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3. Calculated Columns and Measures

Alison Box1  
(1)
Billingshurst, West Sussex, UK
 

In the previous chapter, you learned the syntax used by the DAX language, and now you’re ready to write your first DAX expressions. In DAX, there are three types of expression: calculated columns, measures, and calculated tables. However, in this chapter, we will only be addressing the first two types (we look briefly at calculated tables in Chapter 15).

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You already know that DAX is the acronym for “Data Analysis Expressions.” However, we often refer to “DAX expressions” because it seems ...

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