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3 years ago

DAX Difference - Measure as variable vs. Measure directly in formula

Hi all,    I would like to understand the difference between declaring a measure as a variable vs. using the measure directly in the formula without declaring it as a variable first.   What I not...
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3 years ago

The fun part here is that "variable"  actually means "constant".  You are basically turning the measure into an immutable value that will now no longer be recomputed in the following computations.

 

Power BI has no concept of (mutable) variables. These are all constants.