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Introducing DAX Video Course

This is an introductory video course about the DAX language. DAX is the native language of Power BI, Analysis Services, Power Pivot for Excel. The training is aimed at users of Power BI, Excel, and at Fabric and Analysis Services developers that want to move the first steps with DAX.

The goal is to teach the DAX language using Power BI for all the examples. You can download the initial Power BI Desktop file used in the demos and repeat all the steps shown in the videos. The same concepts can be used also on semantic models in Fabric, on Power Pivot and on Analysis Services.

The course is made of 84 minutes of lectures. You can watch the videos at anytime and the system will keep track of your advances. Within the course you can download the initial Power BI file used in the demos.

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  • Presentation of Introducing DAX second edition

    • Presentation of Introducing DAX Video Course

  • Examples and downloads

    • How to download and use the examples

  • Introduction to the model, calculated columns, and measures

    • Brief introduction to the model
    • Creating calculated columns
    • Creating measures

  • Filter context and CALCULATE

    • Introducing the filter context
    • Introducing CALCULATE
    • CALCULATE behavior

  • Visual calculations, time intelligence, and functions

    • Introducing visual calculations
    • Using visual calculations
    • Computing time intelligence calculations
    • Introducing functions

  • Final example and conclusions

    • An example of a more complex calculation
    • Conclusions
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5-star Reviews (1471 of 1626)
  • Ganesh Machat (Jul 26, 2021)

    Excellent course ;This really helped me as a Business Analyst to write DAX. I'll recommend it to all my colleagues

  • Subhashis Panda (Jul 20, 2021)

    very nice lecture

  • Bhaskar Sarkar (Jul 16, 2021)

    Excellent. Please provide some free exercises for hands-on after watching this.

  • Cindy Snyder (Jul 14, 2021)

    I enjoyed the course. I would like a copy of the PP the presenter used as a reference. Thank you

  • madhan kumar (Jul 11, 2021)

    Awesome course!!!!!!!

  • Jerry (Jul 7, 2021)

    This was a FANTASTIC course in DAX!!!! It took a very building block approach and expanded on those building blocks. This was perfect for someone like me and made it very easy to understand.

  • Juan José Muñoz Casteig (Jul 6, 2021)

    very complete course.

  • Jishnu Krishnan K (Jul 5, 2021)

    SQL BI is a wonderful platform for beginners in DAX.

  • IRWIN CHAWLA (Jul 2, 2021)

    Excellent Course for absolute beginners. Loved it. ordered book as well.

  • Tom Hogan (Jun 29, 2021)

    Excellent high level overview of the DAX language. Good explanation and examples of the concepts; however, would have liked to have seen a couple of more examples related to context transition.

  • Carmen Bauer (Jun 29, 2021)

    Excellent course! I really enjoyed the way the brothers interacted and conveyed this content re: DAX. Thank you!

  • Martin J (Jun 27, 2021)

    Excellent course. Explains the basics of DAX but also covers some of the unexpected behaviour that had been confusing me for a long time. This is a must-have course for anyone starting with DAX.

  • Abhishek Srivastava (Jun 27, 2021)

    Really good description of DAX for beginners

  • Jeremie Bougrain (Jun 26, 2021)

    Excellent course, clarified a lot of beginner questions I had. I look forward for the DAX mastering course :)

  • Ahmed Haroon (Jun 24, 2021)

    it was amazing journey to learn DAX, i have to view 1 or 2 times again especially where it starts Contexts to have strong understanding. i have to and happy to give it 5 Stars :)