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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Student Reviews (1492)
  • Filipe Zacarias (Aug 11, 2022)

    Excelente, os instrutores são mestres em DAX e Data Modeling. Vou continuar a aprender e aplicar na prática os ensinamentos.

  • Alf Jivegård (Aug 11, 2022)

    Excellent to hear the explanations of DAX in new way. The biggest take away was the visualisation of functions/code using the tables, to actually see them helps a lot. In addition that also made it possible to understand the "X" functions.

  • Jerry Ray (Aug 10, 2022)

    Excellent starter course. You do know what you are talking about.

  • John Nnoli (Aug 4, 2022)

    Awesome and detailed. Thank you so much Marco and Albeto

  • MD ABU TALHA (Aug 3, 2022)

    Very good as a beginner level course

  • Miguel Claudio Romero (Jul 25, 2022)

    The course is very interesting and motivates us to improve our models using DAX Thank You

  • Herika Medeiros (Jul 25, 2022)

    Great work! Well organised and efficient.

  • Raymundo Vega (Jul 24, 2022)

    One of the best DAX fundamentals courses I've ever taken.

  • Jesus Roberto Eslava Gallegos (Jul 24, 2022)

    llevo 4 años trabajando como consultor de BI y aun asi se puede aprender de este curso basico

  • PETER GAZELKA (Jul 21, 2022)

    The course was easy to follow and informative. I tried reading the Definitive Guide to DAX and that was way, way too much. I got very stressed trying to read it. Thanks.

  • sagar kuruma (Jul 21, 2022)

    I'm from a non-technical background. I don't know any coding language including SQL. So, What I felt first by watching videos is we need to have at least some basic knowledge of writing SQL or excel functions. I gained knowledge by watching these free videos. Thanks for helping people as we don't know anything about DAX and by watching these videos we understood what it is all about.

  • Shelby McIntyre (Jul 20, 2022)

    Awesome course. Good content, clear explanations, and I liked the interactions between the two of you. I really feel like I have what I need to get started doing Power BI reports without having to constantly ask my coworkers for help. Thank you so much!

  • Josephine Lee (Jul 20, 2022)

    This course does an excellent job of explaining DAX without overwhelming the audience learning.

  • pavan kumar (Jul 19, 2022)

    Marco and Alberto are the way of teaching is amazing.

  • Joanna Paluch (Jul 18, 2022)

    Very professional. Thank you.