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Extreme DAX

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Product type Book
Published in Jan 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801078511
Pages 470 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Michiel Rozema Michiel Rozema
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Michiel Rozema is one of the world's top Power BI experts, living in the Netherlands. He holds a master's degree in mathematics and has worked in the IT industry for over 25 years as a consultant and manager. Michiel was the data insight lead at Microsoft Netherlands for 8 years, during which time he launched Power BI in the country. He is the author of two Dutch books on Power Pivot and Power BI. Michiel is one of the founders of the Dutch Power BI user group and the organizer of the Power BI Summer School, and has been a speaker at many conferences on Power BI. He has been awarded the Microsoft MVP award since 2019 and, together with fellow MVP Henk Vlootman, runs the consultancy company Quanto, specialists in Power BI.
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Henk Vlootman Henk Vlootman
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Henk Vlootman is a senior global Power Platform, Power BI, and Excel business consultant. Every year since 2013, Henk has received the Microsoft MVP award for his outstanding expertise and community leadership. Henk is one of founders of the Dutch Power BI user group and the organizer of the Power BI Summer School, and has been a speaker at many conferences on Power BI all over the world. He is also the author of two Excel and two Power Pivot / Power BI books. He started his career in 1992 with his own company, then as an Excel consultant. Nowadays he runs the consultancy company Quanto, specialists in Power BI, together with fellow MVP Michiel Rozema.
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface Part I: Introduction
1.1 DAX in Business Intelligence 1.2 Model Design 1.3 Using DAX 1.4 Context and Filtering Part II: Business cases
2.1 Security with DAX 2.2 Dynamically Changing Visualizations 2.3 Alternative Calendars 2.4 Working with AutoExist 2.5 Intercompany Business 2.6 Exploring the Future: Forecasting and Future Values 2.7 Inventory Analysis 2.8 Personnel Planning Other Books You May Enjoy
Index

The Power BI model

The analysis in this chapter is based on the model below.

You can download the Power BI model for this chapter, 2.8 Personnel Planning.pbix, from this link: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Extreme-DAX/tree/main/Chapter2.8.

Figure 2.8.1: Power BI model diagram for personnel planning

The model contains two main fact tables:

  • fProjectSales contains projects sold. The primary information in the table is the project type, which is the main characteristic of a project. The table also contains a Number column, which denotes the size of the project in terms of the project type. For example, a project can have type A and number 3, meaning that the project is comparable to three typical type A projects. The table contains the project budget as well.
  • fFTE is a fact table with information about project types. It is an atypical fact table, as it does not contain any data that is strictly time-related. Instead, for each project...
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Profile icon Michiel Rozema
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Michiel Rozema is one of the world's top Power BI experts, living in the Netherlands. He holds a master's degree in mathematics and has worked in the IT industry for over 25 years as a consultant and manager. Michiel was the data insight lead at Microsoft Netherlands for 8 years, during which time he launched Power BI in the country. He is the author of two Dutch books on Power Pivot and Power BI. Michiel is one of the founders of the Dutch Power BI user group and the organizer of the Power BI Summer School, and has been a speaker at many conferences on Power BI. He has been awarded the Microsoft MVP award since 2019 and, together with fellow MVP Henk Vlootman, runs the consultancy company Quanto, specialists in Power BI.
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Profile icon Henk Vlootman
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Henk Vlootman is a senior global Power Platform, Power BI, and Excel business consultant. Every year since 2013, Henk has received the Microsoft MVP award for his outstanding expertise and community leadership. Henk is one of founders of the Dutch Power BI user group and the organizer of the Power BI Summer School, and has been a speaker at many conferences on Power BI all over the world. He is also the author of two Excel and two Power Pivot / Power BI books. He started his career in 1992 with his own company, then as an Excel consultant. Nowadays he runs the consultancy company Quanto, specialists in Power BI, together with fellow MVP Michiel Rozema.
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