Chapter 9Calculation groups

In 2019, DAX received a major update with the introduction of calculation groups. Calculation groups are a utility feature inspired from a similar feature available in MDX, known as calculated members. If you already know what calculated members in MDX are, then learning calculation groups should be somewhat easier. However, the DAX implementation differs from the MDX implementation. Therefore, regardless of your previous knowledge, in this chapter you will learn what calculation groups are, what they were designed for, and how they can help build awesome calculations.

Calculation groups are easy to use; however, designing a model with calculation groups correctly can be challenging when you create multiple calculation ...

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