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Extreme DAX

You're reading from   Extreme DAX Take your Power BI and Microsoft data analytics skills to the next level

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801078511
Length 470 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Henk Vlootman Henk Vlootman
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Michiel Rozema Michiel Rozema
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface Part I: Introduction FREE CHAPTER
1.1 DAX in Business Intelligence 1.2 Model Design 1.3 Using DAX 1.4 Context and Filtering Part II: Business cases
2.1 Security with DAX 2.2 Dynamically Changing Visualizations 2.3 Alternative Calendars 2.4 Working with AutoExist 2.5 Intercompany Business 2.6 Exploring the Future: Forecasting and Future Values 2.7 Inventory Analysis 2.8 Personnel Planning Other Books You May Enjoy
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DAX in Business Intelligence

Without a doubt, information is nowadays one of the most valuable assets of any organization. We all know this as consumers: companies are lining up to get our personal data. Not because any of us are so interesting individually (though we're sure you are a very interesting person!), but the combination of data from many consumers enables companies to get valuable insights to drive their business forward.

This is not only true for commercial companies. Public institutions, hospitals, and universities also benefit from information to better run their core processes. In any case, information is the foundation of progress and innovation.

But getting from data to information to insights can be a tedious process. It involves combining data from different sources, discovering hidden structures and correlations, and considering the context of data. This is why the field of business intelligence, or data analytics, has traditionally been exclusive...

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