Problem:
There’s a Power Pivot Model. It imports some number of columns from a table. Now, there’s a need to import an additional column to this table. How do you do that?
Solution:
Here are the steps:
1. Open Power Pivot Model.
2. Go to Design Tab.
3. Click on Table Properties:
4. From here, You can add additional columns:
5. click on save and that should add the column to your model:
#1: I can’t see what you see inside Design Tab. What do I do?
Make sure you have the latest Power Pivot version. You can read this: http://parasdoshi.com/2013/06/04/excel-2010-how-to-check-the-installed-version-of-powerpivot-and-whats-the-latest-version/
#2: How about changing the data source & pointing to new cube/database? It’s very helpful when you switch between QA, Dev or PROD servers. Here are the steps:
you can do that too! Go to Design > Existing connections > Select Connection > Edit > Make changes > Test it! > Save > “Refresh”. Any Problems? No? Great. That’s Done!
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