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Extreme DAX

You're reading from   Extreme DAX Take your Power BI and Microsoft data analytics skills to the next level

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801078511
Length 470 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Henk Vlootman Henk Vlootman
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Michiel Rozema Michiel Rozema
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface Part I: Introduction FREE CHAPTER
1.1 DAX in Business Intelligence 1.2 Model Design 1.3 Using DAX 1.4 Context and Filtering Part II: Business cases
2.1 Security with DAX 2.2 Dynamically Changing Visualizations 2.3 Alternative Calendars 2.4 Working with AutoExist 2.5 Intercompany Business 2.6 Exploring the Future: Forecasting and Future Values 2.7 Inventory Analysis 2.8 Personnel Planning Other Books You May Enjoy
Index

Combining dynamic labels and dynamic calculations

If you want to combine the dynamic labels and the dynamic calculations in one visual, you need to use a logical combination of the DAX logic we have seen so far. We can still use SWITCH to determine selections made by the user, but keep in mind that the number of options grows fast. In our case, we have three helper tables, each with three options, meaning 3 x 3 x 3 = 27 options inside the SWITCH function. That is a lot of DAX code to write! Here are examples of the results:

Figure 2.2.11: Sales by countries and order date

Figure 2.2.12: 12-month rolling sales by retail type and delivery date

It would be too much to include all this code on these pages. Instead, you can find the code in the model for this chapter. For now, let us take a look at some parts of the calculation. Below is the start of the DAX formula with three variable declarations to capture the choices of the user:

DynHelperSales3 = 
    VAR...
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