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Cube formulas

The purpose of this report is to follow a standard, paginated template layout reflecting top metrics by quarter and half year:

Open Excel and from the Power BI Publisher for Excel tab click on Connect to Data.
Select the dataset and click on Connect:

Power BI Publisher for the Excel Connect to Power BI dialog

Create a pivot table containing the essential measures, attributes, and filters needed for the report.

Excel Pivot Table with two Slicers based on the Power BI dataset

Select the OLAP Tools drop-down from the Analyze ...

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