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Power Pivot and DAX

Overview

You will be learning in-detail about all the techniques of Power Pivot of excel and what are its usages & benefits. This course will help you to know how Power Pivot  will help to analyze the comprehensive data to make timely business decisions. This class is ideal for Excel users that want to pull data into Excel using Power Query and summarize and analyze the data in Power Pivot. 

Price

$595 per Student

 

CPE Credits

8 CPE Credits

Prerequisites

For the best results, participants should be familiar with the topics covered in the Excel Introduction, Excel Intermediate Part 1, and Excel Intermediate Part 2 classes.

Duration

1 Day

Class Outline
Power Suite Overview
  • What is Power Pivot, Power Query, Power View and Power Map
  • The Power Suite Workflow
  • Power Query Examples
  • Power Pivot Examples
  • Power View Examples
Data Modeling
  • Introduction
  • Understanding Excel’s Data Model
  • Data View versus Diagram View
  • Database Normalization
  • Data Tables versus Lookup Tables
  • Relationships versus Merged Tables
  • Creating Table Relationships
  • Updating Table Relationships
  • Active versus Inactive Relationships
  • Relationship Cardinality
  • Connecting Multiple Data Tables
  • Data Filter Direction
  • Hiding Fields from Client Tools
  • Defining Hierarchies
Power Pivot and DAX
  • Introduction
  • Creating a Power Pivot Table
  • Power Pivots versus Normal Pivots
  • Data Analysis Expression (DAX) Overview
  • Calculated Columns
  • DAX Measures
  • Creating Implicit Measures
  • Creating Explicit Measures (AutoSum)
  • Creating Explicit Measures (Power Pivot)
  • Filter Context
  • Measure Calculation Steps
  • Dimensions vs Measures
  • Best Practices
Popular DAX Functions
  • Introduction
  • DAX Formula Syntax and Operators
  • Common DAX Function Categories
  • Basic Math and Statistical Functions
  • COUNT, COUNTA, DISTINCTCOUNT, and COUNTROWS Functions
  • Logical Functions: IF, AND, OR
  • SWITCH Function
  • Text Functions: LEN, CONCATENATE, UPPER, LOWER, PROPER, LEFT, MID, RIGHT, SEARCH, SUBSTITUTE
  • CALCULATE Function
  • Adding Filter Context with FILTER
  • Removing Filter Context with ALL
  • Joining Data with RELATED Function
  • Iterator (“X”) Functions: SUMX
  • Iterator (“X”) Functions: RANKX
  • Date and Time Functions
  • Time Intelligence Formulas
  • Speed and Performance Factors
  • DAX Best Practices

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