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Daviejoe
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‎05-19-2020 01:46 AM

Hi,

 

I really want to understand the use of Variables better and how to apply them, can anyone point me in the way of good articles on them please?

 

Thanks

 

David





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Greg_Deckler
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‎05-19-2020 01:53 AM

Sure @Daviejoe 

https://blog.enterprisedna.co/using-variables-in-dax-a-detailed-example/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/dax-variables

https://powerbi.tips/2017/05/using-variables-within-dax/

 

The important thing to remember about DAX variables is that they are not variable... No, really! 🙂



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‎05-19-2020 01:53 AM

Sure @Daviejoe 

https://blog.enterprisedna.co/using-variables-in-dax-a-detailed-example/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/dax-variables

https://powerbi.tips/2017/05/using-variables-within-dax/

 

The important thing to remember about DAX variables is that they are not variable... No, really! 🙂



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‎05-19-2020 02:00 AM

@Greg_Deckler Thanks Greg, much appreciated.





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