CALCULATE is the most powerful function in DAX, as it allows you to change the filter context under which its expression is evaluated to your hearts content. But with big (…) Read more
Posts in Category ‘DAX’
Why Power BI isn’t suitable for Financial Statements (… currently … hopefully …)
!! This is a clickbait post to get your vote for some missing features in Power BI !! Although this might not be what the inventors of Power BI had (…) Read more
Memory efficient clustered running total in Power BI
Today I want to share a scenario where a running total calculation in the query editor saved a model that run out of memory when done with DAX: Problem The (…) Read more
DAX evaluation context indicator with syntax highlighting
This is a post about a feature request, that definitely would make my life easier (and I guess others’ too): Evaluation context and its transition is one of the hardest (…) Read more
Right Aligning Text in Power BI: Format Improvements for Easy Profit&Loss Reports
Edit 14-Dec-2017: Now that we can right-align text measures in PowerBI, a SWITCH-measure like here: http://www.thebiccountant.com/2017/04/24/kpis-in-easy-profit-and-loss-for-powerbi/#comment-719 is the best alternative in my eyes. No need to read on 🙂 As (…) Read more
Number.Mod rescue pack for Power BI and Power Query
If you use the M-function Number.Mod in Power BI or Power Query and expect the same result like in Excel or DAX, you are probably in good company. But if (…) Read more