In the latest weeks I received several requests to support a different color for variable names in DAX Formatter, just as the formula editor available in Power BI. I finally implemented a solution that I consider a workaround, because of…  Read more

A recurring issue for Power BI users writing DAX code is that column filter removal might have an unexpected behavior when the Sort by Column is active on the column. I covered this topic in an article related to RANKX,…  Read more

If you used the DATESYTD and TOTALYTD functions in DAX, you might have noticed that the optional parameter year_end_date is a string defining the last day of the year. The default is December 31, so this parameter is used only…  Read more

We are approaching the end of 2017, so it is a good time to review what happened in the DAX world this year, what we’ve been up to at SQLBI and what is going to happen in 2018. New DAX…  Read more

During a conversation at PASS Summit, one of the developers of Power BI shown me a way to use TREATAS in place of IN in DAX. I am not sure it increases readability of the code, but let’s examine pros…  Read more

I recently stumbled across a strange behavior of HASONEVALUE, which also impacts the SELECTEDVALUE function. When the only selected item in a column is a numeric value 0 and the column also contains a blank value, there is a bug…  Read more

A few months ago, I and Alberto realized that the reason why variables are not used in DAX as they should is that… there are not many examples out there! For this reason, we made a commitment to use them more…  Read more

In the second half of 2017 I will deliver sessions and preconference days in two big events. I’d like to recap my sessions here, let me know if you have any questions about them. Microsoft Ignite 2017 – September 25-29,…  Read more

You can connect an Excel workbook to a Power BI model in two ways: Using the Analyze in Excel action in powerbi.com Using the Connect to Data action in the ribbon of Power BI publisher for Excel In both cases,…  Read more

I recently wrote a few articles about a new function in DAX and the use of variables. For those of you using Power BI or Azure Analysis Services, you always have access to the latest version of the language. Well, in reality I see that new features appears  Read more