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 (1489)
  • Steele Carr (Jun 21, 2019)

    Excellent. Especially for a free course. Its not designed to give you everything you need but gives you a very good understanding. Only negative thing to talk about is the way they jump around sometimes during the explanations.

  • Isabelle Palaster (Jun 18, 2019)

    I really enjoyed this course and got a lot out of it. Thank you

  • James Ulatowski (Jun 14, 2019)

    Strong course for an introduction. Leaves one very interested in further study and intent to use the newly acquired knowledge in BI tasks at hand. The presenters are clearly expert in these topics and it was both very informative and intellectually satisfying to watch and listen to them. The chats between them are typical of the dialog of smart people at work, no need to say excuse me and thank you - that is a given and wastes time.

  • Daniel Melo (Jun 14, 2019)

    Cool and well explained

  • Pradeep Ramakrishna Musham (Jun 13, 2019)

    Excellent explanation of concepts.

  • Marta Santos (Jun 13, 2019)

    Phenomenal Training. Marco Russo is amazing! This is my first introduction to the subject. Now I see it is possible to advance...Many thanks!

  • Mothilal T (Jun 13, 2019)

    Greetings, I learned DAX formulas previously and this course will be easy to understand more and thank you so much for free tutorial.

  • Marta Joanna Maciejczyk (Jun 7, 2019)

    Great content, easy to follow and understand. Very specific and technical. Nice presentation and interesting examples. I feel like have learnt a lot within very short time.

  • Andy Stepas (Jun 4, 2019)

    Excellent and easy way to understand the basics of DAX!

  • Olanrewaju Oyinbooke (Jun 3, 2019)

    I found so much value in this course than what I ever expected. The facilitators are great at explain complex concepts and making them simple. I will surely recommend this course. Gracias.

  • BHASKAR JAIN (May 31, 2019)

    May I am also learning dax with book "The Definitive Guide to DAX", video course away some, very easy to understand

  • Vasko Bashoski (May 29, 2019)

    Great Course, continuing to Mastering and Optimization

  • Maisie Han (May 27, 2019)

    You guys are awesome! But it would be good if there are some parts where you both didn't talk over each other.

  • Pablo J Moreno (May 27, 2019)

    This is the best DAX course that I ever had. Alberto Ferrari and Marco Russo are the real DAX masters and they know how to teach. Thank you

  • Luca Argentiero (May 25, 2019)

    Great Course and well done. Sometimes a bit fast but you can always pause and try out if you understood the topics. Thanks for putting the course out !!