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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

Ranking metrics

Many reports and analyses are built around the ranking of dimensions relative to measures, such as the top 10 salespeople based on YTD sales. Ranking measures can also help deliver more clean and intuitive report visualizations as they substitute small integer values for large numbers and decimal places. Ranking measures can be as simple as specifying a column and a measure, or more complex with unique ranking logic applied in distinct filter contexts.

Ranking measures in DAX are implemented via the RANKX() function, which is an iterator like SUMX() and FILTER(). As an iterating function, two required input parameters include a table and the expression to be evaluated for each row of the table. The following two measures rank products based on the Internet Net Sales measure:

Internet Net Sales Product Rank = 
RANKX(ALL('Product'[Product Alternate Key]...
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