Articles of 2025
Introducing AI and agentic development for Power BI
This article is about useful concepts and scenarios for integrating AI and AI agents in BI development, with specific examples for Power BI. Read more
Using VALUES in iterators
Why and when you should use VALUES while iterating a table reference in DAX. Read more
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
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
AI in Power BI: Time to pay attention
This article is about the state of AI tools with Power BI, and how to use the model context protocol (or MCP) to interact with and control Power BI or Fabric with a large language model (or LLM). Read more
ALLSELECTED best practices
ALLSELECTED is a powerful, yet dangerous function. This article describes the best practices to follow to avoid falling into the pitfalls involved with ALLSELECTED. Read more
Choosing between DISTINCT and VALUES in DAX
When should you use DISTINCT over VALUES in DAX? Here is how to write resilient measures that survive bad data and model changes. Read more
Filtering weekdays in DAX
When using time intelligence functions, the automatic REMOVEFILTERS on Date can make maintaining filters on the Date table challenging. This article shows a technique to handle filter-preserving columns in DAX. Read more
Understanding how DAX evaluates IF statements
In this article, we examine the details of executing DAX code, with a focus on how the IF function is implemented in various scenarios. Read more
Controlling empty or multiple selections in calculation groups
This article describes how to control the execution of DAX code when there are either multiple or empty selections of calculation items in calculation groups. Read more