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Dynamic Period variance with DAX in #PowerBI

One of those days where I spent a reasonable amount of time trying to solve a tricky DAX expression and once I got it; I came to know it was not at all tricky. In fact, it was far too simple to admit the time spent…

25 July 2018

Data & Analysis

Number of Days between 2 Transactions Using DAX

I got my haircut today (pretty spiffy one too, even if I do say so myself). While I was chatting I asked my hair dresser “on average, how often should I get my hair cut”? She told me (for men) around 4-6 weeks. Then I got…

5 July 2018

Data & Analysis

Line Breaks And Auto-Indent In The Power BI DAX Formula Bar

The other day I discovered something new (at least to me) while writing the DAX for a measure in Power BI Desktop: when you insert a new line in your DAX expression using SHIFT-ENTER it also auto-indents the code. I asked a few people if this…

21 June 2018

Data & Analysis

Time Intelligence Using DAX

Last week I presented a webinar with Chuck Sterling (from Microsoft) on the topic of Time Intelligence. This was a YouTube broadcast event that anyone could join live, however it has also been recorded and can be watched at any time (see below). Bron : Excelerator…

12 June 2018

Data & Analysis

Filtering a Column via a Visual AND CALCULATE

Sometimes, just when you think you are getting the hang of the DAX language, something happens that completely baffles you. Such events can cause you to doubt your own learning and progress. But let me assure you – this happens to EVERYONE at sometime or another.…

17 May 2018

Data & Analysis

Ultimate Time Based Calculations Cheat Sheet for DAX / Power BI (including Week based calculations)

Power BI provides great time intelligence features to calculate Year-to-date (YTD), Month-to-date (MTD) and Quarter-to-date (QTD) totals. There is no such thing as Week-to-date (WTD) or Period-to-date (PTD) where period could be any arbitrary period definition (I used two-month periods in my example below). If you…

17 April 2018

Data & Analysis

DAX Functions, DirectQuery And Unrestricted Measures

If you use Power BI to connect to a data source such as SQL Server in DirectQuery mode, you’ll find that by default you cannot use the complete range of DAX functions inside your calculations. For example, here’s a screenshot from Power BI Desktop in DirectQuery…

15 May 2017