The LOOKUPVALUE function retrieves values from a table in a simple way, but it involves a hidden level of complexity. This article provides full coverage of the LOOKUPVALUE internals, alongside several performance considerations.  Read more

Tabular models (including Power BI) require marking the Date table as a date table to get appropriate results with time intelligence calculations. This article explains why this setting is required.  Read more

This article shows the reader how to use LOOKUPVALUE, which is a handy function for any developer to have in their toolbelt.  Read more

This article describes the differences between HASONEVALUE and ISINSCOPE, which are two useful DAX functions to control the filters and the grouping that are active in a report.  Read more

This article describes how to use DAX calculated columns to sort names that look like duplicates at a certain level of a hierarchy, but are unique when considering their full path within the hierarchy.  Read more

This article explains how to show different customers with the same name in a Power BI report by using zero-width spaces, thus simplifying the presentation without adding visible characters to make the names unique.  Read more

In this article, we share an idea to reduce the friction in using Power BI, by extending the DAX language with new visual calculations.  Read more

This article shows how to use the USERELATIONSHIP function in DAX to change the active relationship in a CALCULATE function.  Read more

This article shows how to use DAX and conditional formatting together to highlight the minimum and maximum values in a matrix in Power BI.  Read more

This article describes how to use conditional formatting with a DAX expression to color the rows of a table in Power BI based on the order number instead of using the alternate rows color formatting option.  Read more