ALL vs REMOVEFILTERS

[Alex_Hasan]

Hello, I have a question about using ALL and REMOVEFILTERS functions. Here you can see the perecentage of sales using those two functions and the results are the same.  So, which one is the correct way to calculate? 

[powerbi_zone]

When using inside calculate there is not much difference .Also there is some context behind why the REMOVEFILTERS function was introduced.If i try to explain it here the blog will become too lengthy .See this video till the end ,Hope things become more clearer ! 

Cheers !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPo7SzJXb0w 

[SpartaBI]

@Alex_Hasan As a 2nd argument in calculate (the way you used it in your example) there is no difference at all 🙂
ALL can aslo be used as Table funciton where REMOVEFILTERS has only the calculate modifier role. (ALL can do both).
REMOVEFILTERS was added few years back to make it more understandable instad writing ALL there in the calculate modifer scenarios. 

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[Alex_Hasan]

Hi @SpartaBI , could you please elaborate when to use ALL and when to use Removefilters? 

[SpartaBI · Accepted solution]

@Alex_Hasan this is not something I can really explain in a post message here 🙂
Basically when you want to remove filters through calculate (like in your example) then you can use each one. It's the same.
When you want to create a table for some purpose that has all the values regardless of filters, then you use ALL.
Check out these 2 videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIP5dzBmUxc&t=2s

https://www.sqlbi.com/tv/removefilters-dax-guide/

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