New notation for Date or DateTime format in Power BI

August 14, 2021
Denis Selimovic
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Quick update on the Power BI August 2021 release and this more, in case you encounter this new spelling and wonder what it is.As the title suggests, there is a new way to create a Date or DateTime value. If we consider the CALENDAR function as an example, then two values in the format Date…

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Change formatting of each individual value dynamically with Calculation Groups

July 27, 2021
Denis Selimovic
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In September last year I had already written an article on how to dynamically adjust the values of a measure, for example in millions, thousands or without scaling: Dynamic scaling of a measure in Power BI with DAX The approach at that time with the FORMAT function had a big disadvantage, the value is always…

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My Power BI and Power Query code snippets are moving to GitHub

July 15, 2021
Denis Selimovic
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Pretty much since I started the blog, I’ve been gradually sharing my code snippets for DAX and M here on the website. As the list got longer and longer and more and more confusing with all the examples, I decided to maintain and publish the code snippets on GitHub from now on. There I can…

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Add a single value parameter for any column

July 4, 2021
Denis Selimovic
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Last week I had investigated why a what-if parameter sometimes skips values and how to bypass this. In a discussion with my valued friend Bernat Agulló, we came across the topic of single values in slicers and he directed me to a tweet on how to do this with Tabular Editor. Single values as slicer…

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Why is it sometimes not possible to select the exact number in the what-if parameter and how can this be solved?

June 27, 2021
Denis Selimovic
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I like working pretty much with the what-if parameter in Power BI. With the help of this, it is possible to run through corresponding scenarios in a very fine-grained manner. What would my operating result look like if I can increase my sales by a factor of 2? How would it look with 1.5? And…

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