Introducing DAX Video Course

This is an introductory video course about the DAX language. DAX is the native language of Power BI, Power Pivot for Excel, and SSAS Tabular models in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services. The training is aimed at users of Power BI, Power Pivot for Excel, and at 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 Power Pivot and on Analysis Services Tabular. The course is made of 150 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 slides and the initial Power BI file used in the demos.

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  • Presentation of Introducing DAX

    • Presentation of Introducing DAX Video Course
  • Slides and examples

    • How to download and use the examples
  • Introduction to DAX

    • Introduction to DAX
    • What is DAX?
    • Calculated Columns
    • Measures
    • Aggregation Functions
    • Using Variables
  • Table Functions

    • Table Functions
    • Calculated Tables
    • Filtering a Table
    • Removing Filters
    • Mixing Filters
    • DISTINCT
    • RELATEDTABLE
  • Evaluation Contexts

    • Evaluation Contexts
    • What is an Evaluation Context?
    • Example of a Filter Context
    • Row Context
    • There are Always Two Contexts
  • CALCULATE

    • CALCULATE
    • What is CALCULATE?
    • Filters are Tables
  • Evaluation Contexts and Relationships

    • Evaluation Contexts and Relationships
    • Filters and Relationships
    • Row Context - Many Tables
    • Filter Context - Many Tables
    • Context Transition
  • Time Intelligence in DAX

    • Time Intelligence in DAX
    • Date Table
    • What is Time Intelligence?
  • Conclusion

    • Conclusion
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  • Jan-Erik Selenius (May 24, 2023)

    Great lesson!

  • Rajesh Dhiman (May 24, 2023)

    Great Course for a beginner. All concepts are nicely explained. Please go through multiple times to absorb these concepts

  • Tanmay Roy (May 23, 2023)

    Very informative and nicely explained

  • Marcio Andrade (May 17, 2023)

    Excellent introductory content. Specially the didactics of the presenter and how was covered the evaluation context matter. Thank!

  • Esther Rodriguez (May 17, 2023)

    fantastic course. everything really well explained

  • Darren Craig (May 14, 2023)

    Very informative. Clear and concise. Thank you.

  • Anirban Das (May 9, 2023)

    By far its the best course on DAX that I have done till date.

  • J Douglas Longiotti (May 9, 2023)

    Very good content.

  • Santiago Molero (May 6, 2023)

    This is an excellent introductory course. I would love to take the next course.

  • Sandro Sanchez (May 5, 2023)

    Excellent introduction to DAX

  • Alan Feito (May 4, 2023)

    I love it

  • Toni Lazazzera (May 2, 2023)

    Grazie mille. Very nice done, format, content, everything. Complimenti, Toni.

  • Balu Chelluri (Apr 29, 2023)

    This course really helped me to relearn some DAX concepts. This course is a good starting point if you want to learn DAX while practicing.

  • Mariana Cheroni (Apr 28, 2023)

    Amazing content, very clear and useful to organize the basic concepts and plan next steps on this powerful language. Thank you for sharing this with the community.

  • David McGuinness (Apr 28, 2023)

    Excellent work, thanks a lot