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

Learn from the best! Meet the four finalists headed to the FINALS of the Power BI Dataviz World Championships! Register now

Reply
NilR
Post Patron
Post Patron

How to Convert Earlier function to M Query

Here is my Dax Calculated column, but I have a lot of data that slows down the process. How can I rewrite this to Mquery ?

 

Active_records_last_11_months = 
var _GP_NB = 'Table'[GP]
var _id = 'Table'[ID]
var _end_date = 'Table'[Start_Date]
var _start_date = EOMONTH(_end_date,-12)+1

VAR _COUNT = RANKX ( 
        FILTER (ALL('Table'),
            'Table'[GP] = EARLIER('Table'[GP])
            && 'Table'[ID] = EARLIER('Table'[ID])
            && 'Table'[DATEDIFF] = EARLIER('Table'[DATEDIFF])
            && 'Table'[Start_Date] >= _start_date
            && 'Table'[Start_Date] <= _end_date
        ),        
        'Table'[Start_Date],
        ,
        ASC,
        Dense
    )
 RETURN 
 
_COUNT

 

2 REPLIES 2
lbendlin
Super User
Super User

DAX is executed in memory. Power Query M code is executed on disk. It will most likely be slower.

 

EARLIER is no longer a preferred choice. Instead, use variables.

 

Please provide sample data (with sensitive information removed) that covers your issue or question completely, in a usable format (not as a screenshot). Leave out anything not related to the issue.
If you are unsure how to do that please refer to https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-provide-sample-data-in-the-Power-BI-...
Please show the expected outcome based on the sample data you provided.

If you want to get answers faster please refer to https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Desktop/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/m-p/1447...

Thanks, Great info!! I ended up adding a sql statemnet to my data: DENSE_RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY ...)

Helpful resources

Announcements
Join our Fabric User Panel

Join our Fabric User Panel

Share feedback directly with Fabric product managers, participate in targeted research studies and influence the Fabric roadmap.

February Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - February 2026

Check out the February 2026 Power BI update to learn about new features.

FabCon Atlanta 2026 carousel

FabCon Atlanta 2026

Join us at FabCon Atlanta, March 16-20, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.

Top Solution Authors