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  • Power BI World Tour 2017 – Chicago – Intro to DAX

    Power BI World Tour 2017 – Chicago – Intro to DAX

    DAX (Database Access Expressions) can be quite complex.  It is essential to being able to appropriately manipulate the Power BI data model for the visuals.  The following information was discussed at the Power BI World Tour 2017 and if you’d like to review the content or learn more about DAX hit some of the links below.  For all who were able to attend, you were a great audience and super fun!  I hope you learn some fun facts and tricks.

    Thanks,

    Mike

    https://powerbi.tips/2016/10/fixing-measure-madness/

    https://powerbi.tips/2017/05/using-variables-within-dax/

    This tutorial uses the DAX function to create a date table:

    https://powerbi.tips/2017/07/use-multiple-connections-between-tables/

    https://powerbi.tips/2016/08/make-calendars-using-dax-curbal/

    There are some many tutorials on % Change hit this link to read through the tutorials.

  • Power BI World Tour 2017 – Chicago – Top Tips

    Power BI World Tour 2017 – Chicago – Top Tips

    To everyone who was able to attend the Power BI World Tour 2017, Thank you!  It has been a pleasure presenting my favorite tips and trips.  This post consolidates all the links for each topic that was discussed.  All the links to the content are below, if you want to go through the tutorials at your own pace hit a link below.   When going through 7 topics in an hour, it is difficult to completely learn everything.  So, if your like me, you learn by doing, making mistakes and gritting it out until you understand.  Enjoy and have fun.

    Mike Carlo

    https://powerbi.tips/2016/06/loading-data-from-folder/

    https://powerbi.tips/2017/03/using-parameters-to-enable-sharing/

    https://powerbi.tips/2016/07/measures-month-to-month-percent-change/

    Note: Percent change seems like a major topic, if you want to see more tutorials on percent change you can follow this link for more tutorials.

    https://powerbi.tips/2016/04/power-bi-histogram-with-bins/

    https://powerbi.tips/2016/09/hexbin-plot-using-r/

    https://powerbi.tips/tools/report-theme-generator-v3/

    https://powerbi.tips/2017/08/best-practices-for-sharing/

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