Glossary term
What is Measure?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Measure" means: A formula that runs when a chart is drawn and answers for whatever the chart is showing. Its results are not stored. It is taught in Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use. Related terms include DAX, Filter context, Date table and Iterator. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Measure?
A formula that runs when a chart is drawn and answers for whatever the chart is showing. Its results are not stored.
Where is Measure taught?
Measure is defined in Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use.
Which lessons cover Measure?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use, lesson 4.1: Measures: Calculations That Follow the Filters
- Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use, lesson 4.2: Revenue, Cost and Profit with SUMX
- Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use, lesson 4.3: CALCULATE: Change the Filters Inside a Formula
- Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use, lesson 4.4: Compare With Last Year: Time Intelligence
Which terms are related to Measure?
Next to Measure in the course glossaries: DAX, Filter context, Date table, Iterator, Star schema, Time intelligence, One-to-many relationship and KPI.
DAXFilter contextDate tableIteratorStar schemaTime intelligenceOne-to-many relationshipKPI
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 Measure?
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.