SQLBI Newsletter #290

NEW ARTICLE

Using visual calculations for conditional formatting

Visual calculations are useful for performing calculations specific to a visual. Conditional formatting is a great application of visual calculations, as described in this article.
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SQLBI REPLAY

Using tuple syntax in DAX expressions

This article describes the use of the tuple syntax in DAX expressions to simplify comparisons involving two or more columns.
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#290 · Mar 2025

LEARNING

Course calendar

Mastering DAX - 3 DAYS

	May 20-22 - Amsterdam
	May 28-30 - Chicago
	Jul 9-11 - Seattle
	Aug 19-21 - Toronto

DATA MODELING - 3 DAYS

	Jun 24-26 - Amsterdam

video courses

	Introducing DAX
	Mastering DAX
	Optimizing DAX
	Intro to Data Modeling
	Data Modeling for Power BI
	Mastering Tabular
	DAX Tools Video Course
	DAX Patterns
	Power BI Dashboard Design

BI-WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST

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	• Dialog boxes in custom visuals are broken in Power BI Desktop February 2025 Hopefully, this information will be obsolete by the time you read it. However, an issue introduced by the February 2025 release of Power BI Desktop stopped the dialog boxes of all the custom visuals. Check the latest news and the workaround in this article. Mar 6, 2025 · Marco Russo
	• VertiPaq Analyzer deep dive It is so good to find new articles that explore tools we've build over the years. Here we also have a comparison of VertiPaq Analyzer with Semantic Link Labs for Fabric users. Mar 1, 2025 · Jake Duddy
	• Data type inspection in semantic models If you have been using more than one tool between Power BI Desktop, Power Pivot, Visual Studio (Analysis Services addin), Tabular Editor, DAX Studio, VertiPaq Analyzer, and probably many others... you definitely may have noticed that data type names are often confusing. Here you have a clarification article that explains how different names have the same meaning in this context. Mar 3, 2025 · Daniel Otykier
	• Fabric Billing - Implications of pause and restart You pay for a Fabric capacity and you think you are saving money when you pause the service, then you find out... You are not! Don't try to outsmart the system if you don't know the system well. Mar 4, 2025 · Matthew Farrow

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