Articles of 2022

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Welcome to SQLBI+

SQLBI+ is our new subscription service for advanced content that supports professional model authors who create semantic models for Power BI and Analysis Services.  Read more

Row context in DAX

Understanding the difference between row context and filter context is the first and most important concept to learn to use DAX correctly. This article introduces the row context, and is part of a series of articles about evaluation contexts in…  Read more

Introducing horizontal fusion in DAX

Horizontal fusion is a new optimization technique available in DAX to reduce the number of storage engine queries. In this article, we introduce this optimization with some examples.  Read more

Why Power BI totals might seem inaccurate

A common question is why Power BI totals are inaccurate because they do not display the sum of individual rows. In this article, we explain the reasons why those totals are correct.  Read more

Introducing RANKX in DAX

RANKX is a simple function used to rank a value within a list of values. Its use is simple, but it can be a source of frustration for newbies. In this article we introduce the RANKX function with a few…  Read more