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DAX for SQL Folks: Part II - Translating SQL Queries to DAX Queries

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Introduction In response to my approach in the popular MDX Guide for SQL Folks series, I am using SQL as a good frame of reference for starting or developing a new approach for improving your Data Analysis Expression(DAX) language learning experience. This is useful for developers starting to learn the DAX language to more advanced developers who […]

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2020-04-30

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Using the RANKX function in Power BI

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Introduction In this article, I'll explain the use of the RANKX function available in DAX. The RANKX is a sortation function which is capable of performing a quite complex sorting and ranking based on the groups and values available in the dataset. It returns the ranking of a particular number available in each row of […]

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2020-03-12

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Creating Time-Intelligence Functions in DAX

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DAX contains a host of time-intelligence functions with exotic names such as SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR and PARALLELPERIOD. In the last article in this series, Andy Brown explains how to write measures using the range of date functions in DAX, and also explains how time-intelligence functions work behind the scenes.

2020-03-06

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Month-over-Month calculation using DAX in Power BI

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Introduction Period-over-period is an analysis technique in business that measures some value in the present and compares it to the same measurement in a comparable period of time in the past. The goal is to adjust the slice of the past you are viewing, so the same amount of time has passed in the two […]

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2020-01-27

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