Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Enhance your career with this limited time 50% discount on Fabric and Power BI exams. Ends August 31st. Request your voucher.

Reply
Anonymous
Not applicable

REMOVEFILTERS Not working with measure in VAR

Hi everyone,


I'm using REMOVEFILTERS to calculate overall Customer Sales, based on staff_id.
The following works perfectly:

 

Total Sales =
VAR TotalSales =
CALCULATE(
    [Customer Sales],
    REMOVEFILTERS(
        'Dim Employees'[staff_id]
    )
)
RETURN
TotalSales

Dofrnan_3-1713703383018.png

 

 

But if I add the same Customer Sales' measure to a variable and then use that variable in CALCULATE instead of the measure, it does not work. It returns Customer Sales for each staff_id, as if REMOVEFILTERS didn't exist.

Total Sales =
VAR Sales = [Customer Sales]
VAR TotalSales =
CALCULATE(
    Sales,
    REMOVEFILTERS(
        'Dim Employees'[staff_id]
    )
)
RETURN
TotalSales

Dofrnan_1-1713703315862.png

 

If a the variable is just storing the Customer Sales measure's result, shouldn't the output be the same?
Does anyone know why is this happening?

Thank you!
1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
Community Champion

@Anonymous Yeah, so variables aren't variable in DAX. Once a "variable" is calculated, that's it, the value for the variable remains static. So, what you are doing won't work in DAX.



Follow on LinkedIn
@ me in replies or I'll lose your thread!!!
Instead of a Kudo, please vote for this idea
Become an expert!: Enterprise DNA
External Tools: MSHGQM
YouTube Channel!: Microsoft Hates Greg
Latest book!:
DAX For Humans

DAX is easy, CALCULATE makes DAX hard...

View solution in original post

2 REPLIES 2
Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
Community Champion

@Anonymous Yeah, so variables aren't variable in DAX. Once a "variable" is calculated, that's it, the value for the variable remains static. So, what you are doing won't work in DAX.



Follow on LinkedIn
@ me in replies or I'll lose your thread!!!
Instead of a Kudo, please vote for this idea
Become an expert!: Enterprise DNA
External Tools: MSHGQM
YouTube Channel!: Microsoft Hates Greg
Latest book!:
DAX For Humans

DAX is easy, CALCULATE makes DAX hard...
Anonymous
Not applicable

Got it. 

Thank you!

Helpful resources

Announcements
July PBI25 Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - July 2025

Check out the July 2025 Power BI update to learn about new features.

Join our Fabric User Panel

Join our Fabric User Panel

This is your chance to engage directly with the engineering team behind Fabric and Power BI. Share your experiences and shape the future.

June 2025 community update carousel

Fabric Community Update - June 2025

Find out what's new and trending in the Fabric community.