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Which DAX functions are correct?
Anonymous Well, no sane human being would construct that measure that way. All you need to do is MAXX(FilterSegment,[Transaction Size]). You have to read up on CALCULATE extremely closely to understand why this works: CALCULATE – DAX Guide. Some CALCULATE only DAX try hard worked overtime to get CALCULATE into that formula. It's utter nonsense. But, because CALCULATE evaluates the 'Transaction Size'[Transaction Size] within the context of FilterSegment, which is a single row table, then the DISTINCT brings back a single row table of the [Transaction Size] that happens to correspond to the context of the single row table in FilterSegment, which is whatever transaction size the sales happen to fall into. It's black box, stupidly complicated nonsense and doesn't have to be nearly that difficult or obfuscated. MSHGQM - Don't Use CALCULATE! - YouTube
Greg_Deckler OKAY! Then I do not understand the following:
(1) 'Transaction Size'[Transaction Size] is a column, namely the column
Transaction Size
Small
Medium
Large
Applying DISTINCT to it, should just give the same column.
(2) FilterSegment is a table since FILTER returns a table.
(3) If I apply CALCULATE to these two arguments, I really do not see how this works.
Community ChampionAnonymous Well, no sane human being would construct that measure that way. All you need to do is MAXX(FilterSegment,[Transaction Size]). You have to read up on CALCULATE extremely closely to understand why this works: CALCULATE – DAX Guide. Some CALCULATE only DAX try hard worked overtime to get CALCULATE into that formula. It's utter nonsense. But, because CALCULATE evaluates the 'Transaction Size'[Transaction Size] within the context of FilterSegment, which is a single row table, then the DISTINCT brings back a single row table of the [Transaction Size] that happens to correspond to the context of the single row table in FilterSegment, which is whatever transaction size the sales happen to fall into. It's black box, stupidly complicated nonsense and doesn't have to be nearly that difficult or obfuscated. MSHGQM - Don't Use CALCULATE! - YouTube