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This article explains why in many cases, MAX should be used instead of LASTDATE to search for the last date in a time period using DAX.
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In this pattern, we show you how to compute time-related calculations, like year-to-date, same period last year, and percentage growth using a standard calendar.
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• Power BI Paginated Reports August 2020 updates
The latest version of Power BI Report Builder supports multi-value parameters for DAX, a new authentication type for Azure SQL DB and Azure Synapse, and Common Data Service data sources. This (paginated report) is no legacy technology at all!
Sep 4, 2020 · Microsoft
• MDX Studio
The new release of MDX Studio now has a single EXE to copy, several bug fixes, and a notification of new versions available. Thanks Alberto Spelta for working on version 0.4.50!
Sep 13, 2020 · SQLBI
• Power Query M Primer: Type System
If you are serious about Power Query, you cannot miss this series of articles explaining how M works from the ground up. Previous articles in the series cover functions, variables, types, tables, and error handling.
Sep 3, 2020 · Ben Gribaudo
• Tabular Editor 2.12.3
Since our latest newsletter, two updates of Tabular Editor were released with several fixes and new features for scripts.
Sep 11, 2020 · Daniel Otykier
• Optimizing the performance of Power Query merges in Power BI, part 5: cross joins
The latest part of the series dedicated to optimizing the merge operation in Power Query describes how to obtain a cross join in an efficient way.
Aug 30, 2020 · Chris Webb