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Beginning DAX with Power BI: The SQL Pro’s Guide to Better Business Intelligence Paperback - 2018
by Seamark, Philip
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- Title Beginning DAX with Power BI: The SQL Pro’s Guide to Better Business Intelligence
- Author Seamark, Philip
- Binding Paperback
- Condition Used - Very good
- Pages 264
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Apress
- Publication date 2018-03-31
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 95_251104003
- ISBN 9781484234761 / 1484234766
- Weight 1.09 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 10 x 7 x 0.6 in (25.40 x 17.78 x 1.52 cm)
- Size 7x0x9
- Category Computers - Languages / Programming
- Dewey Decimal Code 004.165
- Quantity available 1
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Attention all SQL Pros, DAX is not just for writing Excel-based formulas! Get hands-on learning and expert advice on how to use the vast capabilities of the DAX language to solve common data modeling challenges.
Philip Seamark, a Senior BI architect with Trade Me and a Microsoft Data Platform MVP with more than 25 years of commercial experience delivering business applications across multiple technologies. He is an experienced database and BI professional with a deep understanding of the Microsoft stack and extensive knowledge of data warehouse (DW)methodologies and enterprise data modeling. Philip writes for the Power BI community site, and is a speaker at many industry events, Microsoft Ignite, Data Insights, Power BI User Groups, SQL Saturdays, and more.
Beginning DAX with Power BI teaches key concepts such as mapping techniques from SQL to DAX, filtering, grouping, joining, pivoting, and using temporary tables, all aimed at the SQL professional. Join author Philip Seamark as he guides you on a journey through typical business data transformation scenarios and challenges, and teaches you, step-by-step, how to resolve challenges using DAX. Tips, tricks, and shortcuts are included and explained, along with examples of the SQL equivalent, in order to accelerate learning. Examples in the book range from beginner to advanced, with plenty of detailed explanation when walking through each scenario.
What You'll Learn:
- Turbocharge your Power BI model by adding advanced DAX programming techniques
- Know when to use calculated measures versus calculated columns
- Generate new tables on the fly from existing data
- Optimize, monitor, and tune Power BI to improve performance of your models
- Discover new ideas, tricks, and time-saving techniques for better models
Philip Seamark, a Senior BI architect with Trade Me and a Microsoft Data Platform MVP with more than 25 years of commercial experience delivering business applications across multiple technologies. He is an experienced database and BI professional with a deep understanding of the Microsoft stack and extensive knowledge of data warehouse (DW)methodologies and enterprise data modeling. Philip writes for the Power BI community site, and is a speaker at many industry events, Microsoft Ignite, Data Insights, Power BI User Groups, SQL Saturdays, and more.
