London, England, GBUsing VALUES in iterators
Marco Russo & Alberto FerrariWhy and when you should use VALUES while iterating a table reference in DAX. Read more
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS best practices
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS is a powerful and complex function in DAX that in 2025 can be used in measures. This article outlines the best practices when using this function to avoid incorrect results. Read more
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Sideways recursion in DAX calculation groups
This article describes the sideways recursion triggered by invoking a calculation item from another calculation item, explaining why it should be avoided to steer clear of unexpected results. Read more
SQLBI+ updates in August 2025
Marco RussoFor many years, SUMMARIZECOLUMNS has been a function dedicated to DAX queries and calculated tables, but it was not supported in DAX measures. Over time, Microsoft lifted the limitations, and in June 2024, the function was declared as fully supported… Read more
DAX Patterns
Parameter table
The parameter table pattern is used to create parameters in a report so that users can interact with slicers and dynamically change the behavior of the report itself For example a report can show the top N products by category… More on DAX Patterns
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Optimizing DAX, Second Edition
Optimizing DAX is the state-of-the-art book on optimizing DAX expressions in Power BI and Analysis Services semantic models.
Learn how to locate performance bottlenecks, read the query plan and performance metrics, rewrite the slower part of an expression, and measure the performance improvements. Read more