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DAX Tips, Tricks and Techniques

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Overview

Learn a multitude of DAX tips, tricks and techniques to take your skills to the next level!

What you'll learn:
  • Why you must learn some theory first
  • Best practices for naming conventions for your DAX and data model objects
  • Why bidirectional filtering is not your friend
  • Filtering techniques
  • How to find the performance bottleneck in your large Power BI report
  • Techniques for creating measures to handle common business related requirements and scenarios
  • Time intelligence techniques
  • DAX interview questions to test your own knowledge as well as interviewing prospective DAX developers

This course is all about learning an assortment of DAXtips, tricks, techniques and best practices in a wide range of areas including:

  • The DAX language

  • Data models and modeling

  • DAX Studio

  • Performance Analyzer and the VertiPaq Analyzer

  • Time Intelligence

  • Best practices

  • Common mistakes

  • Error handling

  • Miscellaneous techniques

  • Bidirectional filters

  • The need to learn theory first

  • A Quiz section to test your knowledge and questions which could be used when interviewing for DAXdevelopers


Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learn Theory!
  • DAX Common Mistakes
  • Naming Convention Best Practices
  • DAX Filtering Techniques
  • Bidirectional Filters
  • The ALL Family
  • Error Handling Techniques
  • Performance Monitoring Techniques
  • Data Modeling Techniques
  • Time Intelligence Techniques
  • Miscellaneous Techniques
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Bonus Section

Taught by

Randy Minder

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