When it comes to data modeling, a common requirement is to generate summary versions of existing tables. This chapter explores some of the options available to you in DAX.
There are plenty of reasons why you might consider adding a summary table to your data model. Used well, summary tables can greatly improve performance. A large table made up of millions of transactions with thousands of rows per day can be a great candidate for a summary table that may only have one row per day. Metrics can be calculated while aggregating and stored as columns to provide most of the ...