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DAX Functions in Power BI

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Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) allow you to take your Power BI skills to the next level by writing custom functions.

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Course Description

Master DAX

DAX, or Data Analysis eXpressions, is a formula language used in Microsoft Power BI to create calculated columns, measures, and custom tables. Once mastered, DAX gives you powerful control over visuals and reports, allowing for better performance and more flexibility.

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This course covers the core concepts such as row query and filter context, with exercises focusing on filtering, counting, ranking, and iterating functions.
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  1. 1

    Setting up Data Models with DAX

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    In this chapter, you'll write custom functions to create new tables and calculated columns.

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    DAX for creating tables and columns
    50 xp
    Row vs. query vs. filter context
    100 xp
    DAX for calculated tables and columns
    50 xp
    Creating a date table
    100 xp
    Calculated column for costs
    100 xp
    Data cleaning with DAX
    100 xp
    Connecting data from different tables
    100 xp
  2. 2

    DAX and Measures

    Free

    In this chapter, you'll write custom functions to create calculated measures. You'll also get introduced to variables to make writing DAX functions more efficient.

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    Filtering and Counting with DAX

    Expand your DAX power with some commonly used DAX measures. This chapter focuses on filtering and counting functions.

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    Iterating Functions

    This chapter covers the core concept of another powerful set of DAX functions, the so called iterating functions. You will explore iterations with exercises focusing on ranking and iterating your data.

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Maarten is an aquatic ecologist and teacher by training and a data scientist by profession. He is also a certified Power BI and Tableau data analyst. After his career as a PhD researcher at KU Leuven, he wished that he had discovered DataCamp sooner. He loves to combine education and data science to develop DataCamp courses. In his spare time, he runs a symphonic orchestra.
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Carl is building Technology Alliances at DataCamp. Previously, he was the head of the BI Curriculum at DataCamp, where he focused on democratizing data skills through Business Intelligence tools. He holds a double master's degree in Business Engineering and worked in various analyst roles at an e-commerce company before joining DataCamp. He likes to use data to make the complex simple and tell data stories. Outside work, you can often find him enjoying a game of soccer, both on and off the pitch.
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  • Thomas K.
    29 days

    DAX functions allow you to flexibly explore questions from data. Take this course to open the door for yourself.

  • Nicolas F.
    3 months

    This is a fundamental introduction to DAX in Power BI.

  • Benoit B.
    4 months

    I was already using most of the formulas but this course gave me better practices for their use. good pacing and good building-on of skills during this course.

  • Sravan C.
    6 months

    Amazing course, step by step level up of DAX formulae with context and problems felt truly interactive. Not just that, it felt like a small problem of a big project that I'm solving in assessments. Thanks to my instructors and data camp for bringing this course to us.

  • Dejene W.
    7 months

    for the time being i do not have anything to review

"DAX functions allow you to flexibly explore questions from data. Take this course to open the door for yourself."

Thomas K.

"This is a fundamental introduction to DAX in Power BI."

Nicolas F.

"I was already using most of the formulas but this course gave me better practices for their use. good pacing and good building-on of skills during this course."

Benoit B.

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