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Extending the Data Model with Calculated Columns

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This chapter further develops the data model that you created in the previous chapter. It explains how to augment the existing tables by adding new columns containing calculations to the tables that you have imported. You can then apply these additional metrics to the dashboards that you create using Power BI Desktop.

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Aspin, A. (2018). Extending the Data Model with Calculated Columns. In: Pro Power BI Desktop. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3210-1_11

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