3-day Virtual Seminar

DAX Fundamentals for Measures, Calculations & Business Logic

Overview

This webinar trains participants in the fundamentals of DAX Measures used in corporate Power BI dashboards.

Participants will learn how to:

• Write DAX measures correctly
  
• Understand filter context and row context
  
• Create KPI calculations used in corporate reporting
  
• Implement business rules using IF, SWITCH, CALCULATE
  
• Build time intelligence measures like MTD/YTD/YoY

The focus is on corporate reporting logic and making dashboards decision-ready.

Why you should Attend

• Do your Power BI totals change unexpectedly after applying slicers?
  
• Are you unable to calculate KPIs like Growth %, Target vs Achievement, Variance?
  
• Do you struggle to create correct measures for management reports?
  
• Are you confused between calculated columns and measures?
  
• Do you want to build dashboards with dynamic calculations like YTD/MTD and YoY comparison?
  
• Do you want to move from “visual maker” to Power BI professional?
  

Areas Covered in the Session

What is DAX & why it is critical in Power BI
Measures vs Calculated Columns (difference + when to use)

• DAX fundamentals:
  
  • syntax structure
    
  • aggregation functions (SUM, COUNT, DISTINCTCOUNT)
    
• Core DAX functions:
  
  • IF, IFS, SWITCH
    
  • FORMAT (presentation friendly)
    
• Context concepts (most important):
  
  • Row Context
    
  • Filter Context
    
  • How slicers affect measures
    
• CALCULATE function (the heart of DAX)
  
  • changing filter context
    
  • applying business logic
    
• Common corporate KPI measures:
  
  • Sales, Profit, Margin %
    
  • Target vs Achievement
    
  • Variance & Variance %
    
  • Contribution %
    
  • Ranking KPI
    
• Filter & context functions (intro):
  
  • FILTER (basics)
    
• Time intelligence fundamentals:
  
  • Date table requirement
    
  • TOTALYTD / DATESYTD
    
  • MTD, QTD, YTD measures
    

Who Will Benefit

• Power BI Developers (Beginners)
  
• Data Analysts / Reporting Analysts
  
• MIS Executives shifting to Power BI
  
• Business Analysts
  
• Finance & Accounts Professionals
  
• Sales reporting & operations teams
  
• HR analytics professionals
  
• Students preparing for Power BI/Data roles