Mastering the Power BI Key Fundamentals

Description

Business intelligence/business analytics is in high demand. Companies are constantly searching for ways to make better and faster and smarter decisions. Therefore, they rely heavily on data. Small company or multinational - data-driven decision making is the key to success for any business in the world of tomorrow. Because of this, companies are drastically increasing to step up their efforts to find skilled employees and freelancers with the necessary capabilities to help with analyzing data and creating valuable highly profitable insights. Therefore, Power BI as the leading BI tool from Microsoft is in remarkably high demand. When we want to do calculations in Power BI, we need DAX (Data Analysis Expressions). Here, we explore all the DAX fundamental key concepts. You will start with looking at row context, followed by iterators. After that, you will look at filter context and context transition. Finally, you learn about the expanded tables. By the end of this course, you will learn the fundamental key concepts of DAX in Power BI to do your data analysis work. You can repeat the concepts from time-to-time and master your DAX journey. All the resource files are uploaded on the GitHub repository at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Mastering-the-Power-BI-Key-Fundamentals

What You Will Learn

Look at the fundamentals of Power BI DAX concepts
Learn Row Context in Power BI
Understand filter context in Power BI
Explore iterators in Power BI
Look at context transition in Power BI
Learn expanded tables in Power BI

Audience

This course is designed for students who want to master Power BI DAX and understand key concepts in DAX. Individuals who want to become a better Power BI developer, a data analyst, and those who want to follow this career path will also get benefitted from this course. Data scientists who want to use Power BI and business users who work with Power BI and need to create DAX calculations will gain a lot as well.

Prior experience with Power BI and DAX is required. Advance-level knowledge based on Power BI would be helpful but not mandatory.

Approach

This is a short yet comprehensive course that focuses on the fundamentals to master the key concepts in Power BI and DAX library.

The course is a good mix of concise theoretical and practical content. The theory will be covered first, followed by practical examples to make sure the concepts are fully imbibed.

Key Features

Learn Power BI DAX fundamentals and concepts to start your data analysis journey * Short and comprehensive course from the industry expert * Comes bundled with resource files that can be implemented while learning

Github Repo

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Mastering-the-Power-BI-Key-Fundamentals

About the Author

Daniel Weikert

Daniel Weikert is a 33-year-old entrepreneur, data enthusiast, consultant, and trainer. He is a master's degree holder certified in Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx (Core and Advanced), and KNIME (L1-L3). He is currently working in the business intelligence field and helps companies and individuals obtain vital insights from their data to deliver long-term strategic growth and outpace their competitors. He possesses a fervent dedication to both learning and teaching. His unwavering commitment extends to providing educational services and assisting individuals in achieving their objectives, mastering their fields, and embarking on new career journeys.

Course Outline

1. Power BI DAX Fundamentals - It's all about the fundamentals,Mastering DAX Key Co