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Measure | Calculated Column |
It is not stored | Stored in memory |
Calculated on the fly | Calculates at the time of Refresh report |
Consumes CPU | Consumes memory |
Usually is a result of an aggregation | Row by row calculation usually |
Value can be see while adding in the report | Value can be seen in the column in Data tab |
DAX usually is the best place for this calculation | Can be done in Power Query in majority of cases |
Example: Sales Year to date | Example: Profit = Sales - Cost |
Sales YTD = TotalYTD(Sum(Sales), DateField.[Date]) |
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do you have any questions?
@dennydavis , Are you sharing or asking some question ?
Also refer: https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/calculated-columns-and-measures-in-dax/
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