This article describes how to compute visual totals accurately, in case a measure does not provide the right result at the total level but works correctly in other rows of the report.  Read more

This article describes how to control format strings in calculation groups. Before starting, we suggest you read the previous articles in this series.  Read more

COALESCE is a DAX function introduced in March 2020. This article describes the purpose of COALESCE and how to simplify DAX expressions by removing verbose conditions, and yet obtain the same result.  Read more

This article describes projection functions and techniques in DAX, showing the differences between SELECTCOLUMNS, ADDCOLUMNS, and SUMMARIZE.  Read more

This article describes how to implement currency conversion for reporting purposes in Power BI.  Read more

This article describes the types of relationships available in Power BI and Analysis Services, clarifying the differences in cardinality and filter propagation of physical relationships.  Read more

This article explains the behavior of LASTNONBLANK, LASTNONBLANKVALUE, and similar DAX functions, also providing patterns for performance optimization.  Read more

This article describes how to write efficient DAX expressions that compute the compound interest of incremental investments made throughout the holding period.  Read more

This article describes the reasons why an Excel pivot table may be slow when using the Analyze in Excel feature of Power BI.  Read more

This article describes how to implement a syntax equivalent to the T-SQL function NULLIF and the ANSI SQL function COALESCE, in DAX.  Read more