Outline of our Advanced DAX for Microsoft Power BI Course - DURATION: 1 - DAY
Evaluation Context
- What is Evaluation Context?
- The difference between evaluations using Row Context and evaluations using Filter Context
CALCULATE Function
- Recap on the CALCULATE function
- Using complex filters within CALCULATE using FILTER
Removing Filters
- Using ALL, ALLSELECTED & ALLEXCEPT Functions
VALUES & DISTINCT Functions
- The difference between VALUES and DISTINCT
- Looking at the “Blank” entry
- Using ALLNOBLANKROW
Activating Inactive Relationships
- The problem of Inactive Relationships
- Using the USERELATIONSHIP function
Working with Many-to-Many Relationships
- Understanding “Conventional” Many-to-May relationships between Dimensions
- Creating a “Bridge Table”
- Using the CROSSFILTER function
- Looking at Many-to-Many based on Cardinality
- Understanding Granularity
- Looking at the TREATAS Function
- Understanding “Weak” relationships
Using Variables
- The VAR and RETURN statements
- When to use Variables
Advanced Filter Context
- Understanding Context Transition
- Understanding Expanded Tables
Advanced Calculated Columns
- Problems with Circular Dependencies
- Using the EARLIER Function
Advanced Table Functions
- Using SUMMARIZECOLUMNS
- Using CROSSJOIN
Putting it All Together (Time permitting)
- Context Transition.
- Finding TopN Percent
- Binning Measures into numeric categories
- Comparing data in 2 different time frames
- Finding New and Returning customers
- Of the customers who bought X, who also bought Y
This session is a “workshop” that explores using DAX to solve a variety of data analysis problems, for example:
