Create From Scratch
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This section explains the steps to create a table from scratch.
Select the option as shown below and then click Continue.
The 'Create Table' pop-window opens where you can specify the required details.
Select Connection: Choose from the list of admin or user connections, or EDITable managed DB. The supported database connections are mentioned here.
If you do not want to choose any of the existing connections and would like to add a new connection, click on Add Connection. To learn more on adding a connection, refer to this page.
Table Name: Enter a name for your table.
Column Details: Start creating your table by adding the column name, primary key, and other relevant details like length, precision, etc. wherever applicable.
Add Column: Click on '+ Add Column' at the top of the 'Column Details' table to add a new field/column.
Advanced Properties: Check this option to add advanced properties to the column such as Display Name, Thousands Separator, Prefix and Suffix.
Click the bin icon as shown below if you want to delete that column.
You can click on Preview if you wish to view the SQL query generated which will be used to create a new table in the chosen destination.
Click Apply after entering all the column details.
You can now download a pre-configured Power BI report (.pbix file) with a live connection to the table.
After downloading the .pbix file, you might get a few pop-up messages:
Click 'Apply changes' to apply any pending changes to the queries.
Close the 'Pause visuals' suggestion tip that appears below. Do not pause the visuals so the live changes get synced to the database.
Save the .pbix report at regular intervals after making any changes to avoid loss of data.
After creating a table, you can proceed to the next step: managing columns, to configure them, and then you can start working on your data.
If you already have an existing database, you can directly connect to it and start working on it. This is explained in the next section.
