Power BI DAX Quick Reference Guide
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New to Power BI DAX Formulas?
Our 28 page guide provides you with the basics you need to get started added DAX to your Power BI Desktop reports. Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) is a library of functions and operators that can be combined to build formulas and expressions in Power BI. To get the most from your Power BI investment you need to transform and model your data to make it easy for your users to make data driven decisions. Power BI DAX formulas enhance your reporting. Create measures or columns in Power BI Desktop without having to change your source data model. Learn how to use DATE functions to create a calendar, parse out pieces of a date from a column. Create IF and COALESCE statements with logic functions. Update values with MATH functions and STATISTICAL functions. These 22 DAX functions give you the basics you need to understand how to get started with POWER BI DAX functions. Learn More at Microsoft DAX


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AGR Group is a call center based in Las Vegas, NV. Their CFO and CIO approached us to help automate executive reporting. This information currently comes from different applications and was being sent in multiple Excel files to management. Management reporting is difficult and the staff spends many hours manually pulling data.
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