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Dear experts i need help, i dont understand why i cant use topn,filter,summarize function in dax , here is an example
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Your DAX query returns a table, so you cannot use it as a measure, since a measure should return a scalar value.
You could use it as a (calculated) table, but note that the query would be exdcuted when (loading) processing the model; so it will not take into account any slicers or filters.
Instead, you could also add a TOP N filter to a visual
Your DAX query returns a table, so you cannot use it as a measure, since a measure should return a scalar value.
You could use it as a (calculated) table, but note that the query would be exdcuted when (loading) processing the model; so it will not take into account any slicers or filters.
Instead, you could also add a TOP N filter to a visual
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