Power BI Masterclass – How to use CALCULATE in DAX

Microsoft Power BI Masterclass – How to use CALCULATE in DAX

Business Intelligence / Business Analytics is in high demand. Companies are constantly searching for ways to make better and faster and smarter decisions. Therefore they rely heavily on data. Small company or Multinational –  data driven decision making is the key to success for any business in the world of tomorrow.

Because of that companies are drastically increasing to step up their efforts to find skilled employees and freelancers with the necessary capabilities to help with analyzing data and creating valuable highly profitable insights. 

Since there is way more demand than supply it is a “War for talent”. And the competition will increase further. This environment is a bless for anyone who acquires the necessary capabilities and positions herself/himself

MS Power BI is an advanced yet easy to get started self service business analytics / business intelligence solution provided by Microsoft which is currently in very hot demand. From my personal experience I can tell you that companies will actively searching for you if you master Power BI. Diving into data & analytics can not only immensely improve your career opportunities but also your job satisfaction!

Power BI is also a great tool for data science too. A lot of data scientists like to use it for visualizing and presenting the findings. Therefore learning to use this tool can also be a valuable skill for data science jobs.

This course is inspired by students and extends my Power BI Masterclass series on udemy. This course is not a visual course like the other parts of the series. This time it’s all about the most powerful as well as most difficult to understand function in Power BI – CALCULATE.

Understanding this function will drastically help us to improve our DAX knowledge and our overall Power BI DAX calculation skills!

Update: The complete Power BI Masterclass Series on udemy

Update: The complete Power BI Masterclass Series on udemy (I have aggregated some classes together to provide more content value per class for you. I really hope that serves you better!

1. Power BI Masterclass – beginners to advanced

2. Microsoft Power BI Masterclass – Expand Excellence

3.Power BI Masterclass – DAX, Excel And More

4. The Power BI Masterclass – Additional Tips and Tricks

5. Power BI Desktop – Data Prep Challenges

6. Power BI Masterclass – DAX, R and Gateways

7. Power BI Masterclass – Python Finance and Advanced DAX

8. Power BI Masterclass – the next level

9. Power BI DAX Fundamentals Mastering the Key Concepts

10. Power BI Masterclass Calculation Groups with Tabular Editor

11. The Power BI Service Masterclass

12. How to build a profit and loss statement in Power BI Desktop

We got a lot to do so let’s get into it!

Who this course is for:

• Power BI User
• Data Analysts
• Every Power BI Desktop user who wants to use and understand advanced DAX calculations
• Students interested in Data analytics and Data science
• Everybody who wants to visualize data with Power BI Desktop
• Data Scientists
• You want to switch career path and become a data analyst