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Bernard Obeng Boateng
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Bernard Obeng Boateng

Bernard Obeng Boateng is a Microsoft Excel MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer, with over 10 years work experience in Banking, Insurance and Business Development. He is founder of Finex Skills Hub an approved Training Provider of the Financial Modeling Institute, Canada. Finex Skills Hub runs the Finex Project in Ghana, a pro bono student training outreach program for students in Data Analytics and Financial Modeling. Bernard also provides consultancy services for SMEs (start-ups and existing) in Financial Management, Business Planning and Research. He has an active audience online with about 17,000 followers on his LinkedIn Account. where he shares tips and tricks on Microsoft Excel and other Office Apps.
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Common DAX functions (time intelligence, FILTER, CALCULATE, and so on)

There are over 250 DAX functions. We will not be covering all these functions in this book, but we will use and apply the most common functions to our sales dashboard.

Earlier, we calculated our first DAX formula using SUM. SUM falls under the category of DAX functions called aggregation functions. They are responsible for computing scalar values, such as sums, averages, minimums, maximums, and counts, across all rows within a column or table in our data model.

Here are some other categories of DAX functions and what they can be used to calculate:

  • Filter functions: These functions assist in fetching specific data types, searching for values in related tables, and applying filters based on associated values. Lookup functions operate by utilizing tables and their relationships. Filtering functions provide the ability to modify the data context, enabling the creation of dynamic calculations. This includes...
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Published in: Nov 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803240282

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Bernard Obeng Boateng

Bernard Obeng Boateng is a Microsoft Excel MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer, with over 10 years work experience in Banking, Insurance and Business Development. He is founder of Finex Skills Hub an approved Training Provider of the Financial Modeling Institute, Canada. Finex Skills Hub runs the Finex Project in Ghana, a pro bono student training outreach program for students in Data Analytics and Financial Modeling. Bernard also provides consultancy services for SMEs (start-ups and existing) in Financial Management, Business Planning and Research. He has an active audience online with about 17,000 followers on his LinkedIn Account. where he shares tips and tricks on Microsoft Excel and other Office Apps.
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