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The document provides a series of interview questions and answers related to Power BI, covering its components, differences between calculated columns and measures, and distinctions between Power BI Desktop and Service. It also explains handling date tables, the CALCULATE function in DAX, and concepts like filter context and row context. Key functions such as FILTER and ALL are also discussed in the context of data manipulation in Power BI.

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The document provides a series of interview questions and answers related to Power BI, covering its components, differences between calculated columns and measures, and distinctions between Power BI Desktop and Service. It also explains handling date tables, the CALCULATE function in DAX, and concepts like filter context and row context. Key functions such as FILTER and ALL are also discussed in the context of data manipulation in Power BI.

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Power BI Interview Questions and Answers

1. What is Power BI and what are its main components?

Power BI is a business analytics tool by Microsoft for visualizing data and sharing insights. Main components

include Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service, Power BI Mobile, Power BI Gateway, and Power BI Report

Server.

2. Explain the difference between calculated columns and measures in Power BI.

Calculated columns are computed row by row and stored in the model, increasing file size. Measures are

calculated at query time based on filter context, and do not increase model size.

3. What is the difference between Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service?

Power BI Desktop is a free Windows application used to create reports and data models. Power BI Service is

an online SaaS platform to share, collaborate, and publish reports.

4. How do you handle date tables in Power BI?

Use a dedicated date table with continuous dates and mark it as a 'Date Table' in Power BI to enable time

intelligence functions.

5. Explain what CALCULATE function does in DAX.

CALCULATE modifies the context in which data is evaluated. It's used to apply filters to measures or

expressions.

6. How would you create a Year-over-Year growth measure?

Using DAX: YoY = ( [Total Sales] - CALCULATE([Total Sales], SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('Date'[Date])) ) /

CALCULATE([Total Sales], SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('Date'[Date]))


Power BI Interview Questions and Answers

7. What's the difference between FILTER and ALL functions?

FILTER returns a table that represents a subset of another table, applying given conditions. ALL removes

filters from a table or column.

8. Explain the concept of filter context and row context.

Filter context is applied by visuals, slicers, or CALCULATE. Row context comes from iterating functions like

SUMX or adding calculated columns.

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