Creating measures for utilization

Because measures can exist in any table, it is often considered good practice to place measures in their own table for ease of reference and use.

To create this table, follow these steps:

  1. Select the Home tab in the ribbon. Then, in the External data section, choose Get Data and then Blank Query. This opens the Power Query Editor.
  2. Rename the query #Measures in the Query Settings pane by editing the Name property. Right-click the #Measures query in the Queries pane and uncheck Include in report refresh as there is no reason to refresh a blank query.
  3. From the ribbon, choose Close & Apply. Note that a new table, #Measures, appears at the top of the tables list in the FIELDS pane.
  4. Select Measure in the Hours ...

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