Power BI DAX Training Course Beginners Cambridge

Cambridge Beginners Power BI DAX Course Overview

The science park to St. John's Innovation centre. The university city of Cambridge is a regular training venue. We've trained various companies in and around Cambridge as far out as Cambourne, Newmarket, Huntingdon and St. Ives. A Beginners Power BI DAX Training Course at the offices we use at the Regus in Cambourne is easy to set up and conduct even at short notice. Or maybe you just want us to come to you bringing a projector, laptops with Power BI DAX preloaded along with fully comprehensive course notes.

Cambridge is renowned for its prestigious university and stunning architecture.

Cambridge was actually the first area we started training. From Cambridge Consultants on the science park to ARU, CRC (Cambridge Regional College) and many more have taken advantage of the computer training courses conducted by us.

Course Duration: 2 Day

Course Prerequisites for your training in Cambridge

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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