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local variable or a separate measure ?
Hello Power BI Community. There's one thing I don't understand in Dax: when I write a Dax measure as follows: measure = var __sum = SUM(FactInternetSales[SalesAmount]) return CALCULATE(__s...
Wilson_
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Memorable MemberHello Med_Aziz,
Because "variable" is a misnomer; it doesn't work the way you would expect a variable to work in a programming language.
In the future, I would suggest searching for the answer to simple questions like this on your own because you'll likely get an answer much quicker from, say, google than you would from posting on a forum. 😄
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