In order to determine whether or not PTO should be approved, it is important to understand where the company is with respect to budgets and forecasts. Whether or not the company, department, and/or location is on target in terms of its budget can be an important consideration when approving or denying time off.
Unlike the calendar table from Chapter 2, Up and Running with Power BI Desktop, where we used DAX to create a calculated table, this time, we will import data into our data model using a query.
To create a query, we will implement the following steps:
- Choose Get Data from the Home tab of the ribbon. Note the default list of potential data sources and select More... at the bottom of the list: