• Dynamic Format Strings for Measures
    27th April 2023
    New feature alert! The April 2023 update has introduced a game-changing feature: Dynamic Format Strings for Measures. With this new addition, you can create format strings using DAX expressions to make your reports even more adaptable and user...
  • Why Do I Need a Date Table in My Data Model?
    26th September 2022
    The following is an extract from Alison's book 'Up and Running with DAX for Power BI' Have you ever wanted to compare sales for the current month...
  • Filtering Using DAX Measures
    17th August 2022
    A question that we are often asked is this; can you put a measure into a Slicer? The answer of course is no, only columns from tables can be populated...
  • 7 Secrets to Learning DAX
    22nd July 2022
    Most people attempt to learn DAX like they learned Excel. They think they can just get to grips with a few formulas, perhaps even nesting a few...
  • Context Transition: Where the Row Context Becomes a Filter Context
    24th August 2021
    “Nothing in life that’s worth anything is easy.” Barack Obama. And we could also say that nothing in DAX that’s worth anything is easy! Certainly the...
  • Why You Should Never Assume Your DAX Code is Correct; Taking a Closer Look at Bi-Directional Filtering
    26th May 2021
    I recently listened to a thought-provoking blog from Alberto Ferrari ( https://ssbi-blog.de/podcast/experts-talk/chat-with-alberto-ferrari/ ). In it...
  • Where do I make data transformations in Power BI ? Roche’s Maxim
    21st March 2021
    When we’re Training on Power BI a frequent question we get is “I need to make changes to my data for reporting, where is the best place to do that, in...