Definitive Guide to DAX, The by Alberto Ferrari

Definitive Guide to DAX, The by Alberto Ferrari

This comprehensive and authoritative guide will teach you the DAX language for business intelligence, data modeling, and analytics. Leading Microsoft BI consultants Marco Russo and Alberto Ferrari help you master everything from table functions through advanced code and model optimization. You ll learn exactly what happens under the hood when you run a DAX expression, how DAX behaves differently from other languages, and how to use this knowledge to write fast, robust code. If you want to leverage all of DAX s remarkable power and flexibility, this no-compromise deep dive is exactly what you need.
Perform powerful data analysis with DAX for Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services, Excel, and Power BI

• Master core DAX concepts, including calculated columns, measures, and error handling
• Understand evaluation contexts and the CALCULATE and CALCULATETABLE functions
• Perform time-based calculations: YTD, MTD, previous year, working days, and more
• Work with expanded tables, complex functions, and elaborate DAX expressions
• Perform calculations over hierarchies, including parent/child hierarchies
• Use DAX to express diverse and unusual relationships
• Measure DAX query performance with SQL Server Profiler and DAX Studio

Alberto Ferrari has achieved Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Maestro status and is a consultant and trainer who specializes in developing Microsoft BI solutions. He is the coauthor of Microsoft PowerPivot for Excel 2010 and Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services and SQLBI Methodology.

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ISBN 13	9780735698352
ISBN 10	073569835X
Title	Definitive Guide to DAX, The
Author	Alberto Ferrari
Series	Business Skills
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Microsoft Press
Year published	2015-10-29
Number of pages	592
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