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 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

DAX Formatter was created in 2013 to help users format their code based on the Rules for DAX Code Formatting published in October 2012. Because the main goal is to make the code immediately readable and recognizable, DAX Formatter purposely…  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

Another year has gone by and it has now been 10 years since DAX was first introduced in late 2009. As usual, it is time to review the past year and to take a look at the year ahead.  Read more

This article describes how you can create a comparison with the previous time period in a visualization, regardless of whether the time periods are consecutive or not.  Read more

This article describes the differences between eager evaluation and strict evaluation in DAX, empowering you to choose the best evaluation type for your data models.  Read more

This article shows a basic technique used to sort months according to a fiscal calendar, by using a couple of calculated columns and the “sort by column” feature of Power BI.  Read more