Glossary term
What is Date table?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Date table" means: A table with one row for every day, with no gaps. Time functions need one, and it must be marked as the date table. It is taught in Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use. Related terms include Star schema, DAX, One-to-many relationship and Measure.
- 1 course teaches it
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The facts
What is Date table?
A table with one row for every day, with no gaps. Time functions need one, and it must be marked as the date table.
Where is Date table taught?
Date table is defined in Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use.
Which lessons cover Date table?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use, lesson 3.3: Build a Date Table
- Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use, lesson 4.4: Compare With Last Year: Time Intelligence
Which terms are related to Date table?
Next to Date table in the course glossaries: Star schema, DAX, One-to-many relationship, Measure, Key, Filter context, Lookup table and Iterator.
Star schemaDAXOne-to-many relationshipMeasureKeyFilter contextLookup tableIterator
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Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Date table?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use: You have access to a Windows computer; no coding or database experience is needed.