Topic: Power Pivot
The Definitive Guide to DAX second edition now available worldwide
The second edition of The Definitive Guide to DAX is now available worldwide! This blog post explains why we felt the need to rewrite the book and describes what happens behind the scenes when producing a book. Read more
Power Pivot Utilities 1.09
Bertrand d’Arbonneau added a new feature in the last version (v 1.09) of Power Pivot Utilities, which allows the visualization of Dependents and Precedents measures in the measure list created by the List Measures tool. How to use the new… Read more
What has happened in the DAX world in 2017
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
Why data modeling is important in #powerbi
I have a long experience in working on reporting systems based on semantic models. Now we call them “self-service BI”, but the principles are the same we had in DSS (decision support system), OLAP (on-line analytical processing), and many other… Read more
Unexpected side effects of table filters in #dax
One of the side effects that you might not expect from a table filter in a CALCULATE statement is the removal of an existing filter. In reality, this is a condition that happens when you write an explicit CALCULATE in a row context, because the table Read more
VertiPaq Analyzer 1.7: a fundamental tool for #powerbi #powerpivot #ssas #tabular diagnostics and documentation
If you work with Power Pivot, Power BI, or Analysis Services Tabular, you probably already know VertiPaq Analyzer. If you never used it, with the new release 1.7 you have another couple of very good reason to try it. VertiPaq Analyzer is a Power Pivot Read more
New Server Timings features in DAX Studio 2.5.0 #dax #powerbi #ssas #tabular
Last week, a new version of DAX Studio (2.5.0) has been released. You can find a summary of the new features in the blog post from Darren Gosbell – thanks Darren for your wonderful job with this tool! My small contribution to this tool is mainly in the Read more
BLANK and Boolean functions like IF in #dax
A recent change in the DAX language transformed the behavior of IF statement, so that it should not return BLANK but only TRUE/FALSE if the results should be logical expressions. In that case, the BLANK is transformed in a FALSE condition. For example, Read more
Leverage INTERSECT to apply relationships in DAX
If you are used to virtual relationships in DAX (see Handling Different Granularities in DAX ), you probably use the following pattern relatively often: [Filtered Measure ] := CALCULATE ( <target_measure>, FILTER Read more
Possible #powerpivot issue removing Excel 2016 going back to Excel 2013
Today I observed an issue on a notebook where Excel 2016 was installed and then removed, going back to Excel 2013. After this operation, workbooks having a Power Pivot data model were working correctly by navigating data in PivotTables, but any operation Read more