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Microsoft Power BI Cookbook

You're reading from   Microsoft Power BI Cookbook Creating Business Intelligence Solutions of Analytical Data Models, Reports, and Dashboards

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788290142
Length 802 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Configuring Power BI Development Tools 2. Accessing and Retrieving Data FREE CHAPTER 3. Building a Power BI Data Model 4. Authoring Power BI Reports 5. Creating Power BI Dashboards 6. Getting Serious with Date Intelligence 7. Parameterizing Power BI Solutions 8. Implementing Dynamic User-Based Visibility in Power BI 9. Applying Advanced Analytics and Custom Visuals 10. Developing Solutions for System Monitoring and Administration 11. Enhancing and Optimizing Existing Power BI Solutions 12. Deploying and Distributing Power BI Content 13. Integrating Power BI with Other Applications

Developing advanced date intelligence metrics

Date intelligence measures are often at the center of the most visible Power BI reports and dashboards as well as more complex business analyses. Therefore, given the unique requirements of each organization and BI project, it's important to understand how to go beyond the standard patterns described in the previous recipe to efficiently embed custom logic. Additionally, the ability to answer the business question "When did X occur (or not occur)?" is a powerful supplement to data models that can be supported via DAX measure logic.

In this recipe, an example is provided of a measure that identifies the dates in which sales were not recorded for a specific region and product category. In the second example, a custom Prior Year-to-Date measure is described with default (no filter) behavior and the exclusion of incomplete...

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