2-Day Power BI Desktop Series 2 - Advanced DAX Formulas Course (Exclusive Course)

Course Overview

This course is created, owned, and trained by its original creator, Mr. Alaster Leong. Learn from the original creator.

Users who want to take their Power BI skills to the next level or grasp Power BI at its full potential should master Data Analysis Expressions (DAX). In this hands-on, project-based course, you’ll put your DAX skills to the test and apply what you learn to some of the real-world business intelligence use cases.

This course is intended to build on the fundamentals taught in “Power BI Series 1 – Data Model, DAX, and Dashboard Visualization” Course. This course covers advanced and difficult to comprehend DAX concepts such as evaluation context, iterator functions, advanced Time Intelligence functions, etc.

During this course, we will be using back the same project database you have built in Power BI Desktop Series 1 course so that you will be familiar with it.

This Power BI Desktop Series 2 – Advanced DAX Formulas course will focus on DAX formulas rather than visualization. Table, Matrix and Slicer will be the only visualization tools used in this course.

This course is the second in our Power BI Desktop series:

Power BI Desktop Series 1 – Data Model, DAX & Dashboard Visualization
Power BI Desktop Series 2 – Advanced DAX Formula
Power BI Desktop Series 3 – Designing Powerful Dashboards Tips & Techniques

Objectives

Upon completion of the course, learners will be able to:

Comment the codes
Structure and format the codes
Use advanced DAX functions
Understand when to use those functions
Mix and match different DAX functions
Apply DAX functions in the real world

Who Should Attend

This course is for:

Learners who have attended our Power BI Series 1 – Data Model, DAX & Dashboard Visualization course.
Existing Power BI Desktop users with basic DAX knowledge (refer to the prerequisite section below).

Methodology

This is a hands-on practical course. Trainer will walk through the topic step-by-step. Learners will be provided with exercise files on every topic to effectively apply what have been taught. A short Q & A session will be available after each topic.

Prerequisites

Have attended our “Power BI Series 1 – Data Model, DAX & Dashboard Visualization” or existing Power BI Desktop user with working knowledge on the following DAX functions:
- IF, SWITCH, TRUE, DIVIDE, COUNTROWS, DISTINCTCOUNT, MAX / MIN
- CALCULATE, FILTER, RELATED, ALL
- SUMX, COUNTX
- DATEDIFF, YEAR / MONTH / DAY, DATESMTD / DATESQTD / DATESYTD, DATEADD
Proficient with Excel functions will be an added advantage
A good working knowledge of Excel Pivot Table preferred

Things To Bring

A Windows operating system laptop with Microsoft Power BI Desktop recent version installed or updated (personal laptop is preferred as some company laptops may have security restrictions).
Laptop power adaptor and a USB mouse.

Course Information

Fee

SGD 910.00 (Nett)

Absentees will be charged the full course fee

Includes lunch and two coffee breaks with light snacks, unless otherwise stated

Time

9:00am to 5:00pm (14 hours)

Mode

Classroom @ Hotel
(The hotel will be confirmed five days before the course start date)

Dates

18-19 Aug 2025
16-17 Oct 2025
15-16 Dec 2025

Important Note

Closed Class

Important Note

Closed Class

Why Learn With Us?

Course Outline

1. Project Setting

Project Path Setup
Option Settings
Creating Measure Table

2. Writing DAX Code Best Practices

Shortcuts
Commenting Codes
Formatting Codes
DAX Variables

3. Evaluation Context

Filter and Row Context
Context Transition

4. CALCULATE Modifier Functions

Common CALCULATE Modifiers
REMOVEFILTERS
KEEPFILTERS

5. Table & Filter Functions

DISTINCT
VALUES
ALLNOBLANKROW
SELECTEDVALUE
ALLEXCEPT
ALLSELECTED
SELECTCOLUMNS
ADDCOLUMNS
SUMMARIZE
ROW
DATATABLE
GENERATESERIES
CALCULATETABLE

6. Calculated Table Joins Functions

UNION
EXCEPT
INTERSECT

7. Relationship Functions

RELATEDTABLE
USERELATIONSHIP
CROSSFILTER
TREATAS

8. Iterator Functions

CONCATENATEX
AVERAGEX
RANKX

9. Scalar Functions

ISBLANK
COALESCE
HASONEVALUE
INT
DATEDIFF
Calculating Age Accurately

10. Advanced Time Intelligence Functions

CALENDAR
PARALLELPERIOD
PREVIOUSYEAR, PREVIOUSQUARTER, PREVIOUSMONTH, PREVIOUSDAY
SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR
TOTALYTD, TOTALQTD, TOTALMTD
DATESBETWEEN
LASTDATE
DATESINPERIOD
Moving Average

Our Dedicated Lead IT Trainer - Mr. Alaster Leong

This course is created, owned and trained by Mr. Alaster Leong. Learn from the original creator of this course.

Alaster has been training adult learners in IT in both the private and public sectors since 1986. Alaster’s career before training centred around IT for over 12 years, as he held various roles within software development. He has earned himself a Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification and he is an existing Trainer approved by People’s Association (PA). He was also a former Associate Trainer with the Civil Service College.

He specialises on training Microsoft Applications and Adobe Photoshop. Based on his vast experience and keeping abreast with the emerging trends, tools and technologies with the IT industry, especially software, he has extensively involved in developing several course outlines and course materials and conducting training to equip learners with skills in-demand or likely to be most important in the jobs of the future work.

Alaster constantly explore innovative and effective ways in imparting knowledge and engaging his learners at the same time. He also focuses his training on providing practical solutions to real-life problems, especially Excel. He is more than willing to help overcome various problems faced by his learners that arise in their workplace in applying their newly-acquired knowledge and skills any time after the course. He is well-known for his dedication, commitment and passion to training that makes him well-liked and appreciated by his learners.