Power BI DAX Training Course Beginners Brentwood

Brentwood Beginners Power BI DAX Course Overview

Brentwood, located in Essex, offers a mix of charming countryside and modern amenities.

Brentwood Training Facilities

3 The Drive
Jubilee House
Great Warley
Brentwood
CM13 3FR
United Kingdom

This is located on the Warley Hill Business Park, which is just one mile from Brentwood town center and the railway station from which a direct link to London departs every 15 minutes. Brentwood is situated in the north east sector of the M25. An ideal location for your Beginners Power BI DAX Training Course.

Alternatively if you live in and around Brentwood and wish to have your training on-site the we can provide all the equipment, included laptops and projector, required. All we ask is that you provide a little space for the trainer to set up.

Apart from Power BI DAX Training Course training, we at Computer Tutoring are happy to conduct many other training courses in Brentwood.

Course Duration: 2 Day

Course Prerequisites for your training in Brentwood

This course is designed for individuals with foundational Power BI knowledge who are ready to explore DAX. To make the most of your training, we recommend:

• Basic Power BI skills:Familiarity with creating reports, importing data, and using visuals.
• Intermediate Excel experience:Understanding of functions like SUM, IF, and VLOOKUP, and working with tables.

Not sure if you're ready for the advanced course? Take a quick look at the beginners' training to make sure you're all set. Microsoft Power BI Beginners Training Course.

Complete Course Outline

What is Dax?

• DAX in the world of Excel
• Cells vs tables
• Iterators - what are they?

Introducing DAX

• Understanding DAX calculations
• DAX data types
• DAX operators
• Calculated columns vs measures
• Variables
• Error handling in DAX
• Formatting DAX Code
• Common DAX functions

Basic Table Functions

• What are table functions?
• EVALUATE syntax
• Table expressions
• Understanding FILTER
• Understanding ALL, ALLEXCEPT, and ALLNOBLANKROW
• UNDERSTANDING VALUES and DISTINCT

Understanding Evaluation Contexts

• Introduction to evaluation contexts
• Understanding the row context
• Using SUM in a calculated column
• Using columns in a measure
• Row context with Iterators - EARLIER function
• Working with many tables
• Row contexts and relationships
• Filter context with relationships
• Introducing VALUES
• Introducing ISFILTERED, ISCROSSFILTERED

CALCULATE and CALCULATETABLE

• Understanding CALCULATE
• Understanding the filter context
• CALCULATE examples
• Filtering a single column
• Filtering with complex conditions
• Using CALCULATETABLE
• What are circular dependencies
• CALCULATE rules
• Introducing ALLSELECTED
• Understanding USERELATIONSHIP

DAX Examples

• Finding ratios and percentages
• Cumulative totals
• Using ABC (Pareto) classification
• Finding sales per day and working day
• Differences in working days
• Static moving averages

Time Intelligence Calculations

• What is time intelligence?
• Building a date table
• Handling multiple relationships to the date table
• Aggregating overtime (year-to-date|qarter-to-date)
• Opening and closing balances

Other Related Courses

• Microsoft Power BI Beginners Training
• Microsoft Power BI Intermediate Training
• Microsoft SharePoint 365 Beginners Training
• Microsoft Excel 365 Advanced Training
• Microsoft Excel 365 Intermediate Training

Post-Course Resources

• Training notes & exercise files
• Online materials: video tutorials & shortcuts
• 3 months post training support

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