Chapter 7. Understanding evaluation contexts
At this point, you have learned many features of Microsoft PowerPivot, as well as the basics of the DAX language. You know how to create a calculated column and a calculated field, and you have a good understanding of the basic functions of DAX. In this chapter, you will learn how to move to the next level in DAX: here, we give you a solid theoretical background about the DAX language, and by using that, you will be able to become a real DAX master.
With the knowledge you gained so far, you can already create many reports, but in order to build more complex ones, you really need to learn evaluation contexts. All of the advanced features of DAX are based on evaluation contexts.
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