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A DAX calculation can produce convincing values at the detail level and still fail at the total. The problem is often not the total itself: the business rule was evaluated at the wrong granularity. This article introduces four grains, or… Read more
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This article describes how to use AI to identify relevant test cases in a semantic model and create repeatable DAX tests for a measure. Read more
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Code written by AI can contain many duplicate parts. User-defined functions are a great tool to simplify complex measures; this article shows how to leverage AI to build better DAX code. Read more
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Microsoft recently introduced a new default visual design style for Power BI named Fluent 2. I personally disagree with a few choices in the new defaults, including the removal of alternating row colors from Table and Matrix visuals. However, the… Read more
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Visual calculations can either improve or degrade the performance of a report. In this article, we outline how we ensure visual calculations have a positive impact on performance. Read more
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This article describes how to apply different formatting rules at each level of a hierarchy (one rule at the year level, another at the quarter level, another at the month level) using ISINSCOPE in a measure or ISATLEVEL in a… Read more
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What is the right choice between Direct Lake and Import mode in Power BI? Read more
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3 years ago, we wrote our “Generative AI guidelines at SQLBI”. We think it’s time to update them. Over the past 3 years, the world has changed: it is simply no longer possible to avoid using generative AI services for… Read more
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In this article, we implement a function that removes filter-keep column filters from a calendar, using REMOVEFILTERS as the return value of the function. Read more
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In its first two months, DAX Formatter served 3,500 requests and I see the daily trend slowly raising. If you have observed carefully the first articles published on DAX Patterns, you might have seen that you can click the link”Code beautified with DAX Read more