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[UlyssesHaq]

Awesome stuff. I fly at excel formulas but in the beginning, DAX was like science fiction. The main obstacle is breakin out of the safety of excel logic which i consider 2D. Whereas with DAX you have to beginnin thinking in 3D. When it comes to virtual tables and variables that worm hole is in 4D and i am yet to conquer it!!

[vasilisa]

Thank you, Chandeep! Great video. I started gathering info about Power BI around 3 years ago. But I didn't dive deep into it's water)) Just trying it with "the tip of my toe" )) Your 4 reasons are curious to listen! You are right, visual help in excel is very useful. And the ability to look at every step of a formula is convenient indeed. I feel it's helpful to be able to realize why exactly the DAX is difficult for me to wrap my head around partly because of my Excel background.

[MilhouseBS]

Brian Grant at CSG Pro has a YouTube series on The Elements of DAX that visually explains DAX.

[joaorataoo]

DAX is hard, but maybe that's the beauty of the language. It forces you to think in a very abstract way.
In my opinion, it is a mistake to start trying to develop measures in DAX without having learned its fundamentals.
It's not a language that you can learn on the basis of trial and error because small nuances create completely different results.
Learn the theory and fundamentals of language, then practice, practice, practice...

[jackie]

Great video Chandeep, in excel even if you did not learn the fundamental fully, still can work to a greater extend, whereas in Dax if you miss a single topic in the fundamental you are pound to suffer, at least it was true in my case.
Your videos and the course was a survivor. Thank you.

[debajyotimaity]

You are perfect brother.... I am working on power bi ...from past 2+ years still I am not confident on DAX and it's the only problem I face..rather than writing 10 mins code ..it took entire day to find a solution. If possible I want a visual diagramatic explanation of DAX measures. Like Allselected, All functions in a model

[wayneedmondson]

Hi Chandeep. Good thoughts on DAX and some of the reasons why it can be considered hard. No pain.. no gain :)) Thanks for all the resources that you make available to those who are interested in building a strong foundation of knowledge and also taking things to the next level. Thumbs up!!

[shahrukhkhanrukh]

I had been hitting my head on a wall( dax) for 6 months and decided to quit .i am a happy developer using c#

[GodParticleZero]

I found dax more confusing than a programming language like c++. It's mostly trying to follow the logic or process flow with filter context and other weirdness

[mayankbahuguna]

Approximately 14 years working on excel as a planner, what I felt the reason being DAX along with what you have told is to understand the complications of Different Filters in result

[Laxmanmane]

Hi chandeep what is difference between DATESYTD() AND TOTALYTD() Function and where exactly we can use both

[timestoryx]

wow this clip since 10k subs, now going to 100k and many more !!

[augustotanaka]

Hi Chandeep, great video. I agree with all the points and although the mentioned external tools being excelent, there's no easy debugger built-in in pbi, which is a shame. Thanks for the content!

[alpeshrt]

Feels like sailing in the same boat on a journey to conquer Dax world

[Mandelbrot]

DAX is just so different from anything else, whether that is Excel or a programming language such as Python.

[pavankumarreddy]

How to find out errors in DAX formula.
Errors in Which line

[pankajdawande]

Hi Chandeep, working from last 4 years still find difficult to write dax, how shall i practise it

[dexxxxxxxx]

Hey...

I am fresher like I never did coding but I want to learn Power BI. Can I get job if I have certification of power BI and if I become good at it??