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Creating Measures with DAX

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Creating measures in DAX is the most important skill necessary to create solid data models. This chapter covers the common functions used to create measures in the data model. It also covers the important topic of data context and how to alter or override the context when creating measures.

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Clark, D. (2020). Creating Measures with DAX. In: Beginning Microsoft Power BI. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5620-6_6

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