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Episode 33

Business Questions to DAX

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Episode Summary

Translating vague business requests into precise DAX — "Show me how sales are trending" becomes YTD + MoM + Rolling 3M. A framework for decomposing any business question.

This is Episode 33 of the free Namaste Power BI course on DevWithData — covering business questions to dax. Watch the video above, then pass the MCQ checkpoint to unlock the next episode and update your Data Readiness Index score.

Key Takeaways

  • Step 1: Clarify the metric (what exactly do they mean by "trending"?)
  • Step 2: Identify the grain (daily? monthly? by product?)
  • Step 3: Determine context (compared to what? filtered how?)
  • Step 4: Write the DAX using the metric-grain-context framework

⚠ Common Interview Pitfalls

  • Building what you THINK they want without clarifying first
  • Missing implicit requirements ("trending" usually means vs prior period)
  • Over-engineering the solution when a simple measure answers the question

Official Reference

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