the following tasks in Power BI:

- Create, edit, and delete content in the reports.

- Manage permissions for workspaces, datasets, and report.

- Publish, unpublish, update, and change the permissions for an app.

- Assign Azure AD groups role-based access to the reports workspace.

Users in the sales department must be able to access only the data of the sales region to which they are assigned in the Sales Employees table.

Power BI has the following row-level security (RLS) Table filter DAX expression for the Sales Employees table.

[EmailAddress] = USERNAME()

RLS will be applied only to the sales department users. Users in all other departments must be able to view all the data.

You need to design the data model to meet the report requirements.

What should you do in Power BI Desktop?

25. HOTSPOT

You need to create a measure that will return the percentage of late orders.

How should you complete the DAX expression? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

26. HOTSPOT

You need to create a relationship in the dataset for RLS.

What should you do? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

27. You need to create the On-Time Shipping report. The report must include a visualization that shows the percentage of late orders.

Which type of visualization should you create?

28. HOTSPOT

You need to create the Top Customers report.

Which type of filter should you use, and at which level should you apply the filter? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

29. You need to minimize me size of the dataset. The solution must meet the report requirements.

What should you do?

30. You need to configure access for the sales department users. The solution must me meet the security requirements.

What should you do?

31. HOTSPOT

You need to design the data model and the relationships for the Customer Details worksheet and the Orders table by using Power BI. The solution must meet the report requirements.

For each of the following statement, select Yes if the statement is true, Otherwise, select No. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

32. HOTSPOT

You need to create a solution to meet the notification requirements of the warehouse shipping department.

What should you do? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct select is worth one point:

33. You need to create the dataset.

Which dataset mode should you use?

34. HOTSPOT

You need to create a relationship in the data model for RLS.

What should you do? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area. NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

35. You need to minimize the size of the semantic model. The solution must meet the report requirements.

What should you do?

36. You need to create the semantic model.

Which storage mode should you use for the tables in the semantic model?

37. You use Power Query to import two tables named Order Header and Order Details from an Azure SQL database. The Order Header table relates to the Order Details table by using a column named Order ID in each table.

You need to combine the tables into a single query that contains the unique columns of each table.

What should you select in Power Query Editor?

38. Topic 4, Misc. Questions

Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.

After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.

You are modeling data by using Microsoft Power Bl. Part of the data model is a large Microsoft SQL Server table named Order that has more than 100 million records.

During the development process, you need to import a sample of the data from the Order table.

Solution: You add a WHERE clause to the SQL statement.

Does this meet the goal?

39. Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.

After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.

You are modeling data by using Microsoft Power Bl. Part of the data model is a large Microsoft SQL Server table named Order that has more than 100 million records.

During the development process, you need to import a sample of the data from the Order table.

Solution: You write a DAX expression that uses the FILTER function.

Does this meet the goal?

40. Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.

After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen.

You are modeling data by using Microsoft Power Bl. Part of the data model is a large Microsoft SQL Server table named Order that has more than 100 million records.

During the development process, you need to import a sample of the data from the Order table.

Solution: You add a report-level filter that filters based on the order date.

Does this meet the goal?