Glossary term
What is DAX?
In Apex Flow Academy, "DAX" means: Data Analysis Expressions, the formula language of Power BI. It looks like Excel formulas but works on whole tables. It is taught in Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use. Related terms include Date table, Measure, Star schema and Filter context. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is DAX?
Data Analysis Expressions, the formula language of Power BI. It looks like Excel formulas but works on whole tables.
Where is DAX taught?
DAX is defined in Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use.
Which lessons cover DAX?
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 4.1: Measures: Calculations That Follow the Filters
Which terms are related to DAX?
Next to DAX in the course glossaries: Date table, Measure, Star schema, Filter context, One-to-many relationship, Iterator, Key and Time intelligence.
Date tableMeasureStar schemaFilter contextOne-to-many relationshipIteratorKeyTime intelligence
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn DAX?
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.