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Artefact
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Helper II

Replace all DAX fromulas to SQL code

Hello,

Is it a good idea to delete all existing DAX commands in a Power BI dashboard environment and replace them with SQL code (in SQL server)?

Is this much easier to maintain and do I keep the same flexibilty (drilling, filtering, analysing) in my reports?

 

Thanks

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amitchandak
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@Artefact ,The information you have provided is not making the problem clear to me. Can you please explain with an example.

Appreciate your Kudos.

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Hello Amitchandak,

I can't give you an example . It's about the global priciple : Make a dashboard without any DAX, but do all calculations in SQL in SQL server, where SQL server is the source for the dashboards. So for example (there you go....) 
eg "Calculate[profit];Company="Acme"     -> write SQL code to get the same result
eg "SUMX[Sales];sales[profit] * sales[cost]  -> write SQL code to get the same result

and so on.
Does it make sense to write all calculations in SQL?

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