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mistermat
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Are variables evaluated only when used?

I'm looking to improve the performance of some of my DAX measures and am considering the option of hoisting my conditional CALCULATE functions as variables.  However, this would only improve performance if the variables are only evaluated on demand.

 

Are variables evaluated only when used?

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Anonymous
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Excerpt from The Ultimate Guide to DAXExcerpt from The Ultimate Guide to DAX

Please RTFM 😉

 

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Darek

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Anonymous
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Excerpt from The Ultimate Guide to DAXExcerpt from The Ultimate Guide to DAX

Please RTFM 😉

 

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Darek

Ahh, thanks.  Maybe I should buy one of these manuals lol

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