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Published in Dec 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789950045

Length 794 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Power BI

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Business Intelligence

Authors (5):

Brett Powell

Mitchell Pearson

Brian Knight

Devin Knight

Manuel Quintana

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

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

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Summary

This chapter developed and described several common classes of DAX measures, including date intelligence, dimension metrics, and ranking metrics. These measures utilized the fact and dimension tables accessed in Chapter 8, Connecting to Sources and Transforming Data with M, as well as the data model relationships defined in Chapter 9, Designing Import and DirectQuery Data Models. In addition to detailed measure examples, primary concepts of the DAX including filter context, row context, measure evaluation, and DAX variables were also reviewed. Moreover, examples of standard and DRLS models were shared, and DAX Studio was presented as a tool for testing and tuning DAX.

In the following chapter, Power BI reports will be created which leverage the dataset that has been incrementally developed since Chapter 8, Connecting to Sources and Transforming Data with M. Report-authoring features, such as the visualization types in Power BI Desktop, will access the DAX measures from this chapter...

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