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Working With Totals

posted in DAX on November 7, 2021 by DAX_learner

Sooner or later you’ll want to change how a visual total works. Here’s a good example.

Counter in a visual

posted in DAX on October 9, 2021 by DAX_learner

I heard that it’s a bad idea to add a counter inside a visual. But can I do it?

multiple date fields in fact table

posted in DAX on October 3, 2021 by DAX_learner

A fact table can have multiple date fields. I’ve seen this in demos and wanted to practice.

Dynamic X axis on charts

posted in DAX, Visuals on September 4, 2021 by DAX_learner

Slicer value dynamically changes the x axis on a chart.

Running Total

posted in DAX on August 24, 2021 by DAX_learner

I’ll review some basic DAX running totals (aka cumulative totals) and then various advanced examples.

Unpivot Stacked Sets with varying row count

posted in Power Query on July 22, 2021 by DAX_learner

I’ve seen this in various places including Ken Pul’s blog. I wasn’t able to create a solution without rereading it so I need to practice this in detail.

Transpose & Unpivot

posted in Power Query on July 17, 2021 by DAX_learner

Why did I struggle to transpose & unpivot data in power query? I missed a couple of key concepts. I need to practice!

Reorder Columns

posted in Power Query on June 27, 2021 by DAX_learner

I didn’t realize reordering columns in Power Query could be so complicated. Thanks to Gil Raviv for his solution.

Linear Interpolation

posted in Power Query on June 17, 2021 by DAX_learner

I created a solution for linear interpolation in Power Query. Optimal? Definitely not but it works!

Median Product Sales

posted in DAX on March 7, 2021 by DAX_learner

Some only write measures on data they can see in tables. This is often a bad habit.

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