Chapter 10. Segmentation data models

In Chapter 9, “Working with different granularity,” you learned how to model your data with standard relationships: two tables related based on a single column. At the end, many-to-many relationships were built using standard relationships. In this chapter, you will learn how to handle more complex relationships between tables by leveraging the DAX language. Tabular models can handle simple or bidirectional relationships between tables, which might look somewhat limited. However, by taking advantage of the DAX language, you can create very advanced models with basically any kind of relationship, including virtual ones. When it comes to solving complex scenarios, DAX plays an important role in the definition ...

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