Posts filed under DAX

[DAX] Dynamic Format Strings WITHOUT Calculation Groups ?!?

Video by: Reid Havens

Learn how to add Dynamic Format Strings for individual [DAX] measures in Power BI! This technique doesn’t require calculation groups or Tabular Editor either, and can be done entirely inside of Power BI desktop.

Side note, if you aren’t using Tabular Editor as a model developer you should be. It’s a fantastic tool for any intermediate to advanced modeling scenarios, and the only way to add calculation groups (today).

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Hiding Measures from [DAX] Intellisense!

Video by: Reid Havens

When creating datasets with build permissions (shared datasets), many of us know to hide fields from the data pane. But did you know you can also "hide" measures from the intellisense list in DAX? In this video learn how to use tabular to configure a table property to hide any measures inside of that table, from any DAX intellisense when writing measures. Further increasing usability when creating shared datasets in the Power BI service!

PLEASE NOTE this is not (officially supported) by Microsoft. But is a relatively safe setting to modify. Just be aware Microsoft doesn't provide support for this. More info below at the tabular editor link

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Posted on April 4, 2023 and filed under Data Modeling, DAX, Intermediate, External Tools.

IBCS Styled Bullet Chart for Native Tables in Power BI!

Video by: Reid Havens

Learn how to utilize an SVG image template to add an IBCS (International Business Communication Standards) inspired bullet chart to your native matrix or table visuals in Power BI Desktop.

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Posted on March 21, 2023 and filed under Intermediate, Visualizations, DAX.

(Livestream Replay) [DAX] Best Practices 101 for Optimization & Performance - with Alberto Ferrari

ABSTRACT 📄

Despite being usually very fast, DAX can be optimized, like any other computer system. Optimizing DAX requires a deeper understanding of the internals of the engine, because most optimizations are not intuitive. We will talk about the basics of optimizations, looking at some examples of code and discussing together ideas and options to make the code faster.

GUEST BIO 👤

Alberto started working with SQL Server in 2000 and immediately his interest focused on Business Intelligence. He and Marco Russo created sqlbi.com, where they publish extensive content about Business Intelligence.

Alberto published several books about Analysis Services, Power BI, and Power Pivot. He is a Microsoft MVP and he earned the SSAS Maestro title, the highest level of certification on Microsoft Analysis Services technology.

Today, Alberto's main activities are in the delivery of DAX and data modeling workshops for Power BI and Analysis Services all around the world. Alberto offers consulting services on large and complex data warehouses to provide assessments and validation of project analysis or to perform specific problem-solving activities.

Alberto is a well-known speaker at many international conferences, like PASS Summit, Sqlbits, and Microsoft Ignite. He loves to be on stage both at large events and at smaller user groups meetings, exchanging ideas with other SQL and BI fans. When traveling for work, he likes to engage with local user groups to provide evening sessions about his favorite topics. Thus, you can easily meet Alberto by looking up local Power BI user groups during scheduled courses.

Outside of SQLBI, most of Alberto's personal time is spent practicing video games, in the vain hope of eventually beating his son.

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