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Intro To DAX in Power BI

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Intro to
DAX in
Power BI
Basics

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DAX stands for Data Analysis


Expressions. It's the language
you use to create calculations
and formulas in Power BI.

In simpler terms:
DAX is the language you use to
tell Power BI what to calculate.

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1. Create new column/table

Open any report or data set in which you


want to add column//table.
Then, go to Modellling tab and click on
Table.
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Change table name, by clicking on the left


side of “=”.
In thr right side write formula : Distinct
orders = DISTINCT(Orders[Order ID])
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After this new table will be created with all


the distinct Order ID.
DISTINCT function returns the distinct
values no matter how many times they
appear in data.
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Now create new column

To create new column, open any table you


want.
Then under the Column tools, click on
New Column
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In the formula bar, enter this formula :


Days to ship = DATEDIFF(Orders[Order
Date], Orders[Ship Date], DAY)

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Using this formula, we are creating a new


column “Days to ship”.
DATEDIFF calculates the difference
between two dates.

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Now add new column to calculate Rank by


Sales.
We are going to use RANKX functions.
We have 3 variations for this function.

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Variation 1 - Rank highest

This formula will add new column with


sales rank.
In this formula Highest vales will have
Lowest rank.
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Variation 2 - Rank lowest

We made minor change in above formula


by add one extra argument.
In this formula Lowest vales will have
Highest rank.
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Variation 3 - Dense Rank

By default function will skip ranks.


Which means if in sales there are two
same values. It will assign same rank to
both the values. For exmaple rank 1 to
both value then it will skip rank 2 and next
value will have rank 3.
To change this we will add one extra
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2. Calculated measures

In Power BI we can create calculated


measure by two methods.
we can add a quick measure
new measure using functions.
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Quick measures

Go to the table, you want to add measure.

Then, under Table tools, click on Quick


measure

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Under Select a calculation dropdown I am


selecting Total for category(filters not
applied)

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Under Base value, select the column you


want to calculate measure on, numerical
value.
In the Category select the column by which
you calculate the measure.

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Click on Add and new quick measure will


be added.
Remember since it is a calculation it will not
be visible in your data. but you can see it in
your data pane.

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Calculated measure

To create a calculated measure.

Right click on the table.

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In the formula bar, type this formula :


Avg Sales per Category =
CALCULATE(AVERAGE(Orders[Sales]),
ALLSELECTED(Orders[Product
Category]))

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Explanation of above function:
- AVERAGE(Orders[Sales]) : calculates the
average of all sales values
- ALLSELECTED(Orders[Product Category]) :
used to return all the values in a column,
ignoring any filters that might be applied to that
column
- CALCULATE() : It takes two arguments:
The first argument is the expression to be
calculated
The second argument is a filter modification
Together, they mean: Calculate the
average sales for all product categories,
regardless of any filters applied to the
product category.
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