Set Data Categories for fields in PowerPivot

In order for Power View to dynamically create reports based on underlying data, such as location, fields that contain such data must be properly categorized.

Open the Excel Workbook we created in our earlier post. Create a Power View report

For the Olympics data, let’s specify the categories for a few fields.

• In Power Pivot, select Hosts. Select the NOC_CountryRegion field. From Advanced -> Reporting Properties -> Data Category: click the arrow and select Country/Region from the list of available data categories, as shown in the following screen.

• Return to Excel, and select the Power View sheet. Expand the Medals table in Power View Fields, and notice that the NOC_CountryRegion field now has a small globe icon beside it. The globe indicates that NOC_CountryRegion contains a geographic location, as shown in the following screen.

We’ll use that geographic location in an upcoming post. It’s time to save your work, review what you’ve learned, and then get ready to dive into the next post.

I will come up with more details in my next post. Till then Stay Tuned, Keep Learning & Practicing.