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Mastering Microsoft Power BI

You're reading from   Mastering Microsoft Power BI Expert techniques for effective data analytics and business intelligence

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788297233
Length 638 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Brett Powell Brett Powell
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Preface 1. Planning Power BI Projects FREE CHAPTER 2. Connecting to Sources and Transforming Data with M 3. Designing Import and DirectQuery Data Models 4. Developing DAX Measures and Security Roles 5. Creating and Formatting Power BI Reports 6. Applying Custom Visuals, Animation, and Analytics 7. Designing Power BI Dashboards and Architectures 8. Managing Application Workspaces and Content 9. Managing the On-Premises Data Gateway 10. Deploying the Power BI Report Server 11. Creating Power BI Apps and Content Distribution 12. Administering Power BI for an Organization 13. Scaling with Premium and Analysis Services 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Dimension metrics

The majority of DAX measures will apply aggregating functions to numeric columns of fact tables. However, several of the most important metrics of a dataset are those which identify the presence of dimensions in fact tables such as the count of customers who've purchased and those who haven't. It can also be necessary to count the distinct values of a dimension column such as the number of postal codes sold to or the number of distinct marketing promotions over a period of time.

In the dataset for this project, the customer dimension table is exclusive to the Internet Sales fact table, and the measure should only count customers with internet sales history. Additionally, slowly changing dimension logic has been implemented so that a single customer defined by the Customer Alternate Key column could have multiple rows defined by the Customer Key column...

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