I sometimes see requests asking how to convert a number between 1 and 12 into a month name such as “Jan” or “February. The most common solution I see offered is along the lines of a SWITCH statement that lists 12 conditions (one for each month). This works, but can also be done using existing Read more about DAX : Convert Number into Month Name[…]
A recent post on the Power BI community website asked if it was possible to compress a group of numbers into text that described the sequential ranges contained within the numbers. This might be a group of values such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13: (note there are gaps) with the Read more about Fun with DAX – Compressing Numeric Sequences to Text[…]
Part 1 of 3 Using RANKX in calculated measures Part 2 of 3 Using RANKX in calculated columns This article concludes my epic series detailing how to use the RANKX function in DAX. In this episode, Frodo finally reaches Mt. Doom and successfully uses RANKX to find the best path into the mountain and complete Read more about How to use RANKX in DAX (Part 3 of 3 – The Finale)[…]
The first article in this series looked at to use the RANKX function in a calculated column to apply ranking to your data. This article will show how you can use the RANKX function in a calculated measure. The PBIX file used for this article can be downloaded here. I will use the same 10-row data-set and Read more about How to use RANKX in DAX (Part 2 of 3 – Calculated Measures)[…]
How to use RANKX in DAX (Part 2 of 3 – Calculated Measures) When I first started to play with DAX, one of the functions that seemed to confuse me more than it should, was how to add ranking to my data. It didn’t seem to matter what the data was, if I followed the Read more about How to use RANKX in DAX (Part 1 of 3 – Calculated Columns)[…]
Thanks to all attendees of my Power BI webinar last Friday. I hope you all enjoyed it. I explained a number of the most common row level security patterns in Power BI with some DAX expressions, in this post you will find the description of webinar, recording, and link to all demos and materials. Although Read more about Unleash Security Patterns in Power BI; Webinar Recording and Materials[…]
A recent post on a community.powerbi.com forum asked if it was possible to show a slicer of months, and configure a report so when a user selects a single month from the slicer, visuals will show data for a date range relative to that selection e.g. the preceding 10 months of data. If a user Read more about Dynamic Date Range from Slicer[…]
This blog will show a technique that can be applied to certain charts allow banding or stripes to help highlight data. This could be horizontal bands to help show data above or below a certain threshold, or this could be vertical bands to help highlight ranges of data by time. In both cases, using What-If Read more about Power BI – Banding and stripes in charts[…]
I’m excited to share the news with you that we have added a new feature in Power BI Helper; Expression Tree. Expression Tree will expand the tree of expression for a Measure or calculated column, you can see what other measures are used to create this expression, and where other measures, calculated columns, or even Read more about Expression Dependency Tree: New Feature of Power BI Helper[…]
Despite all articles, blog posts, and videos on the topic of DAX Measures and Calculated columns, I still hear here and there that people ask what is the difference between Measure and Calculated Column? What situation should we use each of these? and on the other hand, what is the difference of creating column here, Read more about Measure vs Calculated Column: The Mysterious Question? Not![…]