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fschiro
6 years agoFrequent Visitor
What does the dot command do [column].[column]
What does the dot "." command do in Dax? In a quick measure I noticed 'DimDate'[Date].[Date] I went to find documentation as to what was the purpose of the .[Date] in the [Date].[Date], but I c...
- 6 years ago
Hi fschiro
Its a DAX reference to auto date hierarchy table that you can not see it in your model as it's hidden, normally you would use it if you do not have a date dimension.
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Mariusz
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Mariusz
6 years agoCommunity Champion
Hi fschiro
Its a DAX reference to auto date hierarchy table that you can not see it in your model as it's hidden, normally you would use it if you do not have a date dimension.
Best Regards,
Mariusz
If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution.
Please feel free to connect with me.

Mariusz
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Please feel free to connect with me.

fschiro
6 years agoFrequent Visitor
Mariusz
I'm not sure I get it. I have a date dimension, and I do see that sometimes it puts this hierarchy thing on the axis when I first select a datedimension column. But I usually have to close the hierarchy for the data to plot correctly on the date dimension column I choose.
Is there somewhere I can read about this? What is this hierarchy thing?