Data Modeling With DAX-Overview
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The decision makers in all the organizations have identified the need for
analyzing the historical data of their organization in specific, and of the
industry in general. This is becoming crucial day-by-day in the present
competitive world, to meet the ever-changing business challenges.
Big Data and Business Intelligence have become the buzzwords in the
business world. Data sources have become huge and data formats have
become variant. The need of the hour is to have simple-to-use tools to handle
the ever-flowing vast data in less time to gain insight and make relevant
decisions at the appropriate time.
Data analysts can no longer wait for the required data to be processed by the
IT department. They require a handy tool that enables them to quickly
comprehend the required data and make it available in a format that helps
the decision makers take required action at the right time.
Microsoft Excel has a powerful tool called as Power Pivot that was available
as an add-in in the prior versions of Excel and is built-in feature in Excel 2016.
The database of Power Pivot, called the data model and the formula language
that works on the data model, called DAX (Data Analysis Expressions)
enables an Excel user to perform tasks such as data modeling and analysis
in no time.
In this tutorial, you will learn data modeling and analysis using DAX, based
on the Power Pivot data model. A sample Profit and Analysis database is used
for the illustrations throughout this tutorial.
Data Modeling and Analysis Concepts
The data that you obtain from different variety of sources, termed as raw
data, needs processing before you can utilize it for analysis purposes. You
will learn about these in the chapter − Data Modeling and Analysis Concepts.
Data Modeling and Analysis with Excel Power
Pivot
Since the tool that you will be mastering in this tutorial is Excel Power Pivot,
you need to know how the data modeling and analysis steps are carried out
in Power Pivot. You will learn these at a broader level in the chapter - Data
Modeling and Analysis with Excel Power Pivot.
As you proceed with the subsequent chapters, you will learn about the
different facets of Power Pivot, DAX and DAX functions in data modeling and
analysis.
By the end of the tutorial, you will be able to perform data modeling and
analysis with DAX for any context at hand.
