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Microsoft Power BI Complete Reference

You're reading from   Microsoft Power BI Complete Reference Bring your data to life with the powerful features of Microsoft Power BI

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Product type Course
Published in Dec 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789950045
Length 794 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Brett Powell Brett Powell
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Mitchell Pearson Mitchell Pearson
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Brian Knight Brian Knight
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Manuel Quintana Manuel Quintana
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Table of Contents (25) Chapters Close

Title Page
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
1. Getting Started with Importing Data Options FREE CHAPTER 2. Data Transformation Strategies 3. Building the Data Model 4. Leveraging DAX 5. Visualizing Data 6. Using a Cloud Deployment with the Power BI Service 7. Planning Power BI Projects 8. Connecting to Sources and Transforming Data with M 9. Designing Import and DirectQuery Data Models 10. Developing DAX Measures and Security Roles 11. Creating and Formatting Power BI Reports 12. Applying Custom Visuals, Animation, and Analytics 13. Designing Power BI Dashboards and Architectures 14. Managing Application Workspaces and Content 15. Managing the On-Premises Data Gateway 16. Deploying the Power BI Report Server 17. Creating Power BI Apps and Content Distribution 18. Administering Power BI for an Organization 19. Scaling with Premium and Analysis Services 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Chapter 4. Leveraging DAX

Data analysis expressions (DAX) is a formula language that made its debut back in 2010 with the release of Power Pivot within Excel. Much of DAX is similar to Excel's functions, and therefore learning DAX is an easy transition for Excel users and power users. In fact, DAX is so similar to Excel that I have seen new students become comfortable with the language and begin writing DAX within minutes. 

The goal of this chapter is to introduce you to DAX and give you the confidence to start exploring this language on your own. Because of the brevity of this chapter, there will not be any discussions on in-depth DAX concepts and theory. There are, of course, many other books that are dedicated to just that.

Now, let's take a look at what is covered in this chapter:

  • Building calculated columns 
  • Calculated measures – the basics
  • Calculated measures – filter context
  • Calculated measures – time intelligence
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