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Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) Reference

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Date and time functions
Date and time functions overview
CALENDAR
CALENDARAUTO
DATE
DATEDIFF
DATEVALUE
DAY
EDATE
EOMONTH
HOUR
MINUTE
MONTH
NOW
QUARTER
SECOND
TIME
TIMEVALUE
TODAY
UTCNOW
UTCTODAY
WEEKDAY
WEEKNUM
YEAR
YEARFRAC
Time-intelligence functions
Time-intelligence functions overview
CLOSINGBALANCEMONTH
CLOSINGBALANCEQUARTER
CLOSINGBALANCEYEAR
DATEADD
DATESBETWEEN
DATESINPERIOD
DATESMTD
DATESQTD
DATESYTD
ENDOFMONTH
ENDOFQUARTER
ENDOFYEAR
FIRSTDATE
FIRSTNONBLANK
FIRSTNONBLANKVALUE
LASTDATE
LASTNONBLANK
LASTNONBLANKVALUE
NEXTDAY
NEXTMONTH
NEXTQUARTER
NEXTYEAR
OPENINGBALANCEMONTH
OPENINGBALANCEQUARTER
OPENINGBALANCEYEAR
PARALLELPERIOD
PREVIOUSDAY
PREVIOUSMONTH
PREVIOUSQUARTER
PREVIOUSYEAR
SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR
STARTOFMONTH
STARTOFQUARTER
STARTOFYEAR
TOTALMTD
TOTALQTD
TOTALYTD
Filter functions
Filter functions overview
ADDMISSINGITEMS
ALL
ALLCROSSFILTERED
ALLEXCEPT
ALLNOBLANKROW
ALLSELECTED
CALCULATE
CALCULATETABLE
CROSSFILTER
DISTINCT (column)
DISTINCT (table)
EARLIER
EARLIEST
FILTER
FILTERS
HASONEFILTER
HASONEVALUE
ISCROSSFILTERED
ISFILTERED
KEEPFILTERS
RELATED
RELATEDTABLE
REMOVEFILTERS
SELECTEDVALUE
SUBSTITUTEWITHINDEX
USERELATIONSHIP
VALUES
Information functions
Information functions overview
CONTAINS
CUSTOMDATA
IN Operator / CONTAINSROW function
ISBLANK
ISERROR
ISEVEN
ISINSCOPE
ISLOGICAL
ISNONTEXT
ISNUMBER
ISODD
ISONORAFTER
ISTEXT
LOOKUPVALUE
USERNAME
USEROBJECTID
USERPRINCIPALNAME
Logical functions
Logical functions overview
AND
COALESCE
\FALSE
IF
IF.EAGER
IFERROR
IN
NOT
OR
SWITCH
\TRUE
Math and trig functions
Math and trig functions overview
ABS
ACOS
ACOSH
ACOT
ACOTH
ASIN
ASINH
ATAN
ATANH
CEILING
COMBIN
COMBINA
COS
COSH
CURRENCY
DEGREES
DIVIDE
EVEN
EXP
FACT
FLOOR
GCD
INT
ISO.CEILING
LCM
LN
LOG
LOG10
MOD
MROUND
ODD
PI
POWER
PRODUCT
PRODUCTX
QUOTIENT
RADIANS
RAND
RANDBETWEEN
ROUND
ROUNDDOWN
ROUNDUP
SIGN
SQRT
SUM
SUMX
TRUNC
Other functions
Other functions overview
CONVERT
DATATABLE
ERROR
EXCEPT
GENERATESERIES
GROUPBY
INTERSECT
ISEMPTY
ISSELECTEDMEASURE
NATURALINNERJOIN
NATURALLEFTOUTERJOIN
SELECTEDMEASURE
SELECTEDMEASUREFORMATSTRING
SELECTEDMEASURENAME
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS
Table Constructor
TREATAS
UNION
Parent and child functions
Parent and child functions overview
Understanding functions for Parent-Child Hierarchies
PATH
PATHCONTAINS
PATHITEM
PATHITEMREVERSE
PATHLENGTH
Statistical functions
Statistical functions overview
ADDCOLUMNS
APPROXIMATEDISTINCTCOUNT
AVERAGE
AVERAGEA
AVERAGEX
BETA.DIST
BETA.INV
CHISQ.INV
CHISQ.INV.RT
CONFIDENCE.NORM
CONFIDENCE.T
COUNT
COUNTA
COUNTAX
COUNTBLANK
COUNTROWS
COUNTX
CROSSJOIN
DISTINCTCOUNT
EXPON.DIST
GENERATE
GENERATEALL
GEOMEAN
GEOMEANX
MAX
MAXA
MAXX
MEDIAN
MEDIANX
MIN
MINA
MINX
NORM.DIST
NORM.INV
NORM.S.DIST
NORM.S.INV
PERCENTILE.EXC
PERCENTILE.INC
PERCENTILEX.EXC
PERCENTILEX.INC
PERMUT
POISSON.DIST
RANK.EQ
RANKX
ROW
SAMPLE
SELECTCOLUMNS
SIN
SINH
STDEV.S
STDEV.P
STDEVX.S
STDEVX.P
SQRTPI
SUMMARIZE
T.DIST
T.DIST.2T
T.DIST.RT
T.INV
T.INV.2T
TAN
TANH
TOPN
VAR.S
VAR.P
VARX.S
VARX.P
XIRR
XNPV
Text functions
Text functions overview
BLANK
CODE
COMBINEVALUES
CONCATENATE
CONCATENATEX
EXACT
FIND
FIXED
FORMAT
FORMAT
Pre-Defined Numeric Formats for FORMAT
Custom Numeric Formats for FORMAT
Pre-defined date and time formats for FORMAT
Custom date and time formats for FORMAT
LEFT
LEN
LOWER
MID
REPLACE
REPT
RIGHT
SEARCH
SUBSTITUTE
TRIM
UNICHAR
UNICODE
UPPER
VALUE
DAX statements
Statements overview
DEFINE
EVALUATE
ORDER BY
VAR
DAX syntax
DAX operators
DAX queries
DAX parameter-naming
DAX overview
3/9/2020 • 30 minutes to read
Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) is a formula expression language used in Analysis Services, Power BI Desktop, and
Power Pivot in Excel. DAX formulas include functions, operators, and values to perform advanced calculations and
queries on data in related tables and columns in tabular data models.
This article provides only a basic introduction to the most important concepts in DAX. It describes DAX as it applies
to all the products that use it. Some functionality may not apply to certain products or use cases. Refer to your
product's documentation describing its particular implementation of DAX.
Calculations
DAX calculation formulas are used in measures, calculated columns, calculated tables, and row filters.
Measures
Measures are dynamic calculation formulas where the results change depending on context. Measures are used in
reporting that support combining and filtering model data by using multiple attributes such as a Power BI report or
Excel PivotTable or PivotChart. Measures are created by using the DAX formula bar in the model designer.
A formula in a measure can use standard aggregation functions automatically created by using the Autosum
feature, such as COUNT or SUM, or you can define your own formula by using the DAX formula bar. Named
measures can be passed as an argument to other measures.
When you define a formula for a measure in the formula bar, a Tooltip feature shows a preview of what the results
would be for the total in the current context, but otherwise the results are not immediately output anywhere. The
reason you cannot see the (filtered) results of the calculation immediately is because the result of a measure cannot
be determined without context. To evaluate a measure requires a reporting client application that can provide the
context needed to retrieve the data relevant to each cell and then evaluate the expression for each cell. That client
might be an Excel PivotTable or PivotChart, a Power BI report, or a table expression in a DAX query in SQL Server
Management Studio (SSMS).
Regardless of the client, a separate query is run for each cell in the results. That is to say, each combination of row
and column headers in a PivotTable, or each selection of slicers and filters in a Power BI report, generates a different
subset of data over which the measure is calculated. For example, using this very simple measure formula:
Total Sales:=SUM([Sales Amount])
When a user places the TotalSales measure in the Values window in a PivotTable, and then places the Product
Category column from a Product table into the Filters window, the sum of Sales Amount is calculated and displayed
for each product category.
Unlike calculated columns and row filters, the syntax for a measure includes the measure's name preceding the
formula. In the example just provided, the name Total Sales appears preceding the formula. After you've created a
measure, the name and its definition appear in the reporting client application Field List, and depending on
perspectives and roles is available to all users of the model.
To learn more, see:
Measures in Power BI Desktop
Measures in Analysis Services
Measures in Power Pivot
Calculated columns
A calculated column is a column that you add to an existing table (in the model designer) and then create a DAX
formula that defines the column's values. Because a calculated column is created in a table in the data model,
they're not supported in models that retrieve data exclusively from a relational data source using DirectQuery
mode.
When a calculated column contains a valid DAX formula, values are calculated for each row as soon as the formula
is entered. Values are then stored in the in-memory data model. For example, in a Date table, when the formula is
entered into the formula bar:
=[Calendar Year] & " Q" & [Calendar Quarter]
A value for each row in the table is calculated by taking values from the Calendar Year column (in the same Date
table), adding a space and the capital letter Q, and then adding the values from the Calendar Quarter column (in the
same Date table). The result for each row in the calculated column is calculated immediately and appears, for
example, as 2017 Q1 . Column values are only recalculated if the table or any related table is processed (refresh) or
the model is unloaded from memory and then reloaded, like when closing and reopening a Power BI Desktop file.
To learn more, see:
Calculated columns in Power BI Desktop
Calculated columns in Analysis Services
Calculated Columns in Power Pivot.
Calculated tables
A calculated table is a computed object, based on either a DAX query or formula expression, derived from all or
part of other tables in the same model. Instead of querying and loading values into your new table's columns from
a data source, a DAX formula defines the table’s values.
Calculated tables can be helpful in a role-playing dimension. An example is the Date table, as OrderDate, ShipDate,
or DueDate, depending on the foreign key relationship. By creating a calculated table for ShipDate explicitly, you get
a standalone table that is available for queries, as fully operable as any other table. Calculated tables are also useful
when configuring a filtered rowset, or a subset or superset of columns from other existing tables. This allows you to
keep the original table intact while creating variations of that table to support specific scenarios.
Calculated tables support relationships with other tables. The columns in your calculated table have data types,
formatting, and can belong to a data category. Calculated tables can be named, and surfaced or hidden just like any
other table. Calculated tables are re-calculated if any of the tables it pulls data from are refreshed or updated.
To learn more, see:
Calculated tables in Power BI Desktop
Calculated tables in Analysis Services.
Row filters (Row-level security)
In row filters, also known as Row-level security, a DAX formula must evaluate to a Boolean TRUE/FALSE condition,
defining which rows can be returned by the results of a query by members of a particular role. For example, for
members of the Sales role, the Customers table with the following DAX formula:
=Customers[Country] = "USA"
Members of the Sales role will only be able to view data for customers in the USA, and aggregates, such as SUM
are returned only for customers in the USA. Row filters are not available in Power Pivot in Excel.
When defining a row filter by using DAX formula, you are creating an allowed row set. This does not deny access to
other rows; rather, they are simply not returned as part of the allowed row set. Other roles can allow access to the
rows excluded by the DAX formula. If a user is a member of another role, and that role's row filters allow access to
that particular row set, the user can view data for that row.
Row filters apply to the specified rows as well as related rows. When a table has multiple relationships, filters apply
security for the relationship that is active. Row filters will be intersected with other row filters defined for related
tables.
To learn more, see:
Row-level security (RLS) with Power BI
Row filters in Analysis Services
Queries
DAX queries can be created and run in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and open-source tools like DAX
Studio (daxstudio.org). Unlike DAX calculation formulas, which can only be created in tabular data models, DAX
queries can also be run against Analysis Services Multidimensional models. DAX queries are often easier to write
and more efficient than Multidimensional Data Expressions (MDX) queries.
A DAX query is a statement, similar to a SELECT statement in T-SQL. The most basic type of DAX query is an
evaluate statement. For example,
EVALUATE
( FILTER ( 'DimProduct', [SafetyStockLevel] < 200 ) )
ORDER BY [EnglishProductName] ASC
Returns in Results a table listing only those products with a SafetyStockLevel less than 200, in ascending order by
EnglishProductName.
You can create measures as part of the query. Measures exist only for the duration of the query. To learn more, see
DAX queries.
Formulas
DAX formulas are essential for creating calculations in calculated columns and measures, and securing your data by
using row level filters. To create formulas for calculated columns and measures, you will use the formula bar along
the top of the model designer window or the DAX Editor. To create formulas for row filters, you will use the Role
Manager dialog box. Information in this section is meant to get you started with understanding the basics of DAX
formulas.
Formula basics
DAX formulas can be very simple or quite complex. The following table shows some examples of simple formulas
that could be used in a calculated column.
Formula Description
=TODAY() Inserts today's date in every row of a calculated column.
=3 Inserts the value 3 in every row of a calculated column.
=[Column1] + [Column2] Adds the values in the same row of [Column1] and [Column2]
and puts the results in the calculated column of the same row.
Whether the formula you create is simple or complex, you can use the following steps when building a formula:
1. Each formula must begin with an equal sign (=).
2. You can either type or select a function name, or type an expression.
3. Begin to type the first few letters of the function or name you want, and AutoComplete displays a list of
available functions, tables, and columns. Press TAB to add an item from the AutoComplete list to the formula.
You can also click the Fx button to display a list of available functions. To select a function from the
dropdown list, use the arrow keys to highlight the item, and click OK to add the function to the formula.
4. Supply the arguments to the function by selecting them from a dropdown list of possible tables and
columns, or by typing in values.
5. Check for syntax errors: ensure that all parentheses are closed and columns, tables and values are referenced
correctly.
6. Press ENTER to accept the formula.
NOTE
In a calculated column, as soon as you enter the formula and the formula is validated, the column is populated with values. In
a measure, pressing ENTER saves the measure definition with the table. If a formula is invalid, an error will be displayed.
In this example, let's look at a formula in a measure named Days in Current Quar ter :
Days in Current Quarter = COUNTROWS( DATESBETWEEN( 'Date'[Date], STARTOFQUARTER( LASTDATE('Date'[Date])),

ENDOFQUARTER('Date'[Date])))
This measure is used to create a comparison ratio between an incomplete period and the previous period. The
formula must take into account the proportion of the period that has elapsed, and compare it to the same
proportion in the previous period. In this case, [Days Current Quarter to Date]/[Days in Current Quarter] gives the
proportion elapsed in the current period.
This formula contains the following elements:
F O RM UL A EL EM EN T DESC RIP T IO N
Days in Current Quarter The name of the measure.
= The equals sign (=) begins the formula.
COUNTROWS COUNTROWS counts the number of rows in the Date table
() Open and closing parenthesis specifies arguments.
DATESBETWEEN The DATESBETWEEN function returns the dates between the

last date for each value in the Date column in the Date table.
'Date' Specifies the Date table. Tables are in single quotes.
[Date] Specifies the Date column in the Date table. Columns are in
brackets.
,
F O RM UL A EL EM EN T DESC RIP T IO N
STARTOFQUARTER The STARTOFQUARTER function returns the date of the start

of the quarter.
LASTDATE The LASTDATE function returns the last date of the quarter.
'Date' Specifies the Date table.
[Date] Specifies the Date column in the Date table.
ENDOFQUARTER The ENDOFQUARTER function
'Date' Specifies the Date table.
[Date] Specifies the Date column in the Date table.
Using formula AutoComplete

Both the formula bar in the model designer and the formula Row Filters window in the Role Manager dialog box
provide an AutoComplete feature. AutoComplete helps you enter a valid formula syntax by providing you with
options for each element in the formula.
You can use formula AutoComplete in the middle of an existing formula with nested functions. The text
immediately before the insertion point is used to display values in the drop-down list, and all of the text after
the insertion point remains unchanged.
AutoComplete does not add the closing parenthesis of functions or automatically match parentheses. You
must make sure that each function is syntactically correct or you cannot save or use the formula.
Using multiple functions in a formula
You can nest functions, meaning that you use the results from one function as an argument of another function. You
can nest up to 64 levels of functions in calculated columns. However, nesting can make it difficult to create or
troubleshoot formulas. Many functions are designed to be used solely as nested functions. These functions return a
table, which cannot be directly saved as a result; it must be provided as input to a table function. For example, the
functions SUMX, AVERAGEX, and MINX all require a table as the first argument.
Functions
DAX includes functions you can use to perform calculations using dates and times, create conditional values, work
with strings, perform lookups based on relationships, and the ability to iterate over a table to perform recursive
calculations. If you are familiar with Excel formulas, many of these functions will appear very similar; however, DAX
formulas are different in the following important ways:
A DAX function always references a complete column or a table. If you want to use only particular values
from a table or column, you can add filters to the formula.
If you need to customize calculations on a row-by-row basis, DAX provides functions that let you use the
current row value or a related value as a kind of parameter, to perform calculations that vary by context. To
understand how these functions work, see Context in this article.
DAX includes many functions that return a table, rather than a value. The table is not displayed in a reporting
client, but is used to provide input to other functions. For example, you can retrieve a table and then count
the distinct values in it, or calculate dynamic sums across filtered tables or columns.
DAX functions include a variety of time-intelligence functions. These functions let you define or select date
ranges, and perform dynamic calculations based on these dates or range. For example, you can compare
sums across parallel periods.
The date and time functions in DAX are similar to date and time functions in Microsoft Excel. However, DAX
functions are based on the datetime data types used by Microsoft SQL Server. For more information, see Date and
time functions.
Filter functions
The filter functions in DAX return specific data types, look up values in related tales, and filter by related values. The
lookup functions work by using tables and relationships, like a database. The filtering functions let you manipulate
data context to create dynamic calculations. For more information, see Filter functions.
An information function looks at the cell or row that is provided as an argument and tells you whether the value
matches the expected type. For example, the ISERROR function returns TRUE if the value that you reference
contains an error. For more information, see Information functions.
Logical functions
Logical functions act upon an expression to return information about the values in the expression. For example, the
TRUE function lets you know whether an expression that you are evaluating returns a TRUE value. For more
information, see Logical functions.
Mathematical and trigonometric functions
The mathematical functions in DAX are very similar to the Excel mathematical and trigonometric functions. Some
minor differences exist in the numeric data types used by DAX functions. For more information, see Math and trig
functions.
Other functions
These functions perform unique actions that cannot be defined by any of the categories most other functions
belong to. For more information, see Other functions.
DAX provides statistical functions that perform aggregations. In addition to creating sums and averages, or finding
the minimum and maximum values, in DAX you can also filter a column before aggregating or create aggregations
based on related tables. For more information, see Statistical functions.
Text functions
The text functions in DAX are very similar to their counterparts in Excel. You can return part of a string, search for
text within a string, or concatenate string values. DAX also provides functions for controlling the formats for dates,
times, and numbers. For more information, see Text functions.
Time -intelligence functions
The time-intelligence functions provided in DAX let you create calculations that use built-in knowledge about
calendars and dates. By using time and date ranges in combination with aggregations or calculations, you can build
meaningful comparisons across comparable time periods for sales, inventory, and so on. For more information, see
Time-intelligence functions (DAX).
Table -valued functions
There are DAX functions that output tables, take tables as input, or do both. Because a table can have a single
column, table-valued functions also take single columns as inputs. Understanding how to use table-valued
functions is important for fully utilizing DAX formulas. DAX includes the following types of table-valued functions:
Filter functions return a column, table, or values related to the current row.
Aggregation functions aggregate any expression over the rows of a table.
Time-intelligence functions return a table of dates, or use a table of dates to calculate an aggregation.
Examples of table functions include: FILTER, ALL, VALUES, DISTINCT, RELATEDTABLE.
Variables
You can create variables within an expression by using the VAR. VAR is technically not a function, it's a keyword you
use to store the result of an expression as a named variable. That variable can then be passed as an argument to
other measure expressions. For example:
VAR
TotalQty = SUM ( Sales[Quantity] )
Return
IF (
TotalQty > 1000,
TotalQty * 0.95,
TotalQty * 1.25
)
In this example, TotalQty can then be passed as a named variable to other expressions. Variables can be of any
scalar data type, including tables. Using variables in your DAX formulas can be incredibly powerful.
Data types
You can import data into a model from many different data sources that might support different data types. When
you import data into a model, the data is converted to one of the tabular model data types. When the model data is
used in a calculation, the data is then converted to a DAX data type for the duration and output of the calculation.
When you create a DAX formula, the terms used in the formula will automatically determine the value data type
returned.
DAX supports the following data types:
DATA T Y P E IN M O DEL DATA T Y P E IN DA X DESC RIP T IO N
Whole Number A 64 bit (eight-bytes) integer value 1, 2 Numbers that have no decimal places.
Integers can be positive or negative
numbers, but must be whole numbers
between -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 (-
2^63) and 9,223,372,036,854,775,807
(2^63-1).
Decimal Number A 64 bit (eight-bytes) real number 1, 2 Real numbers are numbers that can
have decimal places. Real numbers cover
a wide range of values:
Negative values from -1.79E +308

through -2.23E -308
Zero
Positive values from 2.23E -308

through 1.79E + 308
However, the number of significant

digits is limited to 17 decimal digits.
DATA T Y P E IN M O DEL DATA T Y P E IN DA X DESC RIP T IO N
Boolean Boolean Either a True or False value.
Text String A Unicode character data string. Can be

strings, numbers or dates represented
in a text format.
Date Date/time Dates and times in an accepted date-

time representation.
Valid dates are all dates after March 1,

1900.
Currency Currency Currency data type allows values

between -922,337,203,685,477.5808 to
922,337,203,685,477.5807 with four
decimal digits of fixed precision.
N/A Blank A blank is a data type in DAX that

represents and replaces SQL nulls. You
can create a blank by using the BLANK
function, and test for blanks by using
the logical function, ISBLANK.
Tabular data models also include the Table data type as the input or output to many DAX functions. For example, the
FILTER function takes a table as input and outputs another table that contains only the rows that meet the filter
conditions. By combining table functions with aggregation functions, you can perform complex calculations over
dynamically defined data sets.
While data types are typically automatically set, it is important to understand data types and how they apply, in-
particular, to DAX formulas. Errors in formulas or unexpected results, for example, are often caused by using a
particular operator that cannot be used with a data type specified in an argument. For example, the formula,
= 1 & 2 , returns a string result of 12. The formula, = "1" + "2" , however, returns an integer result of 3.
Context
Context is an important concept to understand when creating DAX formulas. Context is what enables you to
perform dynamic analysis, as the results of a formula change to reflect the current row or cell selection and also
any related data. Understanding context and using context effectively are critical for building high-performing,
dynamic analyses, and for troubleshooting problems in formulas.
Formulas in tabular models can be evaluated in a different context, depending on other design elements:
Filters applied in a PivotTable or report
Filters defined within a formula
Relationships specified by using special functions within a formula
There are different types of context: row context, query context, and filter context.
Row context
Row context can be thought of as "the current row". If you create a formula in a calculated column, the row context
for that formula includes the values from all columns in the current row. If the table is related to another table, the
content also includes all the values from the other table that are related to the current row.
For example, suppose you create a calculated column, =[Freight] + [Tax] , that adds together values from two
columns, Freight and Tax, from the same table. This formula automatically gets only the values from the current row
in the specified columns.
Row context also follows any relationships that have been defined between tables, including relationships defined
within a calculated column by using DAX formulas, to determine which rows in related tables are associated with
the current row.
For example, the following formula uses the RELATED function to fetch a tax value from a related table, based on
the region that the order was shipped to. The tax value is determined by using the value for region in the current
table, looking up the region in the related table, and then getting the tax rate for that region from the related table.
= [Freight] + RELATED('Region'[TaxRate])
This formula gets the tax rate for the current region from the Region table and adds it to the value of the Freight
column. In DAX formulas, you do not need to know or specify the specific relationship that connects the tables.
Multiple row context
DAX includes functions that iterate calculations over a table. These functions can have multiple current rows, each
with its own row context. In essence, these functions let you create formulas that perform operations recursively
over an inner and outer loop.
For example, suppose your model contains a Products table and a Sales table. Users might want to go through
the entire sales table, which is full of transactions involving multiple products, and find the largest quantity ordered
for each product in any one transaction.
With DAX you can build a single formula that returns the correct value, and the results are automatically updated
any time a user adds data to the tables.
=MAXX(FILTER(Sales,[ProdKey]=EARLIER([ProdKey])),Sales[OrderQty])
For a detailed example of this formula, see EARLIER.

To summarize, the EARLIER function stores the row context from the operation that preceded the current operation.
At all times, the function stores in memory two sets of context: one set of context represents the current row for the
inner loop of the formula, and another set of context represents the current row for the outer loop of the formula.
DAX automatically feeds values between the two loops so that you can create complex aggregates.
Query context
Query context refers to the subset of data that is implicitly retrieved for a formula. When a user places a measure or
other value field into a PivotTable or into a report based on a tabular model, the engine examines the row and
column headers, Slicers, and report filters to determine the context. Then, the necessary queries are run against the
data source to get the correct subset of data, make the calculations defined by the formula, and then populate each
cell in the PivotTable or report. The set of data that is retrieved is the query context for each cell.
Because context changes depending on where you place the formula, the results of the formula can also change.
For example, suppose you create a formula that sums the values in the Profit column of the Sales table:
=SUM('Sales'[Profit]) . If you use this formula in a calculated column within the Sales table, the results for the
formula will be the same for the entire table, because the query context for the formula is always the entire data set
of the Sales table. Results will have profit for all regions, all products, all years, and so on.
However, users typically don't want to see the same result hundreds of times, but instead want to get the profit for a
particular year, a particular country, a particular product, or some combination of these, and then get a grand total.
In a PivotTable, context can be changed by adding or removing column and row headers and by adding or
removing Slicers. Whenever users add column or row headings to the PivotTable, they change the query context in
which the measure is evaluated. Slicing and filtering operations also affect context. Therefore, the same formula,
used in a measure, is evaluated in a different query context for each cell.
Filter context
Filter context is the set of values allowed in each column, or in the values retrieved from a related table. Filters can
be applied to the column in the designer, or in the presentation layer (reports and PivotTables). Filters can also be
defined explicitly by filter expressions within the formula.
Filter context is added when you specify filter constraints on the set of values allowed in a column or table, by using
arguments to a formula. Filter context applies on top of other contexts, such as row context or query context.
In tabular models, there are many ways to create filter context. Within the context of clients that can consume the
model, such as Power BI reports, users can create filters on the fly by adding slicers or report filters on the row and
column headings. You can also specify filter expressions directly within the formula, to specify related values, to
filter tables that are used as inputs, or to dynamically get context for the values that are used in calculations. You
can also completely clear or selectively clear the filters on particular columns. This is very useful when creating
formulas that calculate grand totals.
For more information about how to create filters within formulas, see the FILTER Function (DAX).
For an example of how filters can be cleared to create grand totals, see the ALL Function (DAX).
For examples of how to selectively clear and apply filters within formulas, see ALLEXCEPT.
Determining context in formulas
When you create a DAX formula, the formula is first tested for valid syntax, and then tested to make sure the names
of the columns and tables included in the formula can be found in the current context. If any column or table
specified by the formula cannot be found, an error is returned.
Context during validation (and recalculation operations) is determined as described in the preceding sections, by
using the available tables in the model, any relationships between the tables, and any filters that have been applied.
For example, if you have just imported some data into a new table and it is not related to any other tables (and you
have not applied any filters), the current context is the entire set of columns in the table. If the table is linked by
relationships to other tables, the current context includes the related tables. If you add a column from the table to a
report that has Slicers and maybe some report filters, the context for the formula is the subset of data in each cell
of the report.
Context is a powerful concept that can also make it difficult to troubleshoot formulas. We recommend that you
begin with simple formulas and relationships to see how context works. The following section provides some
examples of how formulas use different types of context to dynamically return results.
Operators
The DAX language uses four different types of calculation operators in formulas:
Comparison operators to compare values and return a logical TRUE\FALSE value.
Arithmetic operators to perform arithmetic calculations that return numeric values.
Text concatenation operators to join two or more text strings.
Logical operators that combine two or more expressions to return a single result.
For detailed information about operators used in DAX formulas, see DAX operators.
Working with tables and columns

Tables in tabular data models look like Excel tables, but are different in the way they work with data and with
formulas:
Formulas work only with tables and columns, not with individual cells, range references, or arrays.
Formulas can use relationships to get values from related tables. The values that are retrieved are always related
to the current row value.
You cannot have irregular or "ragged" data like you can in an Excel worksheet. Each row in a table must contain
the same number of columns. However, you can have empty values in some columns. Excel data tables and
tabular model data tables are not interchangeable.
Because a data type is set for each column, each value in that column must be of the same type.
Referring to tables and columns in formulas
You can refer to any table and column by using its name. For example, the following formula illustrates how to refer
to columns from two tables by using the fully qualified name:
=SUM('New Sales'[Amount]) + SUM('Past Sales'[Amount])
When a formula is evaluated, the model designer first checks for general syntax, and then checks the names of
columns and tables that you provide against possible columns and tables in the current context. If the name is
ambiguous or if the column or table cannot be found, you will get an error on your formula (an #ERROR string
instead of a data value in cells where the error occurs). For more information about naming requirements for
tables, columns, and other objects, see Naming Requirements in DAX syntax.
Table relationships
By creating relationships between tables, you gain the ability to look up data in another table and use related values
to perform complex calculations. For example, you can use a calculated column to look up all the shipping records
related to the current reseller, and then sum the shipping costs for each. In many cases, however, a relationship
might not be necessary. You can use the LOOKUPVALUE function in a formula to return the value in
result_columnName for the row that meets criteria specified in the search_column and search_value parameters.
Many DAX functions require that a relationship exist between the tables, or among multiple tables, in order to
locate the columns that you have referenced and return results that make sense. Other functions will attempt to
identify the relationship; however, for best results you should always create a relationship where possible. Tabular
data models support multiple relationships among tables. To avoid confusion or incorrect results, only one
relationship at a time is designated as the active relationship, but you can change the active relationship as
necessary to traverse different connections in the data in calculations. USERELATIONSHIP function can be used to
specify one or more relationships to be used in a specific calculation.
It's important to observe these formula design rules when using relationships:
When tables are connected by a relationship, you must ensure the two columns used as keys have values
that match. Referential integrity is not enforced, therefore it is possible to have non-matching values in a key
column and still create a relationship. If this happens, you should be aware that blank values or non-
matching values might affect the results of formulas.
When you link tables in your model by using relationships, you enlarge the scope, or context, in which your
formulas are evaluated. Changes in context resulting from the addition of new tables, new relationships, or
from changes in the active relationship can cause your results to change in ways that you might not
anticipate. For more information, see Context in this article.
Process and refresh

Process and recalculation are two separate but related operations. You should thoroughly understand these
concepts when designing a model that contains complex formulas, large amounts of data, or data that is obtained
from external data sources.
Process (refresh) is updating the data in a model with new data from an external data source.
Recalculation is the process of updating the results of formulas to reflect any changes to the formulas themselves
and to reflect changes in the underlying data. Recalculation can affect performance in the following ways:
The values in a calculated column are computed and stored in the model. To update the values in the
calculated column, you must process the model using one of three processing commands – Process Full,
Process Data, or Process Recalc. The result of the formula must always be recalculated for the entire column,
whenever you change the formula.
The values calculated by measures are dynamically evaluated whenever a user adds the measure to a pivot
table or open a report; as the user modifies the context, values returned by the measure change. The results
of the measure always reflect the latest in the in-memory cache.
Processing and recalculation have no effect on row filter formulas unless the result of a recalculation returns a
different value, thus making the row queryable or not queryable by role members.
Troubleshooting
If you get an error when defining a formula, the formula might contain either a syntactic error, semantic error, or
calculation error.
Syntactic errors are the easiest to resolve. They typically involve a missing parenthesis or comma. .
The other type of error occurs when the syntax is correct, but the value or a column referenced does not make
sense in the context of the formula. Such semantic and calculation errors might be caused by any of the following
problems:
The formula refers to a non-existing column, table, or function.
The formula appears to be correct, but when the data engine fetches the data, it finds a type mismatch and
raises an error.
The formula passes an incorrect number or type of parameters to a function.
The formula refers to a different column that has an error, and therefore its values are invalid.
The formula refers to a column that has not been processed, meaning it has metadata but no actual data to use
for calculations.
In the first four cases, DAX flags the entire column that contains the invalid formula. In the last case, DAX grays out
the column to indicate that the column is in an unprocessed state.
Apps and tools

Power BI Desktop
Power BI Desktop is a free data modeling and reporting application. The model designer includes a DAX editor for
creating DAX calculation formulas.
Power Pivot in Excel
The Power Pivot in Excel models designer includes a DAX editor for creating DAX calculation formulas.
Visual Studio
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is an essential tool for creating and deploying Analysis Services data models. The
model designer includes a DAX editor for creating DAX calculation formulas.
Analysis Services Projects extension (VSIX) includes the same functionality in SSDT to create Analysis Services
modeling projects. Do not install packages if SSDT is already installed.
SQL Server Management Studio
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is an essential tool for working with Analysis Services. SSMS includes a
DAX query editor for querying both tabular and multidimensional models.
DAX Studio
DAX Studio is an open-source client tool for creating and running DAX queries against Analysis Services, Power BI
Desktop, and Power Pivot in Excel models.
Learning resources
When learning DAX, it's best to use the application you'll be using to create your data models. Analysis Services,
Power BI Desktop, and Power Pivot in Excel all have articles and tutorials that include lessons on creating measures,
calculated columns, and row-filters by using DAX. Here are some additional resources:
Videos
DAX basics in Power BI Desktop
QuickStart: Learn DAX Basics in 30 Minutes (Power Pivot in Excel)
DAX Resource Center wiki
The Definitive Guide to DAX by Alberto Ferrari and Marco Russo (Microsoft Press). This extensive guide provides
basics to innovative high-performance techniques for beginning data modelers and BI professionals.
Videos
Whether you're using Power BI Desktop, Power Pivot in Excel, or Analysis Services, learning Data Analysis
Expressions (DAX) is essential to creating effective data models. Here are some videos to help you get started using
this powerful expression language.
DAX 101
In this DAX 101 video, Microsoft Partner, Alberto Ferrari introduces essential concepts in DAX. With practical and
clear examples, you will learn about measures, calculated columns, and basic data modeling expressions with DAX.
Advanced DAX
In this advanced DAX video, Microsoft Partner, Alberto Ferrari describes DAX theory, filter and row context, and
other essential concepts in DAX.
This function reference provides detailed information including syntax, parameters, Return values, and examples
for each of the over 200 functions used in Data Analysis Expression (DAX) formulas.
IMPORTANT
Not all DAX functions are supported or included in earlier versions of Power BI Desktop, Analysis Services, and Power Pivot
in Excel.
Examples
Most reference articles contain examples showing formulas and results created in an Excel workbook with a Power
Pivot in Excel data model. The data model contains data imported from the AdventureWorksDW sample database.
The sample workbook is no longer available.
This reference is not intended to serve as a tutorial or provide in-depth guidance on how to create formulas for
data models containing data from a specific datasource.
In this section
New DAX functions - These functions are new or are existing functions that have been significantly updated.
Date and time functions (DAX) - These functions in DAX are similar to date and time functions in Microsoft Excel.
However, DAX functions are based on the datetime data types used by Microsoft SQL Server.
Time-intelligence functions (DAX) - These functions help you create calculations that use built-in knowledge about
calendars and dates. By using time and date ranges in combination with aggregations or calculations, you can
build meaningful comparisons across comparable time periods for sales, inventory, and so on.
Filter functions (DAX) - These functions help you return specific data types, look up values in related tables, and
filter by related values. Lookup functions work by using tables and relationships between them. Filtering functions
let you manipulate data context to create dynamic calculations.
Information functions (DAX) - These functions look at a table or column provided as an argument to another
function and tells you whether the value matches the expected type. For example, the ISERROR function returns
TRUE if the value you reference contains an error.
Logical functions (DAX) - These functions return information about values in an expression. For example, the TRUE
function lets you know whether an expression that you are evaluating returns a TRUE value.
Math and Trig functions (DAX) - Mathematical functions in DAX are similar to Excel's mathematical and
trigonometric functions. However, t99 are some differences in the numeric data types used by DAX functions.
Other functions (DAX) - These functions perform unique actions that cannot be defined by any of the categories
most other functions belong to.
Parent and Child functions (DAX) - These Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) functions help users manage data that is
presented as a parent/child hierarchy in their data models.
Statistical functions (DAX) - These functions perform aggregations. In addition to creating sums and averages, or
finding minimum and maximum values, in DAX you can also filter a column before aggregating or create
aggregations based on related tables.
Text functions (DAX) - With these functions, you can return part of a string, search for text within a string, or
concatenate string values. Additional functions are for controlling the formats for dates, times, and numbers.
See also
DAX Syntax Reference
DAX Operator Reference
DAX Parameter-Naming Conventions
New DAX functions
DAX is continuously being improved with new functions and functionality to support new features. New functions
and updates are included in service, application, and tool updates which in most cases are monthly. SQL Server
Analysis Services and Excel are updated in the next cumulative update. To get the latest, make sure you're using the
latest version.
While functions and functionality are being updated all the time, only those updates that have a visible and
functional change exposed to users are described in documentation. New functions and updates to existing
function within the past year are shown here.
IMPORTANT
Not all functions are supported in all versions of Power BI Desktop, Analysis Services, and Power Pivot in Excel. New and
updated functions are typically first introduced in Power BI Desktop.
New functions
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REMOVEFILTERS Sept. 2019
SELECTEDMEASUREFORMATSTRING May 2019
ALLCROSSFILTERED April 2019
Updated functions
F UN C T IO N MONT H
These functions help you create calculations based on dates and time. Many of the functions in DAX are
similar to the Excel date and time functions. However, DAX functions use a datetime data type, and can take
values from a column as an argument.
In this category
F UN C T IO N DESC RIP T IO N
CALENDAR Returns a table with a single column named “Date” that

contains a contiguous set of dates.
CALENDARAUTO Returns a table with a single column named “Date” that

contains a contiguous set of dates.
DATE Returns the specified date in datetime format.
DATEDIFF Returns the count of interval boundaries crossed between

two dates.
DATEVALUE Converts a date in the form of text to a date in datetime

format.
DAY Returns the day of the month, a number from 1 to 31.
EDATE Returns the date that is the indicated number of months

before or after the start date.
EOMONTH Returns the date in datetime format of the last day of the
month, before or after a specified number of months.
HOUR Returns the hour as a number from 0 (12:00 A.M.) to 23

(11:00 P.M.).
MINUTE Returns the minute as a number from 0 to 59, given a date

and time value.
MONTH Returns the month as a number from 1 (January) to 12

(December).
NOW Returns the current date and time in datetime format.
QUARTER Returns the quarter as a number from 1 to 4.
SECOND Returns the seconds of a time value, as a number from 0 to

59.
TIME Converts hours, minutes, and seconds given as numbers to

a time in datetime format.
TIMEVALUE Converts a time in text format to a time in datetime

format.
TODAY Returns the current date.
WEEKDAY Returns a number from 1 to 7 identifying the day of the

week of a date.
WEEKNUM Returns the week number for the given date and year
according to the return_type value.
YEAR Returns the year of a date as a four digit integer in the

range 1900-9999.
YEARFRAC Calculates the fraction of the year represented by the

number of whole days between two dates.
CALENDAR
Returns a table with a single column named “Date” that contains a contiguous set of dates. The range of dates is
from the specified start date to the specified end date, inclusive of those two dates.
Syntax
CALENDAR(<start_date>, <end_date>)
Parameters
T ERM DEF IN IT IO N
start_date Any DAX expression that returns a datetime value.
end_date Any DAX expression that returns a datetime value.
Return value
Returns a table with a single column named “Date” containing a contiguous set of dates. The range of dates is from
the specified start date to the specified end date, inclusive of those two dates.
Remarks
An error is returned if start_date is greater than end_date.
Examples
The following formula returns a table with dates between January 1st, 2005 and December 31st, 2015.
=CALENDAR (DATE (2005, 1, 1), DATE (2015, 12, 31))
For a data model which includes actual sales data and future sales forecasts. The following expression returns the
date table covering the range of dates in these two tables.
=CALENDAR (MINX (Sales, [Date]), MAXX (Forecast, [Date]))
CALENDARAUTO
calculated automatically based on data in the model.
Syntax
CALENDARAUTO([fiscal_year_end_month])
Parameters
fiscal_year_end_month Any DAX expression that returns an integer from 1 to 12. If

omitted, defaults to the value specified in the calendar table
template for the current user, if present; otherwise, defaults to
12.
Return value
calculated automatically based on data in the model.
Remarks
The date range is calculated as follows:
The earliest date in the model which is not in a calculated column or calculated table is taken as the MinDate.
The latest date in the model which is not in a calculated column or calculated table is taken as the MaxDate.
The date range returned is dates between the beginning of the fiscal year associated with MinDate and the
end of the fiscal year associated with MaxDate.
An error is returned if the model does not contain any datetime values which are not in calculated columns or
calculated tables.
Example
In this example, the MinDate and MaxDate in the data model are July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011.
CALENDARAUTO() will return all dates between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2011.
CALENDARAUTO(3) will return all dates between March 1, 2010 and February 28, 2012.
DATE
Returns the specified date in datetime format.
Syntax
DATE(<year>, <month>, <day>)
Parameters
year A number representing the year.
The value of the year argument can include one to four digits.
The year argument is interpreted according to the date
system used by your computer.
Dates beginning with March 1, 1900 are supported.
If you enter a number that has decimal places, the number is

rounded.
For values greater than 9999 or less than zero (negative

values), the function returns a #VALUE! error.
If the year value is between 0 and 1899, the value is added to

1900 to produce the final value. See the examples below.
Note: You should use four digits for the year argument
whenever possible to prevent unwanted results. For example,
using 07 returns 1907 as the year value.
month A number representing the month or a calculation according

to the following rules:
If month is a number from 1 to 12, then it represents a

month of the year. 1 represents January, 2 represents
February, and so on until 12 that represents December.
If you enter an integer larger than 12, the following

computation occurs: the date is calculated by adding the value
of month to the year . For example, if you have DATE( 2008,
18, 1), the function returns a datetime value equivalent to
June 1st of 2009, because 18 months are added to the
beginning of 2008 yielding a value of June 2009. See
examples below.
If you enter a negative integer, the following computation

occurs: the date is calculated subtracting the value of month
from year . For example, if you have DATE( 2008, -6, 15), the
function returns a datetime value equivalent to June 15th of
2007, because when 6 months are subtracted from the
beginning of 2008 it yields a value of June 2007. See
examples below.
day A number representing the day or a calculation according to

the following rules:
If day is a number from 1 to the last day of the given month

then it represents a day of the month.
If you enter an integer larger than last day of the given

month, the following computation occurs: the date is
calculated by adding the value of day to month . For example,
in the formula DATE( 2008, 3, 32) , the DATE function
returns a datetime value equivalent to April 1st of 2008,
because 32 days are added to the beginning of March
yielding a value of April 1st.
If you enter a negative integer, the following computation

occurs: the date is calculated subtracting the value of day
from month . For example, in the formula
DATE( 2008, 5, -15) , the DATE function returns a
datetime value equivalent to April 15th of 2008, because 15
days are subtracted from the beginning of May 2008 yielding
a value of April 2008.
If day contains a decimal portion, it is rounded to the nearest

integer value.
Return value
Returns the specified date (datetime) .
Remarks
The DATE function takes the integers that are input as arguments, and generates the corresponding date. The DATE
function is most useful in situations where the year, month, and day are supplied by formulas. For example, the
underlying data might contain dates in a format that is not recognized as a date, such as YYYYMMDD. You can use
the DATE function in conjunction with other functions to convert the dates to a number that can be recognized as a
date.
In contrast to Microsoft Excel, which stores dates as a serial number, DAX date functions always return a datetime
data type. However, you can use formatting to display dates as serial numbers if you want.
This DAX function may return different results when used in a model that is deployed and then queried in
DirectQuery mode. For more information about semantic differences in DirectQuery mode, see
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=219171.
Example: Returning a Simple Date

Description
The following formula returns the date July 8, 2009:
Code
=DATE(2009,7,8)
Example: Years before 1899

Description
If the value that you enter for the year argument is between 0 (zero) and 1899 (inclusive), that value is added to
1900 to calculate the year. The following formula returns January 2, 1908: (1900+08).
Code
=DATE(08,1,2)
Example: Years before 1899

Description
If the value that you enter for the year argument is between 0 (zero) and 1899 (inclusive), that value is added to
1900 to calculate the year. The following formula returns January 2, 3700: (1900+1800).
Code
=DATE(1800,1,2)
Example: Years after 1899

Description
If year is between 1900 and 9999 (inclusive), that value is used as the year. The following formula returns January
2, 2008:
Code
=DATE(2008,1,2)
Example: Working with Months

Description
If month is greater than 12, month adds that number of months to the first month in the year specified. The
following formula returns the date February 2, 2009:
Code
=DATE(2008,14,2)
Comment
If the month value is less than 1, the DATE function subtracts the magnitude of that number of months, plus 1,
from the first month in the year specified. The following formula returns September 2, 2007:
=DATE(2008,-3,2)
Example: Working with Days

Description
If day is greater than the number of days in the month specified, day adds that number of days to the first day in
the month. The following formula returns the date February 4, 2008:
Code
=DATE(2008,1,35)
Comment
If day is less than 1, day subtracts the magnitude that number of days, plus one, from the first day of the month
specified. The following formula returns December 16, 2007:
=DATE(2008,1,-15)
See also
Date and time functions (DAX)
DAY function (DAX)
TODAY function (DAX)
DATEDIFF
Returns the count of interval boundaries crossed between two dates.
Syntax
DATEDIFF(<start_date>, <end_date>, <interval>)
Parameters
start_date A scalar datetime value.
end_date A scalar datetime value Return value.
interval The interval to use when comparing dates. The value can be
one of the following:
- SECOND
- MINUTE
- HOUR
- DAY
- WEEK
- MONTH
- QUARTER
- YEAR
Return value
The count of interval boundaries crossed between two dates.
Remarks
An error is returned if start_date is larger than end_date.
Example
DAT E
2012-12-31 23:59:59
2013-01-01 00:00:00
The following all return 1:

DATEDIFF(MIN( Calendar[Date] ), MAX( Calendar[Date]), SECOND )
DATEDIFF(MIN( Calendar[Date] ), MAX( Calendar[Date]), MINUTE )
DATEDIFF(MIN( Calendar[Date] ), MAX( Calendar[Date]), HOUR )
DATEDIFF(MIN( Calendar[Date] ), MAX( Calendar[Date]), DAY )
DATEDIFF(MIN( Calendar[Date] ), MAX( Calendar[Date]), WEEK )
DATEDIFF(MIN( Calendar[Date] ), MAX( Calendar[Date]), MONTH )
DATEDIFF(MIN( Calendar[Date] ), MAX( Calendar[Date]), QUARTER )
DATEDIFF(MIN( Calendar[Date] ), MAX( Calendar[Date]), YEAR )

DATEVALUE
Converts a date in text format to a date in datetime format.
Syntax
DATEVALUE(date_text)
Parameters
date_text Text that represents a date.
Property Value/Return value

A date in datetime format.
Remarks
When converting, DATEVALUE uses the locale and date/time settings of the model to determine a date value. If the
model date/time settings represent dates in the format of Month/Day/Year, then the string, "1/8/2009", is
converted to a datetime value equivalent to January 8th of 2009. However, if the model date/time settings
represent dates in the format of Day/Month/Year, the same string is converted as a datetime value equivalent to
August 1st of 2009.
If conversion using the locale and date/time settings of the model fails, DATEVALUE will attempt to use other date
formats. In this case, some rows may be converted using one format and other rows are converted using a
different format. For example, "5/4/2018" may convert to May 4th of 2018, and "20/4/2018" may convert to April
20th.
If the year portion of the date_text argument is omitted, the DATEVALUE function uses the current year from your
computer's built-in clock. Time information in the date_text argument is ignored.
Model locale and data/time settings are initially determined by the application and computer when the model is
created.
Example
The following example returns a different datetime value depending on the model locale and settings for how
dates and times are presented.
In date/time settings where the day precedes the month, the example returns a datetime value
corresponding to January 8th of 2009.
In date/time settings where the month precedes the day, the example returns a datetime value
corresponding to August 1st of 2009.
=DATEVALUE("8/1/2009")
See also
DAY
Returns the day of the month, a number from 1 to 31.
Syntax
DAY(<date>)
Parameters
date A date in datetime format, or a text representation of a date.
Return value
An integer number indicating the day of the month.
Remarks
The DAY function takes as an argument the date of the day you are trying to find. Dates can be provided to the
function by using another date function, by using an expression that returns a date, or by typing a date in a
datetime format. You can also type a date in one of the accepted string formats for dates.
Values returned by the YEAR, MONTH and DAY functions will be Gregorian values regardless of the display format
for the supplied date value. For example, if the display format of the supplied date is Hijri, the returned values for
the YEAR, MONTH and DAY functions will be values associated with the equivalent Gregorian date.
When the date argument is a text representation of the date, the day function uses the locale and date/time
settings of the client computer to understand the text value in order to perform the conversion. If the current
date/time settings represent dates in the format of Month/Day/Year, then the string, "1/8/2009", is interpreted as a
datetime value equivalent to January 8th of 2009, and the function returns 8. However, if the current date/time
settings represent dates in the format of Day/Month/Year, the same string would be interpreted as a datetime
value equivalent to August 1st of 2009, and the function returns 1.
Example: Getting the day from a date column

The following formula returns the day from the date in the column, [Birthdate].
=DAY([Birthdate])
Example - Getting the day from a string date

The following formulas return the day, 4, using dates that have been supplied as strings in an accepted text format.
=DAY("3-4-1007")
=DAY("March 4 2007")
Example - Using a day value as a condition
The following expression returns the day that each sales order was placed, and flags the row as a promotional sale
item if the order was placed on the 10th of the month.
=IF( DAY([SalesDate])=10,"promotion","")
See also
DATE function (DAX)
EDATE
Returns the date that is the indicated number of months before or after the start date. Use EDATE to calculate
maturity dates or due dates that fall on the same day of the month as the date of issue.
Syntax
EDATE(<start_date>, <months>)
Parameters
start_date A date in datetime or text format that represents the start

date.
months An integer that represents the number of months before or

after star t_date .
Return value
A date (datetime ).
Remarks
In contrast to Microsoft Excel, which stores dates as sequential serial numbers, DAX works with dates in a
datetime format. Dates stored in other formats are converted implicitly.
If star t_date is not a valid date, EDATE returns an error. Make sure that the column reference or date that you
supply as the first argument is a date.
If months is not an integer, it is truncated.
When the date argument is a text representation of the date, the EDATE function uses the locale and date time
settings of the client computer to understand the text value in order to perform the conversion. If the current date
time settings represent a date in the format of Month/Day/Year, then the following string "1/8/2009" is interpreted
as a datetime value equivalent to January 8th of 2009. However, if the current date time settings represent a date in
the format of Day/Month/Year, the same string would be interpreted as a datetime value equivalent to August 1st
of 2009.
If the requested date is past the last day of the corresponding month, then the last day of the month is returned.
For example, the following functions: EDATE("2009-01-29", 1), EDATE("2009-01-30", 1), EDATE("2009-01-31", 1)
return February 28th of 2009; that corresponds to one month after the start date.
Example
The following example returns the date three months after the order date, which is stored in the column
[TransactionDate].
=EDATE([TransactionDate],3)
See also
EOMONTH function (DAX)
EOMONTH
Returns the date in datetime format of the last day of the month, before or after a specified number of months.
Use EOMONTH to calculate maturity dates or due dates that fall on the last day of the month.
Syntax
EOMONTH(<start_date>, <months>)
Parameters
start_date The start date in datetime format, or in an accepted text

representation of a date.
months A number representing the number of months before or after

the star t_date . Note: If you enter a number that is not an
integer, the number is rounded up or down to the nearest
integer.
Return value
A date (datetime ).
Remarks
In contrast to Microsoft Excel, which stores dates as sequential serial numbers, DAX works with dates in a
datetime format. The EOMONTH function can accept dates in other formats, with the following restrictions:
If star t_date is not a valid date, EOMONTH returns an error.
If star t_date is a numeric value that is not in a datetime format, EOMONTH will convert the number to a date. To
avoid unexpected results, convert the number to a datetime format before using the EOMONTH function.
If star t_date plus months yields an invalid date, EOMONTH returns an error. Dates before March 1st of 1900 and
after December 31st of 9999 are invalid.
When the date argument is a text representation of the date, the EDATE function uses the locale and date time
settings, of the client computer, to understand the text value in order to perform the conversion. If current date
time settings represent a date in the format of Month/Day/Year, then the following string "1/8/2009" is interpreted
as a datetime value equivalent to January 8th of 2009. However, if the current date time settings represent a date
in the format of Day/Month/Year, the same string would be interpreted as a datetime value equivalent to August
1st of 2009.
Example
The following expression returns May 31, 2008, because the months argument is rounded to 2.
=EOMONTH("March 3, 2008",1.5)
See also
EDATE function (DAX)
HOUR
Returns the hour as a number from 0 (12:00 A.M.) to 23 (11:00 P.M.).
Syntax
HOUR(<datetime>)
Parameters
datetime A datetime value, such as 16:48:00 or 4:48 PM.
Return value
An integer number from 0 to 23.
Remarks
The HOUR function takes as argument the time that contains the hour you want to find. You can supply the time by
using a date/time function, an expression that returns a datetime , or by typing the value directly in one of the
accepted time formats. Times can also be entered as any accepted text representation of a time.
When the datetime argument is a text representation of the date and time, the function uses the locale and
date/time settings of the client computer to understand the text value in order to perform the conversion. Most
locales use the colon (:) as the time separator and any input text using colons as time separators will parse
correctly. Review your locale settings to understand your results.
Example
The following example returns the hour from the TransactionTime column of a table named Orders .
=HOUR('Orders'[TransactionTime])
Example
The following example returns 15, meaning the hour corresponding to 3 PM in a 24-hour clock. The text value is
automatically parsed and converted to a date/time value.
=HOUR("March 3, 2008 3:00 PM")
See also
MINUTE function (DAX)
YEAR function (DAX)
SECOND function (DAX)
MINUTE
Returns the minute as a number from 0 to 59, given a date and time value.
Syntax
MINUTE(<datetime>)
Parameters
datetime A datetime value or text in an accepted time format, such as

16:48:00 or 4:48 PM.
Return value
Remarks
In contrast to Microsoft Excel, which stores dates and times in a serial numeric format, DAX uses a datetime data
type for dates and times. You can provide the datetime value to the MINUTE function by referencing a column
that stores dates and times, by using a date/time function, or by using an expression that returns a date and time.
When the datetime argument is a text representation of the date and time, the function uses the locale and
date/time settings of the client computer to understand the text value in order to perform the conversion. Most
locales use the colon (:) as the time separator and any input text using colons as time separators will parse
correctly. Verify your locale settings to understand your results.
Example
The following example returns the minute from the value stored in the TransactionTime column of the Orders
table.
=MINUTE(Orders[TransactionTime])
Example
The following example returns 45, which is the number of minutes in the time 1:45 PM.
=MINUTE("March 23, 2008 1:45 PM")
See also
HOUR function (DAX)
YEAR function (DAX)
MONTH
Returns the month as a number from 1 (January) to 12 (December).
Syntax
MONTH(<datetime>)
Parameters
date A date in datetime or text format.
Return value
Remarks
In contrast to Microsoft Excel, which stores dates as serial numbers, DAX uses a datetime format when working
with dates. You can enter the date used as argument to the MONTH function by typing an accepted datetime
format, by providing a reference to a column that contains dates, or by using an expression that returns a date.
Values returned by the YEAR, MONTH and DAY functions will be Gregorian values regardless of the display format
for the supplied date value. For example, if the display format of the supplied date is Hijri, the returned values for
the YEAR, MONTH and DAY functions will be values associated with the equivalent Gregorian date.
When the date argument is a text representation of the date, the function uses the locale and date time settings of
the client computer to understand the text value in order to perform the conversion. If the current date time
settings represent a date in the format of Month/Day/Year, then the following string "1/8/2009" is interpreted as a
datetime value equivalent to January 8th of 2009, and the function yields a result of 1. However, if the current date
time settings represent a date in the format of Day/Month/Year, then the same string would be interpreted as a
datetime value equivalent to August 1st of 2009, and the function yields a result of 8.
If the text representation of the date cannot be correctly converted to a datetime value, the function returns an
error.
Example
The following expression returns 3, which is the integer corresponding to March, the month in the date argument.
=MONTH("March 3, 2008 3:45 PM")
Example
The following expression returns the month from the date in the TransactionDate column of the Orders table.
=MONTH(Orders[TransactionDate])
See also
HOUR function (DAX)
YEAR function (DAX)
NOW
Returns the current date and time in datetime format.

The NOW function is useful when you need to display the current date and time on a worksheet or calculate a
value based on the current date and time, and have that value updated each time you open the worksheet.
Syntax
NOW()
Return value
A date (datetime) .
Remarks
The result of the NOW function changes only when the column that contains the formula is refreshed. It is not
updated continuously.
The TODAY function returns the same date but is not precise with regard to time; the time returned is always
12:00:00 AM and only the date is updated.
Example
The following example returns the current date and time plus 3.5 days:
=NOW()+3.5
See also
UTCNOW function
QUARTER
Returns the quarter as a number from 1 (January – March) to 4 (October – December).
Syntax
QUARTER(<date>)
Parameters
date A date.
Return value
Remarks
See related DAX functions: YEAR, MONTH, DAY.
If the input value is BLANK, the output value is also BLANK.
Example
The following DAX query:
EVALUATE { QUARTER(DATE(2019, 2, 1)), QUARTER(DATE(2018, 12, 31)) }
Returns:
[ VA L UE]
Example
EVALUATE
ADDCOLUMNS(
FILTER(
VALUES(
FactInternetSales[OrderDate]),
[OrderDate] >= DATE(2008, 3, 31) && [OrderDate] <= DATE(2008, 4, 1)
),
"Quarter", QUARTER([OrderDate])
)
Returns:
FA C T IN T ERN ET SA L ES[ O RDERDAT E] [ Q UA RT ER]
3/31/2008 1
4/1/2008 2
SECOND
Returns the seconds of a time value, as a number from 0 to 59.
Syntax
SECOND(<time>)
Parameters
time A time in datetime format, such as 16:48:23 or 4:48:47 PM.
Return value
Remarks
In contrast to Microsoft Excel, which stores dates and times as serial numbers, DAX uses a datetime format when
working with dates and times. If the source data is not in this format, DAX implicitly converts the data. You can use
formatting to display the dates and times as a serial number of you need to.
The date/time value that you supply as an argument to the SECOND function can be entered as a text string within
quotation marks (for example, "6:45 PM"). You can also provide a time value as the result of another expression, or
as a reference to a column that contains times.
If you provide a numeric value of another data type, such as 13.60, the value is interpreted as a serial number and
is represented as a datetime data type before extracting the value for seconds. To make it easier to understand
your results, you might want to represent such numbers as dates before using them in the SECOND function. For
example, if you use SECOND with a column that contains a numeric value such as, 25.56 , the formula returns 24.
That is because, when formatted as a date, the value 25.56 is equivalent to January 25, 1900, 1:26:24 PM.
When the time argument is a text representation of a date and time, the function uses the locale and date/time
settings of the client computer to understand the text value in order to perform the conversion. Most locales use
the colon (:) as the time separator and any input text using colons as time separators will parse correctly. Review
your locale settings to understand your results.
Example
The following formula returns the number of seconds in the time contained in the TransactionTime column of a
table named Orders .
=SECOND('Orders'[TransactionTime])
Example
The following formula returns 3, which is the number of seconds in the time represented by the value, March 3,
2008 12:00:03 .
=SECOND("March 3, 2008 12:00:03")
See also
HOUR function (DAX)
YEAR function (DAX)
TIME
Converts hours, minutes, and seconds given as numbers to a time in datetime format.
Syntax
TIME(hour, minute, second)
Parameters
hour A number from 0 to 23 representing the hour.
Any value greater than 23 will be divided by 24 and the

remainder will be treated as the hour value.
minute A number from 0 to 59 representing the minute.
Any value greater than 59 will be converted to hours and

minutes.
second A number from 0 to 59 representing the second.
Any value greater than 59 will be converted to hours,

minutes, and seconds.
Return value
A time (datetime ).
Remarks
In contrast to Microsoft Excel, which stores dates and times as serial numbers, DAX works with date and time
values in a datetime format. Numbers in other formats are implicitly converted when you use a date/time value in
a DAX function. If you need to use serial numbers, you can use formatting to change the way that the numbers are
displayed.
Time values are a portion of a date value, and in the serial number system are represented by a decimal number.
Therefore, the datetime value 12:00 PM is equivalent to 0.5, because it is half of a day.
You can supply the arguments to the TIME function as values that you type directly, as the result of another
expression, or by a reference to a column that contains a numeric value. The following restrictions apply:
Any value for hours that is greater than 23 will be divided by 24 and the remainder will be treated as the
hour value.
Any value for minutes that is greater than 59 will be converted to hours and minutes.
Any value for seconds that is greater than 59 will be converted to hours, minutes, and seconds.
For minutes or seconds, a value greater than 24 hours will be divided by 24 and the reminder will be treated
as the hour value. A value in excess of 24 hours does not alter the date portion.
To improve readability of the time values returned by this function, we recommend that you format the column or
PivotTable cell that contains the results of the formula by using one of the time formats provided by Microsoft
Excel.
Example
The following examples both return the time, 3:00 AM:
=TIME(27,0,0)
=TIME(3,0,0)
Example
The following examples both return the time, 12:30 PM:
=TIME(0,750,0)
=TIME(12,30,0)
Example
The following example creates a time based on the values in the columns, intHours , intMinutes , intSeconds :
=TIME([intHours],[intMinutes],[intSeconds])
See also
DATE function (DAX)
TIMEVALUE function
Converts a time in text format to a time in datetime format.
Syntax
TIMEVALUE(time_text)
Parameters
Term Definition
time_text A text string that that represents a certain time of the day.
Any date information included in the time_text argument is
ignored.
Return value
A date (datetime ).
Remarks
Time values are a portion of a date value and represented by a decimal number. For example, 12:00 PM is
represented as 0.5 because it is half of a day.
When the time_text argument is a text representation of the date and time, the function uses the locale and
date/time settings of the model to understand the text value in order to perform the conversion. Most locales use
the colon (:) as the time separator, and any input text using colons as time separators will parse correctly. Review
your locale settings to understand your results.
Example
=TIMEVALUE("20:45:30")
See also
TODAY
Returns the current date.
Syntax
TODAY()
Return value
A date (datetime ).
Remarks
The TODAY function is useful when you need to have the current date displayed on a worksheet, regardless of
when you open the workbook. It is also useful for calculating intervals.
NOTE
If the TODAY function does not update the date when you expect it to, you might need to change the settings that control
when the column or workbook is refreshed..
The NOW function is similar but returns the exact time, whereas TODAY returns the time value 12:00:00 PM for all
dates.
Example
If you know that someone was born in 1963, you might use the following formula to find that person's age as of
this year's birthday:
=YEAR(TODAY())-1963
This formula uses the TODAY function as an argument for the YEAR function to obtain the current year, and then
subtracts 1963, returning the person's age.
See also
NOW function (DAX)
UTCNOW
Returns the current UTC date and time
Syntax
UTCNOW()
Return value
A (datetime) .
Remarks
The result of the UTCNOW function changes only when the formula is refreshed. It is not continuously updated.
Example
The following:
EVALUATE { FORMAT(UTCNOW(), "General Date") }
Returns:
[ VA L UE]
2/2/2018 4:48:08 AM
See also
NOW function (DAX)
UTCTODAY function (DAX)
UTCTODAY
Returns the current UTC date.
Syntax
UTCTODAY()
Return value
A date.
Remarks
UTCTODAY returns the time value 12:00:00 PM for all dates.
The UTCNOW function is similar but returns the exact time and date.
Example
The following:
EVALUATE { FORMAT(UTCTODAY(), "General Date") }
Returns:
[ VA L UE]
2/2/2018
See also
NOW function (DAX)
UTCNOW function (DAX)
WEEKDAY
Returns a number from 1 to 7 identifying the day of the week of a date. By default the day ranges from 1 (Sunday)
to 7 (Saturday).
Syntax
WEEKDAY(<date>, <return_type>)
Parameters
date A date in datetime format.
Dates should be entered by using the DATE function, by using

expressions that result in a date, or as the result of other
formulas.
return_type A number that determines the Return value:
Return type: 1 , week begins on Sunday (1) and ends on

Saturday (7). numbered 1 through 7.
Return type: 2 , week begins on Monday (1) and ends on

Sunday (7).
Return type: 3 , week begins on Monday (0) and ends on

Sunday (6).numbered 1 through 7.
Return value
Remarks
In contrast to Microsoft Excel, which stores dates as serial numbers, DAX works with dates and times in a datetime
format. If you need to display dates as serial numbers, you can use the formatting options in Excel.
You can also type dates in an accepted text representation of a date, but to avoid unexpected results, it is best to
convert the text date to a datetime format first.
When the date argument is a text representation of the date, the function uses the locale and date/time settings of
the client computer to understand the text value in order to perform the conversion. If the current date/time
settings represent dates in the format of Month/Day/Year, then the string, "1/8/2009", is interpreted as a datetime
value equivalent to January 8th of 2009. However, if the current date/time settings represent dates in the format of
Day/Month/Year, then the same string would be interpreted as a datetime value equivalent to August 1st of 2009.
Example
The following example gets the date from the [HireDate] column, adds 1, and displays the weekday corresponding
to that date. Because the return_type argument has been omitted, the default format is used, in which 1 is Sunday
and 7 is Saturday. If the result is 4, the day would be Wednesday.
=WEEKDAY([HireDate]+1)
See also
WEEKNUM function (DAX)
YEARFRAC function (DAX)
WEEKNUM
Returns the week number for the given date and year according to the return_type value. The week number
indicates where the week falls numerically within a year.
Syntax
WEEKNUM(<date>, <return_type>)
Parameters
date The date in datetime format.
return_type A number that determines the Return value: use 1 when the
week begins on Sunday; use 2 when the week begins on
Monday. The default is 1.
Return type: 1 , week begins on Sunday. Weekdays are

numbered 1 through 7.
Return type: 2 , week begins on Monday. Weekdays are

numbered 1 through 7.
Return value
An integer number.
Remarks
In contrast to Microsoft Excel, which stores dates as serial numbers, DAX uses a datetime data type to work with
dates and times. If the source data is in a different format, DAX implicitly converts the data to datetime to perform
calculations.
By default, the WEEKNUM function uses a calendar convention in which the week containing January 1 is
considered to be the first week of the year. However, the ISO 8601 calendar standard, widely used in Europe,
defines the first week as the one with the majority of days (four or more) falling in the new year. This means that
for years in which there are three days or less in the first week of January, the WEEKNUM function returns week
numbers that are different from the ISO 8601 definition.
Example
The following example returns the week number of the date February 14, 2010.
=WEEKNUM("Feb 14, 2010", 2)
Example
The following example returns the week number of the date stored in the column, HireDate , from the table,
Employees .
=WEEKNUM('Employees'[HireDate])
See also
WEEKDAY function (DAX)
YEAR
Returns the year of a date as a four digit integer in the range 1900-9999.
Syntax
YEAR(<date>)
Parameters
date A date in datetime or text format, containing the year you

want to find.
Return value
An integer in the range 1900-9999.
Remarks
In contrast to Microsoft Excel, which stores dates as serial numbers, DAX uses a datetime data type to work with
dates and times.
Dates should be entered by using the DATE function, or as results of other formulas or functions. You can also
enter dates in accepted text representations of a date, such as March 3, 2007, or Mar-3-2003.
Values returned by the YEAR, MONTH, and DAY functions will be Gregorian values regardless of the display
format for the supplied date value. For example, if the display format of the supplied date uses the Hijri calendar,
the returned values for the YEAR, MONTH, and DAY functions will be values associated with the equivalent
Gregorian date.
When the date argument is a text representation of the date, the function uses the locale and date time settings of
the client computer to understand the text value in order to perform the conversion. Errors may arise if the format
of strings is incompatible with the current locale settings. For example, if your locale defines dates to be formatted
as month/day/year, and the date is provided as day/month/year, then 25/1/2009 will not be interpreted as
January 25th of 2009 but as an invalid date.
Example
The following example returns 2007.
=YEAR("March 2007")
Example - Date as result of expression

Description
The following example returns the year for today's date.
=YEAR(TODAY())
See also
HOUR function (DAX)
YEAR function (DAX)
YEARFRAC
Calculates the fraction of the year represented by the number of whole days between two dates. Use the
YEARFRAC worksheet function to identify the proportion of a whole year's benefits or obligations to assign to a
specific term.
Syntax
YEARFRAC(<start_date>, <end_date>, <basis>)
Parameters
start_date The start date in datetime format.
end_date The end date in datetime format.
basis (Optional) The type of day count basis to use. All arguments
are truncated to integers.
Basis - Description
0 - US (NASD) 30/360
1 - Actual/actual
2 - Actual/360
3 - Actual/365
4 - European 30/360
Return value
A decimal number. The internal data type is a signed IEEE 64-bit (8-byte) double-precision floating-point number.
Remarks
In contrast to Microsoft Excel, which stores dates as serial numbers, DAX uses a datetime format to work with
dates and times. If you need to view dates as serial numbers, you can use the formatting options in Excel.
If star t_date or end_date are not valid dates, YEARFRAC returns an error.
If basis < 0 or if basis > 4, YEARFRAC returns an error.
Example
The following example returns the fraction of a year represented by the difference between the dates in the two
columns, TransactionDate and ShippingDate :
=YEARFRAC(Orders[TransactionDate],Orders[ShippingDate])
Example
The following example returns the fraction of a year represented by the difference between the dates, January 1
and March 1:
=YEARFRAC("Jan 1 2007","Mar 1 2007")
Use four-digit years whenever possible, to avoid getting unexpected results. When the year is truncated, the
current year is assumed. When the date is or omitted, the first date of the month is assumed.
The second argument, basis , has also been omitted. Therefore, the year fraction is calculated according to the US
(NASD) 30/360 standard.
See also
WEEKNUM function (DAX)
WEEKDAY function (DAX)
Time-intelligence functions
Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) includes time intelligence functions to support the needs of Business
Intelligence analysis by enabling you to manipulate data using time periods, including days, months, quarters,
and years, and then build and compare calculations over those periods.
In this category
CLOSINGBALANCEMONTH Evaluates the expression at the last date of the month in

the current context.
CLOSINGBALANCEQUARTER Evaluates the expression at the last date of the quarter in

CLOSINGBALANCEYEAR Evaluates the expression at the last date of the year in the
current context.
DATEADD Returns a table that contains a column of dates, shifted

either forward or backward in time by the specified number
of intervals from the dates in the current context.
DATESBETWEEN Returns a table that contains a column of dates that begins

with the start_date and continues until the end_date.
DATESINPERIOD Returns a table that contains a column of dates that begins

with the start_date and continues for the specified
number_of_intervals.
DATESMTD Returns a table that contains a column of the dates for the
month to date, in the current context.
DATESQTD Returns a table that contains a column of the dates for the
quarter to date, in the current context.
DATESYTD Returns a table that contains a column of the dates for the
year to date, in the current context.
ENDOFMONTH Returns the last date of the month in the current context for
the specified column of dates.
ENDOFQUARTER Returns the last date of the quarter in the current context
for the specified column of dates.
ENDOFYEAR Returns the last date of the year in the current context for
FIRSTDATE Returns the first date in the current context for the specified
column of dates.
FIRSTNONBLANK Returns the first value in the column, column, filtered by the
current context, where the expression is not blank
LASTDATE Returns the last date in the current context for the specified
column of dates.
LASTNONBLANK Returns the last value in the column, column, filtered by the
current context, where the expression is not blank.
NEXTDAY Returns a table that contains a column of all dates from the
next day, based on the first date specified in the dates
column in the current context.
NEXTMONTH Returns a table that contains a column of all dates from the
next month, based on the first date in the dates column in
NEXTQUARTER Returns a table that contains a column of all dates in the

next quarter, based on the first date specified in the dates
column, in the current context.
NEXTYEAR Returns a table that contains a column of all dates in the

next year, based on the first date in the dates column, in the
current context.
OPENINGBALANCEMONTH Evaluates the expression at the first date of the month in

OPENINGBALANCEQUARTER Evaluates the expression at the first date of the quarter, in

OPENINGBALANCEYEAR Evaluates the expression at the first date of the year in the
current context.
PARALLELPERIOD Returns a table that contains a column of dates that

represents a period parallel to the dates in the specified
dates column, in the current context, with the dates shifted
a number of intervals either forward in time or back in time.
PREVIOUSDAY Returns a table that contains a column of all dates

representing the day that is previous to the first date in the
dates column, in the current context.
PREVIOUSMONTH Returns a table that contains a column of all dates from the
previous month, based on the first date in the dates
PREVIOUSQUARTER Returns a table that contains a column of all dates from the
previous quarter, based on the first date in the dates
PREVIOUSYEAR Returns a table that contains a column of all dates from the
previous year, given the last date in the dates column, in the
current context.
SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR Returns a table that contains a column of dates shifted one

year back in time from the dates in the specified dates
STARTOFMONTH Returns the first date of the month in the current context
STARTOFQUARTER Returns the first date of the quarter in the current context
STARTOFYEAR Returns the first date of the year in the current context for
TOTALMTD Evaluates the value of the expression for the month to date,
in the current context.
TOTALQTD Evaluates the value of the expression for the dates in the
quarter to date, in the current context.
TOTALYTD Evaluates the year-to-date value of the expression in the

current context.
CLOSINGBALANCEMONTH
Evaluates the expression at the last date of the month in the current context.
Syntax
CLOSINGBALANCEMONTH(<expression>,<dates>[,<filter>])
Parameters
PA RA M ET ER DEF IN IT IO N
expression An expression that returns a scalar value.
dates A column that contains dates.
filter (optional) An expression that specifies a filter to apply to the

current context.
Return value
A scalar value that represents the expression evaluated at the last date of the month in the current context.
Remarks
The dates argument can be any of the following:
A reference to a date/time column.
A table expression that returns a single column of date/time values.
A Boolean expression that defines a single-column table of date/time values.
NOTE
Constraints on Boolean expressions are described in the topic, CALCULATE function (DAX).
NOTE
The filter expression has restrictions described in the topic, CALCULATE function (DAX).
This DAX function is not supported for use in DirectQuery mode. For more information about limitations in
DirectQuery models, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=219172.
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'Month End Inventory Value' of the product
inventory.
To see how this works, create a PivotTable and add the fields, CalendarYear, MonthNumberOfYear and
DayNumberOfMonth, to the Row Labels area of the PivotTable. Then add a measure, named Month End
Inventor y Value , using the following formula to the Values area of the PivotTable.
=CLOSINGBALANCEMONTH(SUMX(ProductInventory,ProductInventory[UnitCost]*ProductInventory[UnitsBalance]),DateTime
[DateKey])
See also
Time-intelligence functions (DAX)
CLOSINGBALANCEYEAR function (DAX)
CLOSINGBALANCEQUARTER function (DAX)
CLOSINGBALANCEQUARTER
Evaluates the expression at the last date of the quarter in the current context.
Syntax
CLOSINGBALANCEQUARTER(<expression>,<dates>[,<filter>])
Parameters
Parameter Definition

current context.
Return value
A scalar value that represents the expression evaluated at the last date of the quarter in the current context.
Remarks
NOTE
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'Quarter End Inventory Value' of the product
inventory.
=CLOSINGBALANCEQUARTER(SUMX(ProductInventory,ProductInventory[UnitCost]*ProductInventory[UnitsBalance]),DateTi
me[DateKey])
See also
CLOSINGBALANCEMONTH function (DAX)
CLOSINGBALANCEYEAR
Evaluates the expression at the last date of the year in the current context.
Syntax
CLOSINGBALANCEYEAR(<expression>,<dates>[,<filter>][,<year_end_date>])
Parameters

current context.
year_end_date (optional) A literal string with a date that defines the year-end
date. The default is December 31.
Return value
A scalar value that represents the expression evaluated at the last date of the year in the current context.
Remarks
NOTE
NOTE
The filter expression has the restrictions described in the topic, CALCULATE function (DAX).
The year_end_date parameter is a string literal of a date, in the same locale as the locale of the client where the
workbook was created. The year portion of the date is ignored.
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'Year End Inventory Value' of the product
inventory.
=CLOSINGBALANCEYEAR(SUMX(ProductInventory,ProductInventory[UnitCost]*ProductInventory[UnitsBalance]),DateTime[
DateKey])
See also
DATEADD
Returns a table that contains a column of dates, shifted either forward or backward in time by the specified number
of intervals from the dates in the current context.
Syntax
DATEADD(<dates>,<number_of_intervals>,<interval>)
Parameters
Term Definition
number_of_intervals An integer that specifies the number of intervals to add to or

subtract from the dates.
interval The interval by which to shift the dates. The value for interval
can be one of the following: year , quarter , month , day
Return value
A table containing a single column of date values.
Remarks
A reference to a date/time column,
A table expression that returns a single column of date/time values,
NOTE
If the number specified for number_of_inter vals is positive, the dates in dates are moved forward in time; if the
number is negative, the dates in dates are shifted back in time.
The inter val parameter is an enumeration, not a set of strings; therefore values should not be enclosed in
quotation marks. Also, the values: year , quarter , month , day should be spelled in full when using them.
The result table includes only dates that exist in the dates column.
If the dates in the current context do not form a contiguous interval, the function returns an error.
Example - Shifting a set of dates

Description
The following formula calculates dates that are one year before the dates in the current context.
=DATEADD(DateTime[DateKey],-1,year)
See also
DATESBETWEEN
Returns a table that contains a column of dates that begins with the star t_date and continues until the end_date .
Syntax
DATESBETWEEN(<dates>,<start_date>,<end_date>)
Parameters
Term Definition
dates A reference to a date/time column.
start_date A date expression.
end_date A date expression.
Return value
Remarks
If star t_date is a blank date value, then star t_date will be the earliest value in the dates column.
If end_date is a blank date value, then end_date will be the latest value in the dates column.
The dates used as the star t_date and end_date are inclusive: that is, if the sales occurred on September 1 and
you use September 1 as the start date, sales on September 1 are counted.
NOTE
The DATESBETWEEN function is provided for working with custom date ranges. If you are working with common date
intervals such as months, quarters, and years, we recommend that you use the appropriate function, such as
DATESINPERIOD.
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'Summer 2007 sales' for Internet Sales.
=CALCULATE(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), DATESBETWEEN(DateTime[DateKey],
DATE(2007,6,1),
DATE(2007,8,31)
))
See also
DATESINPERIOD function (DAX)
DATESINPERIOD
Returns a table that contains a column of dates that begins with the star t_date and continues for the specified
number_of_inter vals .
Syntax
DATESINPERIOD(<dates>,<start_date>,<number_of_intervals>,<interval>)
Parameters
Term Definition
start_date A date expression.

can be one of the following: year , quarter , month , day
Return value
Remarks
The dates argument can be a reference to a date/time column.
NOTE
If the number specified for number_of_inter vals is positive, the dates are moved forward in time; if the number
is negative, the dates are shifted back in time.
quotation marks. Also, the values: year , quarter , month , day should be spelled in full when using them.
The result table includes only dates that appear in the values of the underlying table column.
Example
The following formula returns the Internet sales for the 21 days prior to August 24, 2007.
= CALCULATE(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]),DATESINPERIOD(DateTime[DateKey],DATE(2007,08,24),-21,day))
See also
DATESBETWEEN function (DAX)
DATESMTD
Returns a table that contains a column of the dates for the month to date, in the current context.
Syntax
DATESMTD(<dates>)
Parameters
Term Definition

Remarks
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'Month To Date Total' for Internet Sales.
=CALCULATE(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), DATESMTD(DateTime[DateKey]))
See also
DATESYTD function (DAX)
DATESQTD function (DAX)
DATESQTD
Returns a table that contains a column of the dates for the quarter to date, in the current context.
Syntax
DATESQTD(<dates>)
Parameters
Term Definition

Remarks
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'Quarterly Running Total' of Internet Sales.
=CALCULATE(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), DATESQTD(DateTime[DateKey]))
See also
DATESMTD function (DAX)
DATESYTD
Returns a table that contains a column of the dates for the year to date, in the current context.
Syntax
DATESYTD(<dates> [,<year_end_date>])
Parameters
Term Definition

Remarks
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'Running Total' for Internet sales.
=CALCULATE(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), DATESYTD(DateTime[DateKey]))
See also
DATESMTD function (DAX)
DATESQTD function (DAX)
ENDOFMONTH
Returns the last date of the month in the current context for the specified column of dates.
Syntax
ENDOFMONTH(<dates>)
Parameters
Term Definition
Return value
A table containing a single column and single row with a date value.
Remarks
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that returns the end of the month, for the current context.
=ENDOFMONTH(DateTime[DateKey])
See also
ENDOFYEAR function (DAX)
ENDOFQUARTER function (DAX)
ENDOFQUARTER
Returns the last date of the quarter in the current context for the specified column of dates.
Syntax
ENDOFQUARTER(<dates>)
Parameters
Term Definition
Return value
Remarks
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that returns the end of the quarter, for the current context.
=ENDOFQUARTER(DateTime[DateKey])
See also
ENDOFYEAR function (DAX)
ENDOFMONTH function (DAX)
ENDOFYEAR
Returns the last date of the year in the current context for the specified column of dates.
Syntax
ENDOFYEAR(<dates> [,<year_end_date>])
Parameters
Term Definition
Return value
Remarks
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that returns the end of the fiscal year that ends on June 30, for
=ENDOFYEAR(DateTime[DateKey],"06/30/2004")
See also
ENDOFMONTH function (DAX)
ENDOFQUARTER function (DAX)
FIRSTDATE
Returns the first date in the current context for the specified column of dates.
Syntax
FIRSTDATE(<dates>)
Parameters
Term Definition
Return value
Remarks
A table expression that returns a single column of date/time values,.
NOTE
When the current context is a single date, the date returned by the FIRSTDATE and LASTDATE functions will be
equal.
The Return value is a table that contains a single column and single value. Therefore, this function can be used as
an argument to any function that requires a table in its arguments. Also, the returned value can be used whenever
a date value is required.
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that obtains the first date when a sale was made in the Internet
sales channel for the current context.
=FIRSTDATE('InternetSales_USD'[SaleDateKey])
See also
LASTDATE function (DAX)
FIRSTNONBLANK function (DAX)
FIRSTNONBLANK
Returns the first value in the column, column , filtered by the current context, where the expression is not blank.
Syntax
FIRSTNONBLANK(<column>,<expression>)
Parameters
column A column expression.
expression An expression evaluated for blanks for each value of column .

A table containing a single column and single row with the computed first value.
Remarks
The column argument can be any of the following:
A reference to any column.
A table with a single column.
A Boolean expression that defines a single-column table .
NOTE
This function is typically used to return the first value of a column for which the expression is not blank. For
example, you could get the last value for which there were sales of a product.
See also
LASTNONBLANK function (DAX)
Statistical functions (DAX)
FIRSTNONBLANKVALUE
Evaluates an expression filtered by the sorted values of a column and returns the first value of the expression that
is not blank.
Syntax
FIRSTNONBLANKVALUE(<column>, <expression>)
Parameters
column A column or an expression that returns a single-column table.
expression An expression evaluated for each value of <column>.
Return value
The first non-blank value of <expression> corresponding to the sorted values of <column>.
Remarks
This function is different from FIRSTNONBLANK in that the <column> is added to the filter context for the
evaluation of <expression>.
Example
The following DAX query,
EVALUATE
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS(
DimProduct[Class],
"FNBV",
FIRSTNONBLANKVALUE(
DimDate[Date],
SUM(FactInternetSales[SalesAmount])
)
)
Returns,
DIM P RO DUC T [ C L A SS] [ F N B V]
L 699.0982
H 13778.24
M 1000.4375
533.83
LASTDATE
Returns the last date in the current context for the specified column of dates.
Syntax
LASTDATE(<dates>)
Parameters
Return value
Remarks
NOTE
When the current context is a single date, the date returned by the FIRSTDATE and LASTDATE functions will be
equal.
Technically, the Return value is a table that contains a single column and single value. Therefore, this function can
be used as an argument to any function that requires a table in its arguments. Also, the returned value can be used
whenever a date value is required.
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that obtains the last date, for the current context, when a sale was
made in the Internet sales channel.
To see how this works, create a PivotTable and add the field CalendarYear to the Row Labels area of the PivotTable.
Then add a measure, named LastSaleDate , using the formula defined in the code section, to the Values area of
the PivotTable.
=LASTDATE('InternetSales_USD'[SaleDateKey])
See also
FIRSTDATE function (DAX)
LASTNONBLANK function (DAX)
LASTNONBLANK
Returns the last value in the column, column , filtered by the current context, where the expression is not blank.
Syntax
LASTNONBLANK(<column>,<expression>)
Parameters
Term Definition
column A column expression.
expression An expression evaluated for blanks for each value of column .

A table containing a single column and single row with the computed last value.
Remarks
A Boolean expression that defines a single-column table
NOTE
This function is typically used to return the last value of a column for which the expression is not blank. For
example, you could get the last value for which there were sales of a product.
See also
FIRSTNONBLANK function (DAX)
LASTNONBLANKVALUE
Evaluates an expression filtered by the sorted values of a column and returns the last value of the expression that is
not blank.
Syntax
LASTNONBLANKVALUE(<column>, <expression>)
Parameters
column A column or an expression that returns a single-column table.
expression An expression evaluated for each value of <column>.
Return value
The last non-blank value of <expression> corresponding to the sorted values of <column>.
Remarks
This function is different from LASTNONBLANK in that the <column> is added to the filter context for the
evaluation of <expression>.
Example
The following DAX query,
EVALUATE
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS(
DimProduct[Class],
"LNBV",
LASTNONBLANKVALUE(
DimDate[Date],
SUM(FactInternetSales[SalesAmount])
)
)
Returns,
DIM P RO DUC T [ C L A SS] [ L N B V]
L 132.44
H 137.6
M 84.97
2288.6
NEXTDAY
Returns a table that contains a column of all dates from the next day, based on the first date specified in the dates
Syntax
NEXTDAY(<dates>)
Parameters
Term Definition
dates A column containing dates.
Return value
Remarks
This function returns all dates from the next day to the first date in the input parameter. For example, if the first
date in the dates argument refers to June 10, 2009; then this function returns all dates equal to June 11, 2009.
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'next day sales' of Internet sales.
=CALCULATE(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), NEXTDAY('DateTime'[DateKey]))
See also
NEXTQUARTER function (DAX)
NEXTMONTH function (DAX)
NEXTYEAR function (DAX)
NEXTMONTH
Returns a table that contains a column of all dates from the next month, based on the first date in the dates
Syntax
NEXTMONTH(<dates>)
Parameters
Term Definition
Return value
Remarks
This function returns all dates from the next day to the first date in the input parameter. For example, if the first
date in the dates argument refers to June 10, 2009; then this function returns all dates for the month of July, 2009.
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'next month sales' for Internet sales.
=CALCULATE(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), NEXTMONTH('DateTime'[DateKey]))
See also
NEXTDAY function (DAX)
NEXTQUARTER
Returns a table that contains a column of all dates in the next quarter, based on the first date specified in the dates
Syntax
NEXTQUARTER(<dates>)
Parameters
Term Definition
Return value
Remarks
This function returns all dates in the next quarter, based on the first date in the input parameter. For example, if the
first date in the dates column refers to June 10, 2009, this function returns all dates for the quarter July to
September, 2009.
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'next quarter sales' for Internet sales.
=CALCULATE(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), NEXTQUARTER('DateTime'[DateKey]))
See also
NEXTYEAR
Returns a table that contains a column of all dates in the next year, based on the first date in the dates column, in
Syntax
NEXTYEAR(<dates>[,<year_end_date>])
Parameters
Term Definition
Return value
Remarks
This function returns all dates in the next year, based on the first date in the input column. For example, if the first
date in the dates column refers to the year 2007, this function returns all dates for the year 2008.
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'next year sales' for Internet sales.
=CALCULATE(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), NEXTYEAR('DateTime'[DateKey]))
See also
OPENINGBALANCEMONTH
Evaluates the expression at the first date of the month in the current context.
Syntax
OPENINGBALANCEMONTH(<expression>,<dates>[,<filter>])
Parameters

current context.
Return value
A scalar value that represents the expression evaluated at the first date of the month in the current context.
Remarks
NOTE
NOTE
This DAX function is not supported for use in DirectQuery mode. For more information about limitations in DirectQuery
models, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=219172.
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'Month Start Inventory Value' of the product
inventory.
=OPENINGBALANCEMONTH(SUMX(ProductInventory,ProductInventory[UnitCost]*ProductInventory[UnitsBalance]),DateTime
[DateKey])
See also
OPENINGBALANCEYEAR function (DAX)
OPENINGBALANCEQUARTER function (DAX)
OPENINGBALANCEQUARTER
Evaluates the expression at the first date of the quarter, in the current context.
Syntax
OPENINGBALANCEQUARTER(<expression>,<dates>[,<filter>])
Parameters
filte* (optional) An expression that specifies a filter to apply to the

current context.
Return value
A scalar value that represents the expression evaluated at the first date of the quarter in the current context.
Remarks
NOTE
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'Quarter Start Inventory Value' of the product
inventory.
=OPENINGBALANCEQUARTER(SUMX(ProductInventory,ProductInventory[UnitCost]*ProductInventory[UnitsBalance]),DateTi
me[DateKey])
See also
OPENINGBALANCEYEAR function (DAX)
OPENINGBALANCEMONTH function (DAX)
OPENINGBALANCEYEAR
Evaluates the expression at the first date of the year in the current context.
Syntax
OPENINGBALANCEYEAR(<expression>,<dates>[,<filter>][,<year_end_date>])
Parameters

current context.
Return value
A scalar value that represents the expression evaluated at the first date of the year in the current context.
Remarks
NOTE
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'Year Start Inventory Value' of the product
inventory.
=OPENINGBALANCEYEAR(SUMX(ProductInventory,ProductInventory[UnitCost]*ProductInventory[UnitsBalance]),DateTime[
DateKey])
See also
OPENINGBALANCEQUARTER function (DAX)
OPENINGBALANCEMONTH function (DAX)
PARALLELPERIOD
Returns a table that contains a column of dates that represents a period parallel to the dates in the specified dates
column, in the current context, with the dates shifted a number of intervals either forward in time or back in time.
Syntax
PARALLELPERIOD(<dates>,<number_of_intervals>,<interval>)
Parameters
Term Definition

can be one of the following: year , quarter , month .
Return value
Remarks
This function takes the current set of dates in the column specified by dates , shifts the first date and the last date
the specified number of intervals, and then returns all contiguous dates between the two shifted dates. If the
interval is a partial range of month, quarter, or year then any partial months in the result are also filled out to
complete the entire interval.
NOTE
If the number specified for number_of_inter vals is positive, the dates in dates are moved forward in time; if the
number is negative, the dates in dates are shifted back in time.
quotation marks. Also, the values: year , quarter , month should be spelled in full when using them.
The result table includes only dates that appear in the values of the underlying table column.
The PARALLELPERIOD function is similar to the DATEADD function except that PARALLELPERIOD always returns full
periods at the given granularity level instead of the partial periods that DATEADD returns. For example, if you have
a selection of dates that starts at June 10 and finishes at June 21 of the same year, and you want to shift that
selection forward by one month then the PARALLELPERIOD function will return all dates from the next month (July
1 to July 31); however, if DATEADD is used instead, then the result will include only dates from July 10 to July 21.
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the previous year sales for Internet sales.
=CALCULATE(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), PARALLELPERIOD(DateTime[DateKey],-1,year))
See also
DATEADD function (DAX)
PREVIOUSDAY
Returns a table that contains a column of all dates representing the day that is previous to the first date in the
dates column, in the current context.
Syntax
PREVIOUSDAY(<dates>)
Parameters
Term Definition
Return value
Remarks
This function determines the first date in the input parameter, and then returns all dates corresponding to the day
previous to that first date. For example, if the first date in the dates argument refers to June 10, 2009; this function
returns all dates equal to June 9, 2009.
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'previous day sales' for Internet sales.
=CALCULATE(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), PREVIOUSDAY('DateTime'[DateKey]))
See also
PREVIOUSMONTH function (DAX)
PREVIOUSQUARTER function (DAX)
PREVIOUSYEAR function (DAX)
PREVIOUSMONTH
Returns a table that contains a column of all dates from the previous month, based on the first date in the dates
Syntax
PREVIOUSMONTH(<dates>)
Parameters
Term Definition
Dates A column containing dates.
Return value
Remarks
This function returns all dates from the previous month, using the first date in the column used as input. For
example, if the first date in the dates argument refers to June 10, 2009, this function returns all dates for the
month of May, 2009.
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'previous month sales' for Internet sales.
=CALCULATE(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), PREVIOUSMONTH('DateTime'[DateKey]))
See also
PREVIOUSDAY function (DAX)
PREVIOUSQUARTER
Returns a table that contains a column of all dates from the previous quarter, based on the first date in the dates
Syntax
PREVIOUSQUARTER(<dates>)
Parameters
Term Definition
Return value
Remarks
This function returns all dates from the previous quarter, using the first date in the input column. For example, if
the first date in the dates argument refers to June 10, 2009, this function returns all dates for the quarter January
to March, 2009.
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'previous quarter sales' for Internet sales.
=CALCULATE(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), PREVIOUSQUARTER('DateTime'[DateKey]))
See also
PREVIOUSYEAR
Returns a table that contains a column of all dates from the previous year, given the last date in the dates column,
in the current context.
Syntax
PREVIOUSYEAR(<dates>[,<year_end_date>])
Parameters
Term Definition
Return value
Remarks
This function returns all dates from the previous year given the latest date in the input parameter. For example, if
the latest date in the dates argument refers to the year 2009, then this function returns all dates for the year of
2008, up to the specified year_end_date .
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the previous year sales for Internet sales.
=CALCULATE(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), PREVIOUSYEAR('DateTime'[DateKey]))
See also
SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR
Returns a table that contains a column of dates shifted one year back in time from the dates in the specified dates
Syntax
SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR(<dates>)
Parameters
Term Definition

A single-column table of date values.
Remarks
NOTE
The dates returned are the same as the dates returned by this equivalent formula:
DATEADD(dates, -1, year)
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the previous year sales of Reseller sales.
=CALCULATE(SUM(ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR(DateTime[DateKey]))
See also
PARALLELPERIOD function (DAX)
STARTOFMONTH
Returns the first date of the month in the current context for the specified column of dates.
Syntax
STARTOFMONTH(<dates>)
Parameters
Term Definition
Return value
Remarks
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that returns the start of the month, for the current context.
=STARTOFMONTH(DateTime[DateKey])
See also
STARTOFYEAR function (DAX)
STARTOFQUARTER function (DAX)
STARTOFQUARTER
Returns the first date of the quarter in the current context for the specified column of dates.
Syntax
STARTOFQUARTER(<dates>)
Parameters
Return value
Remarks
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that returns the start of the quarter, for the current context.
=STARTOFQUARTER(DateTime[DateKey])
See also
STARTOFYEAR function (DAX)
STARTOFMONTH function (DAX)
STARTOFYEAR
Returns the first date of the year in the current context for the specified column of dates.
Syntax
STARTOFYEAR(<dates>)
Parameters
YearEndDate (Optional) A year end date value.
Return value
Remarks
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that returns the start of the year, for the current context.
=STARTOFYEAR(DateTime[DateKey])
See also
STARTOFQUARTER function (DAX)
STARTOFMONTH function (DAX)
TOTALMTD
Evaluates the value of the expression for the month to date, in the current context.
Syntax
TOTALMTD(<expression>,<dates>[,<filter>])
Parameters

current context.
Return value
A scalar value that represents the expression evaluated for the dates in the current month-to-date, given the
dates in dates .
Remarks
NOTE
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'month running total' or 'month running sum'
for Internet sales.
=TOTALMTD(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]),DateTime[DateKey])
See also
ALL function (DAX)
CALCULATE function (DAX)
TOTALYTD function (DAX)
TOTALQTD function (DAX)
TOTALQTD
Evaluates the value of the expression for the dates in the quarter to date, in the current context.
Syntax
TOTALQTD(<expression>,<dates>[,<filter>])
Parameters

current context.
Return value
A scalar value that represents the expression evaluated for all dates in the current quarter to date, given the dates
in dates .
Remarks
NOTE
NOTE
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'quarter running total' or 'quarter running
sum' for Internet sales.
=TOTALQTD(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]),DateTime[DateKey])
See also
ALL function (DAX)
TOTALYTD function (DAX)
TOTALMTD function (DAX)
TOTALYTD
Evaluates the year-to-date value of the expression in the current context.
Syntax
TOTALYTD(<expression>,<dates>[,<filter>][,<year_end_date>])
Parameters

current context.
Return value
A scalar value that represents the expression evaluated for the current year-to-date dates .
Remarks
NOTE
NOTE
workbook was created. The year portion of the date is not required and is ignored.
For example, the following formula specifies a (fiscal) year_end_date of 6/30 in an EN-US locale workbook.
=TOTALYTD(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]),DateTime[DateKey], ALL(‘DateTime’), “6/30”)
In this example, year_end_date can be specified as “6/30”, “Jun 30”, “30 June”, or any string that resolves to a
month/day. However, it is recommended you specify year_end_date using “month/day” (as shown) to ensure the
string resolves to a date.
Example
The following sample formula creates a measure that calculates the 'year running total' or 'year running sum' for
Internet sales.
=TOTALYTD(SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]),DateTime[DateKey])
See also
ALL function (DAX)
TOTALMTD function (DAX)
TOTALQTD function (DAX)
Filter functions
The filter and value functions in DAX are some of the most complex and powerful, and differ greatly from Excel
functions. The lookup functions work by using tables and relationships, like a database. The filtering functions let
you manipulate data context to create dynamic calculations.
In this category
ADDMISSINGITEMS Adds combinations of items from multiple columns to a table

if they do not already exist.
ALL Returns all the rows in a table, or all the values in a column,
ignoring any filters that might have been applied.
ALLCROSSFILTERED Clear all filters which are applied to a table.
ALLEXCEPT Removes all context filters in the table except filters that have
been applied to the specified columns.
ALLNOBLANKROW From the parent table of a relationship, returns all rows but
the blank row, or all distinct values of a column but the blank
row, and disregards any context filters that might exist.
ALLSELECTED Removes context filters from columns and rows in the current
query, while retaining all other context filters or explicit filters.
CALCULATE Evaluates an expression in a context that is modified by the

specified filters.
CALCULATETABLE Evaluates a table expression in a context modified by the

given filters.
CROSSFILTER Specifies the cross-filtering direction to be used in a

calculation for a relationship that exists between two
columns.
DISTINCT Returns a one-column table that contains the distinct values

from the specified column.
EARLIER Returns the current value of the specified column in an outer

evaluation pass of the mentioned column.
EARLIEST Returns the current value of the specified column in an outer

evaluation pass of the specified column.
FILTER Returns a table that represents a subset of another table or

expression.
FILTERS Returns the values that are directly applied as filters to

columnName.
HASONEFILTER Returns TRUE when the number of directly filtered values on

columnName is one; otherwise returns FALSE.
HASONEVALUE Returns TRUE when the context for columnName has been
filtered down to one distinct value only. Otherwise is FALSE.
ISCROSSFILTERED Returns TRUE when columnName or another column in the

same or related table is being filtered.
ISFILTERED Returns TRUE when columnName is being filtered directly.
KEEPFILTERS Modifies how filters are applied while evaluating a

CALCULATE or CALCULATETABLE function.
RELATED Returns a related value from another table.
RELATEDTABLE Evaluates a table expression in a context modified by the

given filters.
REMOVEFILTERS Clears filters from the specified tables or columns.
SELECTEDVALUE Returns the value when the context for columnName has
been filtered down to one distinct value only. Otherwise
returns alternateResult.
SUBSTITUTEWITHINDEX Returns a table which represents a left semijoin of the two

tables supplied as arguments.
USERELATIONSHIP Specifies the relationship to be used in a specific calculation

as the one that exists between columnName1 and
columnName2.
VALUES Returns a one-column table that contains the distinct values

from the specified table or column.
ADDMISSINGITEMS
Adds combinations of items from multiple columns to a table if they do not already exist. The determination of
which item combinations to add is based on referencing source columns which contain all the possible values for
the columns.
To determine the combinations of items from different columns to evaluate: AutoExist is applied for columns within
the same table while CrossJoin is applied across different tables.
The ADDMISSINGITEMS function will return BLANK values for the IsSubtotal columns of blank rows it adds.
Syntax
ADDMISSINGITEMS(<showAllColumn>[, <showAllColumn>]…, <table>, <groupingColumn>[, <groupingColumn>]…[,
filterTable]…)
ADDMISSINGITEMS(<showAllColumn>[, <showAllColumn>]…, <table>, [ROLLUPISSUBTOTAL(]<groupingColumn>[,

<isSubtotal_columnName>][, <groupingColumn>][, <isSubtotal_columnName>]…[)], [, filterTable]…)
Parameters
showAllColumn A column for which to return items with no data for the
measures used.
table A table containing all items with data (NON EMPTY) for the
measures used.
groupingColumn A column which is used to group by in the supplied table

argument.
isSubtotal_columnName A Boolean column in the supplied table argument which

contains ISSUBTOTAL values for the corresponding
groupingColumn column.
filterTable A table representing filters to include in the logic for

determining whether to add specific combinations of items
with no data. Used to avoid having ADDMISSINGITEMS add in
item combinations which are not present because they were
removed by a filter.
ADDMISSINGITEMS with ROLLUPGROUP

ROLLUPGROUP is used inside the ROLLUPISSUBTOTAL function to reflect ROLLUPGROUPs present in the supplied
table argument.
Restrictions
If ROLLUPISSUBTOTAL was used to define the supplied table argument (or the equivalent rows and
ISSUBTOTAL columns were added by some other means), ROLLUPISSUBTOTAL must be used with the same
arguments within ADDMISSINGITEMS. This is also true for ROLLUPGROUP if it was used with
ROLLUPISSUBTOTAL to define the supplied table argument.
The ADDMISSINGITEMS function requires that, if ROLLUPISSUBTOTAL was used to define the supplied table
argument, ISSUBTOTAL columns corresponding to each group by column, or ROLLUPGROUP, are present in
the supplied table argument. Also, the names of the ISSUBTOTAL columns must be supplied in the
ROLLUPISSUBTOTAL function inside ADDMISSINGITEMS and they must match names of Boolean columns in
the supplied table argument. This enables the ADDMISSINGITEMS function to identify BLANK values
stemming from the fact that a row is a subtotal row from other BLANK values.
If ROLLUPGROUP was used with ROLLUPISSUBTOTAL to define the supplied table argument, exactly one
ISSUBTOTAL column name must be supplied per ROLLUPGROUP and it must match the corresponding
ISSUBTOTAL column name in the supplied table argument.
Example
Add blank rows for columns with "show items with no data" turned on. The ADDMISSINGITEMS function will return
NULLs/BLANKs for the IsSubtotal columns of blank rows it adds.
VAR 'RowHeadersShowAll' =
CALCULATETABLE
(
ADDMISSINGITEMS
(
[Sales Territory Country],
[Sales Territory Region],
'RowHeadersInCrossTab',
ROLLUPISSUBTOTAL
(
[Sales Territory Group],
[Subtotal for Sales Territory Group],
[Subtotal for Sales Territory Country],
[Subtotal for Sales Territory Region]
),
'RowHeaders'
),
'DateFilter','TerritoryFilter'
)
Example with ROLLUPGROUP

VAR 'RowHeadersShowAll' =
CALCULATETABLE
(
ADDMISSINGITEMS
(
'RowHeadersInCrossTab',
ROLLUPISSUBTOTAL
(
ROLLUPGROUP
(
[Sales Territory Group],
[Sales Territory Country]
),
[Subtotal for Sales Territory Country],
[Subtotal for Sales Territory Region]
),
'RowHeaders'
)
ALL
Returns all the rows in a table, or all the values in a column, ignoring any filters that might have been applied.
This function is useful for clearing filters and creating calculations on all the rows in a table.
Syntax
ALL( [<table> | <column>[, <column>[, <column>[,…]]]] )
Parameters
table The table that you want to clear filters on.
column The column that you want to clear filters on.
The argument to the ALL function must be either a reference to a base table or a reference to a base column. You
cannot use table expressions or column expressions with the ALL function.
Return value
The table or column with filters removed.
Remarks
This function is not used by itself, but serves as an intermediate function that can be used to change the set of
results over which some other calculation is performed.
As described in the following table, you can use the ALL and ALLEXCEPT functions in different scenarios.
F UN C T IO N A N D USA GE DESC RIP T IO N
ALL() Removes all filters everywhere. ALL() can only be used to

clear filters but not to return a table.
ALL(Table) Removes all filters from the specified table. In effect,

ALL(Table) returns all of the values in the table, removing any
filters from the context that otherwise might have been
applied. This function is useful when you are working with
many levels of grouping, and want to create a calculation
that creates a ratio of an aggregated value to the total value.
The first example demonstrates this scenario.
ALL (Column[, Column[, …]]) Removes all filters from the specified columns in the table; all
other filters on other columns in the table still apply. All
column arguments must come from the same table. The
ALL(Column) variant is useful when you want to remove the
context filters for one or more specific columns and to keep
all other context filters. The second and third examples
demonstrate this scenario.
ALLEXCEPT(Table, Column1 [,Column2]...) Removes all context filters in the table except filters that are
applied to the specified columns. This is a convenient
shortcut for situations in which you want to remove the
filters on many, but not all, columns in a table.
Example
Calculate ratio of Category Sales to Total Sales
Assume that you want to find the amount of sales for the current cell, in your PivotTable, divided by the total sales
for all resellers. To ensure that the denominator is the same regardless of how the PivotTable user might be
filtering or grouping the data, you define a formula that uses ALL to create the correct grand total.
The following table shows the results when a new measure, All Reseller Sales Ratio , is created using the
formula shown in the code section. To see how this works, add the field, CalendarYear, to the Row Labels area of
the PivotTable, and add the field, ProductCategoryName, to the Column Labels area. Then, drag the measure,
All Reseller Sales Ratio , to the Values area of the Pivot Table. To view the results as percentages, use the
formatting features of Excel to apply a percentage number formatting to the cells that contains the measure.
A L L RESEL L ER
SA L ES C O L UM N L A B EL S
Row Labels Accessories Bikes Clothing Components Grand Total
2005 0.02% 9.10% 0.04% 0.75% 9.91%
2006 0.11% 24.71% 0.60% 4.48% 29.90%
2007 0.36% 31.71% 1.07% 6.79% 39.93%
2008 0.20% 16.95% 0.48% 2.63% 20.26%
Grand Total 0.70% 82.47% 2.18% 14.65% 100.00%
Formula
=SUMX(ResellerSales_USD, ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD])/SUMX(ALL(ResellerSales_USD),
ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD])
The formula is constructed as follows:

1. The numerator, SUMX(ResellerSales_USD, ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]) , is the sum of the values in
ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD] for the current cell in the PivotTable, with context filters applied on
CalendarYear and ProductCategoryName.
2. For the denominator, you start by specifying a table, ResellerSales_USD, and use the ALL function to
remove all context filters on the table.
3. You then use the SUMX function to sum the values in the ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD] column.
In other words, you get the sum of ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD] for all resellers sales.
Example 1
Calculate Ratio of Product Sales to Total Sales Through Current Year
Assume that you want to create a table showing the percentage of sales compared over the years for each
product category (ProductCategoryName). To obtain the percentage for each year over each value of
ProductCategoryName, you need to divide the sum of sales for that particular year and product category by the
sum of sales for the same product category over all years. In other words, you want to keep the filter on
ProductCategoryName but remove the filter on the year when calculating the denominator of the percentage.
The following table shows the results when a new measure, Reseller Sales Year , is created using the formula
shown in the code section. To see how this works, add the field, CalendarYear, to the Row Labels area of the
PivotTable, and add the field, ProductCategoryName, to the Column Labels area. To view the results as
percentages, use Excel's formatting features to apply a percentage number format to the cells containing the
measure, Reseller Sales Year .
RESEL L ER SA L ES
Y EA R C O L UM N L A B EL S
2005 3.48% 11.03% 1.91% 5.12% 9.91%
2006 16.21% 29.96% 27.29% 30.59% 29.90%
2007 51.62% 38.45% 48.86% 46.36% 39.93%
2008 28.69% 20.56% 21.95% 17.92% 20.26%
Grand Total 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Formula 1
=SUMX(ResellerSales_USD, ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD])/CALCULATE( SUM(

ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), ALL(DateTime[CalendarYear]))

ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD] for the current cell in the pivot table, with context filters applied on
the columns CalendarYear and ProductCategoryName.
2. For the denominator, you remove the existing filter on CalendarYear by using the ALL(Column) function.
This calculates the sum over the remaining rows on the ResellerSales_USD table, after applying the
existing context filters from the column labels. The net effect is that for the denominator the sum is
calculated over the selected ProductCategoryName (the implied context filter) and for all values in Year.
Example 2
Calculate Contribution of Product Categories to Total Sales Per Year
Assume that you want to create a table that shows the percentage of sales for each product category, on a year-
by-year basis. To obtain the percentage for each product category in a particular year, you need to calculate the
sum of sales for that particular product category (ProductCategoryName) in year n, and then divide the resulting
value by the sum of sales for the year n over all product categories. In other words, you want to keep the filter on
year but remove the filter on ProductCategoryName when calculating the denominator of the percentage.
The following table shows the results when a new measure, Reseller Sales Categor yName , is created using
the formula shown in the code section. To see how this works, add the field, CalendarYear to the Row Labels
area of the PivotTable, and add the field, ProductCategoryName, to the Column Labels area. Then add the new
measure to the Values area of the PivotTable. To view the results as percentages, use Excel's formatting features
to apply a percentage number format to the cells that contain the new measure, Reseller Sales
Categor yName .
RESEL L ER SA L ES
C AT EGO RY N A M E C O L UM N L A B EL S
2005 0.25% 91.76% 0.42% 7.57% 100.00%
2006 0.38% 82.64% 1.99% 14.99% 100.00%
2007 0.90% 79.42% 2.67% 17.01% 100.00%
2008 0.99% 83.69% 2.37% 12.96% 100.00%
Grand Total 0.70% 82.47% 2.18% 14.65% 100.00%
Formula 2
=SUMX(ResellerSales_USD, ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD])/CALCULATE( SUM(

ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), ALL(ProductCategory[ProductCategoryName]))

ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD] for the current cell in the PivotTable, with context filters applied on
the fields, CalendarYear and ProductCategoryName.
2. For the denominator, you use the function, ALL(Column), to remove the filter on ProductCategoryName
and calculate the sum over the remaining rows on the ResellerSales_USD table, after applying the existing
context filters from the row labels. The net effect is that, for the denominator, the sum is calculated over the
selected Year (the implied context filter) and for all values of ProductCategoryName.
See also
Filter functions (DAX)
ALL function (DAX)
ALLEXCEPT function (DAX)
FILTER function (DAX)
ALLCROSSFILTERED
Clear all filters which are applied to a table.
Syntax
ALLCROSSFILTERED(<table>)
Parameters
Term Definition
Return value
N/A. See remarks.
Remarks
ALLCROSSFILTERED can only be used to clear filters but not to return a table.
Example
DEFINE
MEASURE FactInternetSales[TotalQuantity1] =
CALCULATE(SUM(FactInternetSales[OrderQuantity]), ALLCROSSFILTERED(FactInternetSales))
MEASURE FactInternetSales[TotalQuantity2] =
CALCULATE(SUM(FactInternetSales[OrderQuantity]), ALL(FactInternetSales))
EVALUATE
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS(DimSalesReason[SalesReasonName],
"TotalQuantity1", [TotalQuantity1],
"TotalQuantity2", [TotalQuantity2])
ORDER BY DimSalesReason[SalesReasonName]
Returns
DIM SA L ESREA SO N [ SA L ESREA SO N N A M E

] [ TOTA LQ UA N T IT Y 1] [ TOTA LQ UA N T IT Y 2]
Demo Event 60398
Magazine Advertisement 60398
Manufacturer 60398 1818
On Promotion 60398 7390

DIM SA L ESREA SO N [ SA L ESREA SO N N A M E
] [ TOTA LQ UA N T IT Y 1] [ TOTA LQ UA N T IT Y 2]
Other 60398 3653
Price 60398 47733
Quality 60398 1551
Review 60398 1640
Sponsorship 60398
Television Advertisement 60398 730
NOTE
There is a direct or indirect many-to-many relationship between FactInternetSales table and DimSalesReason table.
ALLEXCEPT
Removes all context filters in the table except filters that have been applied to the specified columns.
Syntax
ALLEXCEPT(<table>,<column>[,<column>[,…]])
Parameters
table The table over which all context filters are removed, except
filters on those columns that are specified in subsequent
arguments.
column The column for which context filters must be preserved.
The first argument to the ALLEXCEPT function must be a reference to a base table; all subsequent arguments must
be references to base columns. You cannot use table expressions or column expressions with the ALLEXCEPT
function.
Return value
A table with all filters removed except for the filters on the specified columns.
Remarks
This function is not used by itself, but serves as an intermediate function that can be used to change the set of
results over which some other calculation is performed.
As described in the following table, you can use the ALL and ALLEXCEPT functions in different scenarios.
ALL(Table) Removes all filters from the specified table. In effect, ALL(Table)
returns all of the values in the table, removing any filters from
the context that otherwise might have been applied. This
function is useful when you are working with many levels of
grouping, and want to create a calculation that creates a ratio
of an aggregated value to the total value.
ALL (Column[, Column[, …]]) Removes all filters from the specified columns in the table; all
other filters on other columns in the table still apply. All
column arguments must come from the same table. The
ALL(Column) variant is useful when you want to remove the
context filters for one or more specific columns and to keep all
other context filters.
ALLEXCEPT(Table, Column1 [,Column2]...) Removes all context filters in the table except filters that are
applied to the specified columns. This is a convenient shortcut
for situations in which you want to remove the filters on
many, but not all, columns in a table.
Example
The following example presents a formula that you can use in a measure.
The formula sums SalesAmount_USD and uses the ALLEXCEPT function to remove any context filters on the
DateTime table except if the filter has been applied to the CalendarYear column.
=CALCULATE(SUM(ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), ALLEXCEPT(DateTime, DateTime[CalendarYear]))
Because the formula uses ALLEXCEPT, whenever any column but CalendarYear from the table DateTime is used to
slice the PivotTable, the formula will remove any slicer filters, providing a value equal to the sum of
SalesAmount_USD for the column label value, as shown in Table 1.
However, if the column CalendarYear is used to slice the PivotTable, the results are different. Because CalendarYear
is specified as the argument to ALLEXCEPT, when the data is sliced on the year, a filter will be applied on years at
the row level, as shown in Table 2. The user is encouraged to compare these tables to understand the behavior of
ALLEXCEPT().
See also
ALL function (DAX)
ALLNOBLANKROW
From the parent table of a relationship, returns all rows but the blank row, or all distinct values of a column but the
blank row, and disregards any context filters that might exist.
Syntax
ALLNOBLANKROW( {<table> | <column>[, <column>[, <column>[,…]]]} )
Parameters
table The table over which all context filters are removed.
column A column over which all context filters are removed.
Only one parameter must be passed; the parameter is either a table or a column.
Return value
A table, when the passed parameter was a table, or a column of values, when the passed parameter was a column.
Remarks
The ALLNOBLANKROW function only filters the blank row that a parent table, in a relationship, will show when
there are one or more rows in the child table that have non-matching values to the parent column. See the example
below for a thorough explanation.
The following table summarizes the variations of ALL that are provided in DAX, and their differences:
ALL(Column) Removes all filters from the specified column in the table; all
other filters in the table, over other columns, still apply.
ALL(Table) Removes all filters from the specified table.
ALLEXCEPT(Table,Col1,Col2...) Overrides all context filters in the table except over the
specified columns.
ALLNOBLANK(table|column) From the parent table of a relationship, returns all rows but
the blank row, or all distinct values of a column but the blank
row, and disregards any context filters that might exist
For a general description of how the ALL function works, together with step-by-step examples that use ALL(Table)
and ALL(Column), see ALL function (DAX).
Example
In the sample data, the ResellerSales_USD table contains one row that has no values and therefore cannot be
related to any of the parent tables in the relationships within the workbook. You will use this table in a PivotTable so
that you can see the blank row behavior and how to handle counts on unrelated data.
Step 1: Verify the unrelated data
Open the Power Pivot window , then select the ResellerSales_USD table. In the ProductKey column, filter for blank
values. One row will remain. In that row, all column values should be blank except for SalesOrderLineNumber.
Step 2: Create a PivotTable
Create a new PivotTable, then drag the column, datetime.[Calendar Year], to the Row Labels pane. The following
table shows the expected results:
RO W L A B EL S
2005
2006
2007
2008
Grand Total
Note the blank label between 2008 and Grand Total . This blank label represents the Unknown member, which is a
special group that is created to account for any values in the child table that have no matching value in the parent
table, in this example the datetime.[Calendar Year] column.
When you see this blank label in the PivotTable, you know that in some of the tables that are related to the column,
datetime.[Calendar Year], there are either blank values or non-matching values. The parent table is the one that
shows the blank label, but the rows that do not match are in one or more of the child tables.
The rows that get added to this blank label group are either values that do not match any value in the parent table-
- for example, a date that does not exist in the datetime table-- or null values, meaning no value for date at all. In
this example we have placed a blank value in all columns of the child sales table. Having more values in the parent
table than in the children tables does not cause a problem.
Step 3: Count rows using ALL and ALLNOBLANK
Add the following two measures to the datetime table, to count the table rows: Countrows ALLNOBL ANK of
datetime , Countrows ALL of datetime . The formulas that you can use to define these measures are:
// Countrows ALLNOBLANK of datetime

= COUNTROWS(ALLNOBLANKROW('DateTime'))
// Countrows ALL of datetime

= COUNTROWS(ALL('DateTime'))
// Countrows ALLNOBLANKROW of ResellerSales_USD

=COUNTROWS(ALLNOBLANKROW('ResellerSales_USD'))
// Countrows ALL of ResellerSales_USD

=COUNTROWS(ALL('ResellerSales_USD'))
On a blank PivotTable add datetime.[Calendar Year] column to the row labels, and then add the newly created
measures. The results should look like the following table:
C O UN T RO W S A L L N O B L A N K O F
RO W L A B EL S DAT ET IM E C O UN T RO W S A L L O F DAT ET IM E
2005 1280 1281
2006 1280 1281
2007 1280 1281
2008 1280 1281
1280 1281
Grand Total 1280 1281
The results show a difference of 1 row in the table rows count. However, if you open the Power Pivot window
and select the datetime table, you cannot find any blank row in the table because the special blank row mentioned
here is the Unknown member.
Step 4: Verify that the count is accurate
In order to prove that the ALLNOBLANKROW does not count any truly blank rows, and only handles the special
blank row on the parent table only, add the following two measures to the ResellerSales_USD table: Countrows
ALLNOBL ANKROW of ResellerSales_USD , Countrows ALL of ResellerSales_USD .
Create a new PivotTable, and drag the column, datetime.[Calendar Year], to the Row Labels pane. Now add the
measures that you just created. The results should look like the following:
C O UN T RO W S A L L N O B L A N K RO W O F C O UN T RO W S A L L O F
RO W L A B EL S RESEL L ERSA L ES_USD RESEL L ERSA L ES_USD
2005 60856 60856
2006 60856 60856
2007 60856 60856
2008 60856 60856
60856 60856
Grand Total 60856 60856
Now the two measures have the same results. That is because the ALLNOBLANKROW function does not count
truly blank rows in a table, but only handles the blank row that is a special case generated in a parent table, when
one or more of the child tables in the relationship contain non-matching values or blank values.
See also
ALL function (DAX)
ALLSELECTED
Removes context filters from columns and rows in the current query, while retaining all other context filters or
explicit filters.
The ALLSELECTED function gets the context that represents all rows and columns in the query, while keeping
explicit filters and contexts other than row and column filters. This function can be used to obtain visual totals in
queries.
Syntax
ALLSELECTED([<tableName> | <columnName>[, <columnName>[, <columnName>[,…]]]] )
Parameters
tableName The name of an existing table, using standard DAX syntax. This
parameter cannot be an expression. This parameter is
optional.
columnName The name of an existing column using standard DAX syntax,

usually fully qualified. It cannot be an expression. This
parameter is optional.
Return value
The context of the query without any column and row filters.
Remarks
If there is one argument, the argument is either tableName or columnName. If there is more than one argument,
they must be columns from the same table.
This function is different from ALL() because it retains all filters explicitly set within the query, and it retains all
context filters other than row and column filters.
Example
The following example shows how to generate different levels of visual totals in a table report using DAX
expressions. In the report two (2) previous filters have been applied to the Reseller Sales data; one on Sales
Territory Group = Europe and the other on Promotion Type = Volume Discount. Once filters have been applied,
visual totals can be calculated for the entire report, for All Years, or for All Product Categories. Also, for illustration
purposes the grand total for All Reseller Sales is obtained too, removing all filters in the report. Evaluating the
following DAX expression results in a table with all the information needed to build a table with Visual Totals.
define
measure 'Reseller Sales'[Reseller Sales Amount]=sum('Reseller Sales'[Sales Amount])
measure 'Reseller Sales'[Reseller Grand Total]=calculate(sum('Reseller Sales'[Sales Amount]), ALL('Reseller
Sales'))
measure 'Reseller Sales'[Reseller Visual Total]=calculate(sum('Reseller Sales'[Sales Amount]), ALLSELECTED())
measure 'Reseller Sales'[Reseller Visual Total for All of Calendar Year]=calculate(sum('Reseller Sales'[Sales
Amount]), ALLSELECTED('Date'[Calendar Year]))
measure 'Reseller Sales'[Reseller Visual Total for All of Product Category Name]=calculate(sum('Reseller
Sales'[Sales Amount]), ALLSELECTED('Product Category'[Product Category Name]))
evaluate
CalculateTable(
//CT table expression
summarize(
//summarize table expression
crossjoin(distinct('Product Category'[Product Category Name]), distinct('Date'[Calendar Year]))
//First Group by expression
, 'Product Category'[Product Category Name]
//Second Group by expression
, 'Date'[Calendar Year]
//Summary expressions
, "Reseller Sales Amount", [Reseller Sales Amount]
, "Reseller Grand Total", [Reseller Grand Total]
, "Reseller Visual Total", [Reseller Visual Total]
, "Reseller Visual Total for All of Calendar Year", [Reseller Visual Total for All of Calendar Year]
, "Reseller Visual Total for All of Product Category Name", [Reseller Visual Total for All of Product Category
Name]
)
//CT filters
, 'Sales Territory'[Sales Territory Group]="Europe", 'Promotion'[Promotion Type]="Volume Discount"
)
order by [Product Category Name], [Calendar Year]
After executing the above expression in SQL Server Management Studio against AdventureWorks DW Tabular
Model, you obtain the following results:
[ RESEL L ER
[ RESEL L ER VISUA L TOTA L
VISUA L TOTA L FOR ALL OF
[ P RO DUC T [ RESEL L ER [ RESEL L ER [ RESEL L ER FOR ALL OF P RO DUC T
C AT EGO RY [ C A L EN DA R SA L ES GRA N D VISUA L C A L EN DA R C AT EGO RY
N A M E] Y EA R] A M O UN T ] TOTA L ] TOTA L ] Y EA R] N A M E]
Accessories 2000 80450596.98 877006.7987 38786.018

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Accessories 2001 80450596.98 877006.7987 38786.018

23
Accessories 2002 625.7933 80450596.98 877006.7987 38786.018 91495.3104

23
Accessories 2003 26037.3132 80450596.98 877006.7987 38786.018 572927.0136

23
Accessories 2004 12122.9115 80450596.98 877006.7987 38786.018 212584.4747

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Accessories 2005 80450596.98 877006.7987 38786.018

23
[ RESEL L ER
Accessories 2006 80450596.98 877006.7987 38786.018

23
Bikes 2000 80450596.98 877006.7987 689287.7939

23
Bikes 2001 80450596.98 877006.7987 689287.7939

23
Bikes 2002 73778.938 80450596.98 877006.7987 689287.7939 91495.3104

23
Bikes 2003 439771.4136 80450596.98 877006.7987 689287.7939 572927.0136

23
Bikes 2004 175737.4423 80450596.98 877006.7987 689287.7939 212584.4747

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Bikes 2005 80450596.98 877006.7987 689287.7939

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Bikes 2006 80450596.98 877006.7987 689287.7939

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Clothing 2000 80450596.98 877006.7987 95090.7757

23
Clothing 2001 80450596.98 877006.7987 95090.7757

23
Clothing 2002 12132.4334 80450596.98 877006.7987 95090.7757 91495.3104

23
Clothing 2003 58234.2214 80450596.98 877006.7987 95090.7757 572927.0136

23
Clothing 2004 24724.1209 80450596.98 877006.7987 95090.7757 212584.4747

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Clothing 2005 80450596.98 877006.7987 95090.7757

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Clothing 2006 80450596.98 877006.7987 95090.7757

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Components 2000 80450596.98 877006.7987 53842.2111

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Components 2001 80450596.98 877006.7987 53842.2111

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[ RESEL L ER
Components 2002 4958.1457 80450596.98 877006.7987 53842.2111 91495.3104

23
Components 2003 48884.0654 80450596.98 877006.7987 53842.2111 572927.0136

23
Components 2004 80450596.98 877006.7987 53842.2111 212584.4747

23
Components 2005 80450596.98 877006.7987 53842.2111

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Components 2006 80450596.98 877006.7987 53842.2111

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The columns in the report are:

Reseller Sales Amount
The actual value of Reseller Sales for the year and product category. This value appears in a cell in the center of
your report, at the intersection of year and catergory.
Reseller Visual Total for All of Calendar Year
The total value for a product category across all years. This value appears at the end of a column or row for a given
product category and across all years in the report.
Reseller Visual Total for All of Product Category Name
The total value for a year across all product categories. This value appears at the end of a column or row for a given
year and across all product categories in the report.
Reseller Visual Total
The total value for all years and product categories. This value usually appears in the bottom rightmost corner of
the table.
Reseller Grand Total
This is the grand total for all reseller sales, before any filter has been applied; you should notice the difference with
[Reseller Visual Total]. You do remember that this report includes two (2) filters, one on Product Category Group
and the other in Promotion Type.
NOTE
if you have explicit filters in your expression, those filters are also applied to the expression.
CALCULATE
Evaluates an expression in a context that is modified by the specified filters.
Syntax
CALCULATE(<expression>,<filter1>,<filter2>…)
Parameters
expression The expression to be evaluated.
filter1, filter2,… (optional) A comma separated list of Boolean

expression or a table expression that defines a filter.
The expression used as the first parameter is essentially the same as a measure.
The following restrictions apply to Boolean expressions that are used as arguments:
The expression cannot reference a measure.
The expression cannot use a nested CALCULATE function.
The expression cannot use any function that scans a table or returns a table, including
aggregation functions.
However, a Boolean expression can use any function that looks up a single value, or that calculate a
scalar value.
Return value
The value that is the result of the expression.
Remarks
If the data has been filtered, the CALCULATE function changes the context in which the data is filtered,
and evaluates the expression in the new context that you specify. For each column used in a filter
argument, any existing filters on that column are removed, and the filter used in the filter argument is
applied instead.
Example
To calculate the ratio of current reseller sales to all reseller sales, you add to the PivotTable a measure
that calculates the sum of sales for the current cell (the numerator), and then divides that sum by the
total sales for all resellers (the denominator). To ensure that the denominator remains the same
regardless of how the PivotTable might be filtering or grouping the data, the part of the formula that
represents the denominator must use the ALL function to clear any filters and create the correct total.
The following table shows the results when the new measure, named All Reseller Sales Ratio , is
created by using the formula in the code section.
To see how this works, add the field, CalendarYear, to the Row Labels area of the PivotTable, and add
the field, ProductCategoryName, to the Column Labels area. Then add the new measure to the
Values area of the PivotTable. To display the numbers as percentages, apply percentage number
formatting to the area of the PivotTable that contains the new measure, All Reseller Sales Ratio .
A L L RESEL L ER C O L UM N
SA L ES L A B EL S
2005 0.02% 9.10% 0.04% 0.75% 9.91%
2006 0.11% 24.71% 0.60% 4.48% 29.90%
2007 0.36% 31.71% 1.07% 6.79% 39.93%
2008 0.20% 16.95% 0.48% 2.63% 20.26%
Grand Total 0.70% 82.47% 2.18% 14.65% 100.00%
=( SUM('ResellerSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD]))
/CALCULATE( SUM('ResellerSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD])
,ALL('ResellerSales_USD'))
The CALCULATE expression in the denominator enables the sum expression to include all rows in the
calculation. This overrides the implicit filters for CalendarYear and ProductCategoryName that exist for
the numerator part of the expression.
Related functions
Whereas the CALCULATE function requires as its first argument an expression that returns a single
value, the CALCULATETABLE function takes a table of values.
See also
CALCULATETABLE function (DAX)
CALCULATETABLE
Evaluates a table expression in a context modified by the given filters.
Syntax
CALCULATETABLE(<expression>,<filter1>,<filter2>,…)
Parameters
Expression** The table expression to be evaluated
filter1, filter2,… A Boolean expression or a table expression that defines a filter
The expression used as the first parameter must be a function that returns a table.
The following restrictions apply to Boolean expressions that are used as arguments:
The expression cannot reference a measure.
The expression cannot use a nested CALCULATE function.
The expression cannot use any function that scans a table or returns a table, including aggregation
functions.
However, a Boolean expression can use any function that looks up a single value, or that calculates a scalar value.
Return value
A table of values.
Remarks
The CALCULATETABLE function changes the context in which the data is filtered, and evaluates the expression in
the new context that you specify. For each column used in a filter argument, any existing filters on that column are
removed, and the filter used in the filter argument is applied instead.
This function is a synonym for the RELATEDTABLE function.
Example
The following example uses the CALCULATETABLE function to get the sum of Internet sales for 2006. This value is
later used to calculate the ratio of Internet sales compared to all sales for the year 2006.
The following formula:
=SUMX( CALCULATETABLE('InternetSales_USD', 'DateTime'[CalendarYear]=2006)

, [SalesAmount_USD])
Results in the following table:
IN T ERN ET C A L C UL AT ETA B L E 2006 IN T ERN ET SA L ES TO 2006

RO W L A B EL S SA L ESA M O UN T _USD IN T ERN ET SA L ES RAT IO
2005 $2,627,031.40 $5,681,440.58 0.46
2006 $5,681,440.58 $5,681,440.58 1.00
2007 $8,705,066.67 $5,681,440.58 1.53
2008 $9,041,288.80 $5,681,440.58 1.59
Grand Total $26,054,827.45 $5,681,440.58 4.59
See also
RELATEDTABLE function (DAX)
CROSSFILTER
Specifies the cross-filtering direction to be used in a calculation for a relationship that exists between two columns.
Syntax
CROSSFILTER(<columnName1>, <columnName2>, <direction>)
Parameters
columnName1 The name of an existing column, using standard DAX syntax

and fully qualified, that usually represents the many side of
the relationship to be used; if the arguments are given in
reverse order the function will swap them before using them.
This argument cannot be an expression.

and fully qualified, that usually represents the one side or
lookup side of the relationship to be used; if the arguments
are given in reverse order the function will swap them before
using them. This argument cannot be an expression.
Direction The cross-filter direction to be used. Must be one of the

following:
none
No cross-filtering occurs along this relationship
one - Filters on the one or lookup side of the side of the

relationship filter the many side.
both -
Filters on either side filter the other
none - No cross-filtering occurs along this relationship
Return value
The function returns no value; the function only sets the cross-filtering direction for the indicated relationship, for
the duration of the query.
Remarks
In the case of a 1:1 relationship, there is no difference between the one and both direction.
CROSSFILTER can only be used in functions that take a filter as an argument, for example: CALCULATE,
CALCULATETABLE, CLOSINGBALANCEMONTH, CLOSINGBALANCEQUARTER, CLOSINGBALANCEYEAR,
OPENINGBALANCEMONTH, OPENINGBALANCEQUARTER, OPENINGBALANCEYEAR, TOTALMTD, TOTALQTD
and TOTALYTD functions.
CROSSFILTER uses existing relationships in the model, identifying relationships by their ending point
columns.
In CROSSFILTER, the cross-filtering setting of a relationship is not important; that is, whether the
relationship is set to filter one, or both directions in the model does not affect the usage of the function.
CROSSFILTER will override any existing cross-filtering setting.
An error is returned if any of the columns named as an argument is not part of a relationship or the
arguments belong to different relationships.
If CALCULATE expressions are nested, and more than one CALCULATE expression contains a CROSSFILTER
function, then the innermost CROSSFILTER is the one that prevails in case of a conflict or ambiguity.
Example
In the following model diagram, both DimProduct and DimDate have a single direction relationship with
FactOnlineSales.
By default, we cannot get the Count of Products sold by year:
There are two ways to get the count of products by year:

Turn on bi-directional cross-filtering on the relationship. This will change how filters work for all data
between these two tables.
Use the CROSSFILTER function to change how the relationships work for just this measure.
When using DAX, we can use the CROSSFILTER function to change how the cross-filter direction behaves between
two columns defined by a relationship. In this case, the DAX expression looks like this:
BiDi:= CALCULATE([Distinct Count of ProductKey], CROSSFILTER(FactInternetSales[ProductKey],
DimProduct[ProductKey] , Both))
By using the CROSSFILTER function in our measure expression, we get the expected results:
DISTINCT (column)
Returns a one-column table that contains the distinct values from the specified column. In other words, duplicate
values are removed and only unique values are returned.
NOTE
This function cannot be used to Return values into a cell or column on a worksheet; rather, you nest the DISTINCT function
within a formula, to get a list of distinct values that can be passed to another function and then counted, summed, or used
for other operations.
Syntax
DISTINCT(<column>)
Parameters
column The column from which unique values are to be returned. Or,
an expression that returns a column.
Return value
A column of unique values.
Remarks
The results of DISTINCT are affected by the current filter context. For example, if you use the formula in the
following example to create a measure, the results would change whenever the table was filtered to show only a
particular region or a time period.
Related functions
There is another version of the DISTINCT function, DISTINCT (table), that returns a table by removing duplicate
rows from another table or expression..
The VALUES function is similar to DISTINCT; it can also be used to return a list of unique values, and generally will
return exactly the same results as DISTINCT. However, in some context VALUES will return one additional special
value. For more information, see VALUES function (DAX).
Example
The following formula counts the number of unique customers who have generated orders over the internet
channel. The table that follows illustrates the possible results when the formula is added to a PivotTable.
=COUNTROWS(DISTINCT(InternetSales_USD[CustomerKey]))
You cannot paste the list of values that DISTINCT returns directly into a column. Instead, you pass the results of the
DISTINCT function to another function that counts, filters, or aggregates values by using the list. To make the
example as simple as possible, here the table of distinct values has been passed to the COUNTROWS function.
UN IQ UE IN T ERN ET
C USTO M ERS C O L UM N L A B EL S
Row Labels Accessories Bikes Clothing Grand Total
2005 1013 1013
2006 2677 2677
2007 6792 4875 2867 9309
2008 9435 5451 4196 11377
Grand Total 15114 9132 6852 18484
Also, note that the results are not additive. That is to say, the total number of unique customers in 2007 is not the
sum of unique customers of Accessories, Bikes and Clothing for that year. The reason is that a customer can be
counted in multiple groups.
See also
RELATED function (DAX)
VALUES function (DAX)
DISTINCT (table)
Returns a table by removing duplicate rows from another table or expression.
Syntax
DISTINCT(<table>)
Parameters
table The table from which unique rows are to be returned. The
table can also be an expression that results in a table.
Return value
A table containing only distinct rows.
Related functions
There is another version of the DISTINCT function, DISTINCT (column), that takes a column name as input
parameter.
Example
The following query:
EVALUATE DISTINCT( { (1, "A"), (2, "B"), (1, "A") } )
Returns table:
[ VA L UE1] [ VA L UE2]
1 A
2 B
See also
DISTINCT (column) (DAX)
RELATED function (DAX)
VALUES function (DAX)
EARLIER
Returns the current value of the specified column in an outer evaluation pass of the mentioned column.
EARLIER is useful for nested calculations where you want to use a certain value as an input and produce
calculations based on that input. In Microsoft Excel, you can do such calculations only within the context of the
current row; however, in DAX you can store the value of the input and then make calculation using data from the
entire table.
EARLIER is mostly used in the context of calculated columns.
Syntax
EARLIER(<column>, <number>)
Parameters
column A column or expression that resolves to a column.
num (Optional) A positive number to the outer evaluation pass.
The next evaluation level out is represented by 1; two levels

out is represented by 2 and so on.
When omitted default value is 1.

The current value of row, from column , at number of outer evaluation passes.
Exceptions
Description of errors
Remarks
EARLIER succeeds if there is a row context prior to the beginning of the table scan. Otherwise it returns an error.
The performance of EARLIER might be slow because it theoretically, it might have to perform a number of
operations that is close to the total number of rows (in the column) times the same number (depending on the
syntax of the expression). For example if you have 10 rows in the column, approximately a 100 operations could be
required; if you have 100 rows then close to 10,000 operations might be performed.
NOTE
In practice, the VertiPaq in-memory analytics engine performs optimizations to reduce the actual number of calculations, but
you should be cautious when creating formulas that involve recursion.
Example
To illustrate the use of EARLIER, it is necessary to build a scenario that calculates a rank value and then uses that
rank value in other calculations.
The following example is based on this simple table, ProductSubcategor y , which shows the total sales for each
ProductSubcategory.
The final table, including the ranking column is shown here.
EN GL ISH P RO DUC T SUB C AT E

P RO DUC T SUB C AT EGO RY K EY GO RY N A M E TOTA L SUB C AT EGO RY SA L ES SUB C AT EGO RY RA N K IN G
18 Bib-Shorts $156,167.88 18
26 Bike Racks $220,720.70 14
27 Bike Stands $35,628.69 30
28 Bottles and Cages $59,342.43 24
5 Bottom Brackets $48,643.47 27
6 Brakes $62,113.16 23
19 Caps $47,934.54 28
7 Chains $8,847.08 35
29 Cleaners $16,882.62 32
8 Cranksets $191,522.09 15
9 Derailleurs $64,965.33 22
30 Fenders $41,974.10 29
10 Forks $74,727.66 21
20 Gloves $228,353.58 12
4 Handlebars $163,257.06 17
11 Headsets $57,659.99 25
31 Helmets $451,192.31 9
32 Hydration Packs $96,893.78 20
21 Jerseys $699,429.78 7
33 Lights 36
34 Locks $15,059.47 33
EN GL ISH P RO DUC T SUB C AT E
P RO DUC T SUB C AT EGO RY K EY GO RY N A M E TOTA L SUB C AT EGO RY SA L ES SUB C AT EGO RY RA N K IN G
1 Mountain Bikes $34,305,864.29 2
12 Mountain Frames $4,511,170.68 4
35 Panniers 36
13 Pedals $140,422.20 19
36 Pumps $12,695.18 34
2 Road Bikes $40,551,696.34 1
14 Road Frames $3,636,398.71 5
15 Saddles $52,526.47 26
22 Shorts $385,707.80 10
23 Socks $28,337.85 31
24 Tights $189,179.37 16
37 Tires and Tubes $224,832.81 13
3 Touring Bikes $13,334,864.18 3
16 Touring Frames $1,545,344.02 6
25 Vests $240,990.04 11
17 Wheels $648,240.04 8
Creating a Rank Value

One way to obtain a rank value for a given value in a row is to count the number of rows, in the same table, that
have a value larger (or smaller) than the one that is being compared. This technique returns a blank or zero value
for the highest value in the table, whereas equal values will have the same rank value and next value (after the
equal values) will have a non consecutive rank value. See the sample below.
A new calculated column, SubCategor ySalesRanking , is created by using the following formula.
= COUNTROWS(FILTER(ProductSubcategory, EARLIER(ProductSubcategory[TotalSubcategorySales])
<ProductSubcategory[TotalSubcategorySales]))+1
The following steps describe the method of calculation in more detail.

1. The EARLIER function gets the value of TotalSubcategorySales for the current row in the table. In this case,
because the process is starting, it is the first row in the table
2. EARLIER ([TotalSubcategorySales]) evaluates to $156,167.88, the current row in the outer loop.
3. The FILTER function now returns a table where all rows have a value of TotalSubcategorySales larger than
$156,167.88 (which is the current value for EARLIER ).
4. The COUNTROWS function counts the rows of the filtered table and assigns that value to the new
calculated column in the current row plus 1. Adding 1 is needed to prevent the top ranked value from
become a Blank.
5. The calculated column formula moves to the next row and repeats steps 1 to 4. These steps are repeated
until the end of the table is reached.
The EARLIER function will always get the value of the column prior to the current table operation. If you need to
get a value from the loop before that, set the second argument to 2.
See also
EARLIEST function (DAX)
EARLIEST
Returns the current value of the specified column in an outer evaluation pass of the specified column.
Syntax
EARLIEST(<column>)
Parameters
column A reference to a column.

A column with filters removed.
Remarks
The EARLIEST function is similar to EARLIER, but lets you specify one additional level of recursion.
Example
The current sample data does not support this scenario.
=EARLIEST(<column>)
See also
EARLIER function (DAX)
FILTER
Returns a table that represents a subset of another table or expression.
Syntax
FILTER(<table>,<filter>)
Parameters
table The table to be filtered. The table can also be an expression

that results in a table.
filter A Boolean expression that is to be evaluated for each row of

the table. For example, [Amount] > 0 or
[Region] = "France"
Return value
A table containing only the filtered rows.
Remarks
You can use FILTER to reduce the number of rows in the table that you are working with, and use only specific
data in calculations. FILTER is not used independently, but as a function that is embedded in other functions that
require a table as an argument.
Example
The following example creates a report of Internet sales outside the United States by using a measure that filters
out sales in the United States, and then slicing by calendar year and product categories. To create this measure,
you filter the table, Internet Sales USD, by using Sales Territory, and then use the filtered table in a SUMX
function.
In this example, the expression
FILTER('InternetSales_USD', RELATED('SalesTerritory'[SalesTerritoryCountry])<>"United States") returns a table
that is a subset of Internet Sales minus all rows that belong to the United States sales territory. The RELATED
function is what links the Territory key in the Internet Sales table to SalesTerritoryCountry in the SalesTerritory
table.
The following table demonstrates the proof of concept for the measure, NON USA Internet Sales, the formula for
which is provided in the code section below. The table compares all Internet sales with non- USA Internet sales, to
show that the filter expression works, by excluding United States sales from the computation.
To re-create this table, add the field, SalesTerritoryCountry, to the Row Labels area of the PivotTable.
Table 1. Comparing total sales for U.S. vs. all other regions
RO W L A B EL S IN T ERN ET SA L ES N O N USA IN T ERN ET SA L ES
Australia $4,999,021.84 $4,999,021.84
Canada $1,343,109.10 $1,343,109.10
France $2,490,944.57 $2,490,944.57
Germany $2,775,195.60 $2,775,195.60
United Kingdom $5,057,076.55 $5,057,076.55
United States $9,389,479.79
Grand Total $26,054,827.45 $16,665,347.67
The final report table shows the results when you create a PivotTable by using the measure, NON USA Internet
Sales. Add the field, CalendarYear, to the Row Labels area of the PivotTable and add the field,
ProductCategoryName, to the Column Labels area.
Table 2. Comparing non- U.S. sales by product categories
N O N USA IN T ERN ET
2005 $1,526,481.95 $1,526,481.95
2006 $3,554,744.04 $3,554,744.04
2007 $156,480.18 $5,640,106.05 $70,142.77 $5,866,729.00
2008 $228,159.45 $5,386,558.19 $102,675.04 $5,717,392.68
Grand Total $384,639.63 $16,107,890.23 $172,817.81 $16,665,347.67
SUMX(FILTER('InternetSales_USD', RELATED('SalesTerritory'[SalesTerritoryCountry])<>"United States")

,'InternetSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD])
See also
ALL function (DAX)
ALLEXCEPT function (DAX)
FILTERS
Returns the values that are directly applied as filters to columnName.
Syntax
FILTERS(<columnName>)
Parameters
T ERM DESC RIP T IO N
columnName The name of an existing column, using standard DAX syntax.

It cannot be an expression.
Return value
The values that are directly applied as filters to columnName.
Remarks
Example
The following example shows how to determine the number of direct filters a column has.
=COUNTROWS(FILTERS(ResellerSales_USD[ProductKey]))
The example above lets you know how many direct filters on ResellerSales_USD[ProductKey] have been applied to
the context where the expression is being evaluated.
HASONEFILTER
Returns TRUE when the number of directly filtered values on columnName is one; otherwise returns FALSE .
Syntax
HASONEFILTER(<columnName>)
Parameters

Return value
TRUE when the number of directly filtered values on columnName is one; otherwise returns FALSE .
Remarks
1. This function is similar to HASONEVALUE() with the difference that HASONEVALUE() works based on cross-
filters while HASONEFILTER() works by a direct filter.
Example
The following example shows how to use HASONEFILTER() to return the filter for ResellerSales_USD[ProductKey])
if there is one filter, or to return BLANK if there are no filters or more than one filter on
ResellerSales_USD[ProductKey]).
=IF(HASONEFILTER(ResellerSales_USD[ProductKey]),FILTERS(ResellerSales_USD[ProductKey]),BLANK())
HASONEVALUE
Returns TRUE when the context for columnName has been filtered down to one distinct value only. Otherwise is
FALSE .
Syntax
HASONEVALUE(<columnName>)
Parameters

Return value
TRUE when the context for columnName has been filtered down to one distinct value only. Otherwise is FALSE .
Remarks
An equivalent expression for HASONEVALUE() is COUNTROWS(VALUES(<columnName>)) = 1 .
Example
In the following example, you want to create a formula that verifies if the context is being sliced by one value in
order to estimate a percentage against a predefined scenario; in this case you want to compare Reseller Sales
against sales in 2007, then you need to know if the context is filtered by single years. Also, if the comparison is
meaningless you want to return BLANK.
Create a measure named [ResellerSales compared to 2007] using the following expression:
=IF(HASONEVALUE(DateTime[CalendarYear]),SUM(ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD])/CALCULATE(SUM(ResellerSales_US
D[SalesAmount_USD]),DateTime[CalendarYear]=2007),BLANK())
1. After creating the measure you should have an empty result under [ResellerSales compared to 2007]. The
BLANK cell in the result is because you don't have single year filters anywhere in your context.
2. Drag DateTime[CalendarYear] to the Column Labels box; your table should look like this:
C O L UM N L A B EL S
2005 2006 2007 2008
ResellerSales 24.83 % 74.88 % 100.00 % 50.73 %

compared to
2007
3. Drag ProductCategory[ProductCategoryName] to the Row Labels box to have something like this:
RESEL L ERSA L ES
C O M PA RED TO 2007 C O L UM N L A B EL S
Row Labels 2005 2006 2007 2008
Accessories 6.74 % 31.40 % 100.00 % 55.58 %
Bikes 28.69 % 77.92 % 100.00 % 53.46 %
Clothing 3.90 % 55.86 % 100.00 % 44.92 %
Components 11.05 % 65.99 % 100.00 % 38.65 %
Grand Total 24.83 % 74.88 % 100.00 % 50.73 %
Did you notice that Grand Totals appeared at the bottom of the columns but not for the rows? This is
because the context for Grand Totals on rows implies more than one year; but for columns implies a single
year.
4. Drag DateTime[CalendarYear] to the Horizontal Slicers box, and drag SalesTerritory[SalesTerritoryGroup]
to the Horizontal Labels box. You should have an empty results set, because your table contains data for
multiple years. Select 2006 in the slicer and your table should now have data again. Try other years to see
how the results change.
5. In summary, HASONEVALUE() allows you to identify if your expression is being evaluated in the context of a
single value for columnName.
ISCROSSFILTERED
Returns TRUE when columnName or another column in the same or related table is being filtered.
Syntax
ISCROSSFILTERED(<columnName>)
Parameters

Return value
TRUE when columnName or another column in the same or related table is being filtered. Otherwise returns
FALSE .
Remarks
A column is said to be cross-filtered when a filter applied to another column in the same table or in a related
table affects columnName by filtering it. A column is said to be filtered directly when the filter or filters
apply over the column.
The related function ISFILTERED function (DAX) returns TRUE when columnName is filtered directly.
See also
ISFILTERED function (DAX)
FILTERS function (DAX)
HASONEFILTER function (DAX)
HASONEVALUE function (DAX)
ISFILTERED
Returns TRUE when columnName is being filtered directly. If there is no filter on the column or if the filtering
happens because a different column in the same table or in a related table is being filtered then the function
returns FALSE .
Syntax
ISFILTERED(<columnName>)
Parameters

Return value
TRUE when columnName is being filtered directly.
Remarks
columnName is said to be filtered directly when the filter or filters apply over the column; a column is said
to be cross-filtered when a filter applied to another column in the same table or in a related table affects
columnName the column by filtering it as well.
The related function ISCROSSFILTERED function (DAX) returns TRUE when columnName or another column
in the same or related table is being filtered.
See also
ISCROSSFILTERED function (DAX)
FILTERS function (DAX)
HASONEFILTER function (DAX)
HASONEVALUE function (DAX)
KEEPFILTERS
Modifies how filters are applied while evaluating a CALCULATE or CALCULATETABLE function.
Syntax
KEEPFILTERS(<expression>)
Parameters
expression Any expression.
Return value
A table of values.
Remarks
You use KEEPFILTERS within the context CALCULATE and CALCULATETABLE functions, to override the standard
behavior of those functions.
By default, filter arguments s in functions such as CALCULATE are used as the context for evaluating the expression,
and as such filter arguments for CALCULATE replace all existing filters over the same columns. The new context
effected by the filter argument for CALCULATE affects only existing filters on columns mentioned as part of the
filter argument. Filters on columns other than those mentioned in the arguments of CALCULATE or other related
functions remain in effect and unaltered.
The KEEPFILTERS function allows you to modify this behavior. When you use KEEPFILTERS, any existing filters in the
current context are compared with the columns in the filter arguments, and the intersection of those arguments is
used as the context for evaluating the expression. The net effect over any one column is that both sets of
arguments apply: both the filter arguments used in CALCULATE and the filters in the arguments of the KEEPFILTER
function. In other words, whereas CALCULATE filters replace the current context, KEEPFILTERS adds filters to the
current context.
Example
The following example takes you through some common scenarios that demonstrate use of the KEEPFILTERS
function as part of a CALCULATE or CALCULATETABLE formula.
The first three expressions obtain simple data to be used for comparisons:
Internet Sales for the state of Washington.
Internet Sales for the states of Washington and Oregon (both states combined).
Internet Sales for the state of Washington and the province of British Columbia (both regions combined).
The fourth expression calculates Internet Sales for Washington and Oregon, while the filter for Washington and
British Columbia is applied.
The next expression calculates Internet Sales for Washington and Oregon but uses KEEPFILTERS; the filter for
Washington and British Columbia is part of the prior context.
EVALUATE ROW(
"$$ in WA"
, CALCULATE('Internet Sales'[Internet Total Sales]
, 'Geography'[State Province Code]="WA"
)
, "$$ in WA and OR"
|| 'Geography'[State Province Code]="OR"
)
, "$$ in WA and BC"
|| 'Geography'[State Province Code]="BC"
)
, "$$ in WA and OR ??"
, CALCULATE(
CALCULATE('Internet Sales'[Internet Total Sales]
,'Geography'[State Province Code]="WA"
)
)
, "$$ in WA !!"
, CALCULATE(
CALCULATE('Internet Sales'[Internet Total Sales]
, KEEPFILTERS('Geography'[State Province Code]="WA"
)
)
)
)
When this expression is evaluated against the sample database AdventureWorks DW, the following results are
obtained.
C O L UM N VA L UE
[$$ in WA] $ 2,467,248.34
[$$ in WA and OR] $ 3,638,239.88
[$$ in WA and BC] $ 4,422,588.44
[$$ in WA and OR ??] $ 3,638,239.88
[$$ in WA !!] $ 2,467,248.34
NOTE
The above results were formatted to a table, instead of a single row, for educational purposes.
First, examine the expression, [$$ in WA and OR ??] . You might wonder how this formula could return the value
for sales in Washington and Oregon, since the outer CALCULATE expression includes a filter for Washington and
British Columbia. The answer is that the default behavior of CALCULATE overrides the outer filters in
'Geography'[State Province Code] and substitutes its own filter arguments, because the filters apply to the same
column.
Next, examine the expression, [$$ in WA !!] . You might wonder how this formula could return the value for sales
in Washington and nothing else, since the argument filter includes Oregon and the outer CALCULATE expression
includes a filter in Washington and British Columbia. The answer is that KEEPFILTERS modifies the default behavior
of CALCULATE and adds an additional filter. Because the intersection of filters is used, now the outer filter
'Geography'[State Province Code]="WA" || 'Geography'[State Province Code]="BC") is added to the
filter argument 'Geography'[State Province Code]="WA" || 'Geography'[State Province Code]="OR" ,.
Because both filters apply to the same column, the resulting filter 'Geography'[State Province Code]="WA" is
the filter that is applied when evaluating the expression.
See also
RELATED
Returns a related value from another table.
Syntax
RELATED(<column>)
Parameters
column The column that contains the values you want to retrieve.
Return value
A single value that is related to the current row.
Remarks
The RELATED function requires that a relationship exists between the current table and the table with related
information. You specify the column that contains the data that you want, and the function follows an existing
many-to-one relationship to fetch the value from the specified column in the related table. If a relationship does
not exist, you must create a relationship.
When the RELATED function performs a lookup, it examines all values in the specified table regardless of any
filters that may have been applied.
NOTE
The RELATED function needs a row context; therefore, it can only be used in calculated column expression, where the current
row context is unambiguous, or as a nested function in an expression that uses a table scanning function. A table scanning
function, such as SUMX, gets the value of the current row value and then scans another table for instances of that value.
Example
In the following example, the measure Non USA Internet Sales is created to produce a sales report that excludes
sales in the United States. In order to create the measure, the InternetSales_USD table must be filtered to exclude
all sales that belong to the United States in the SalesTerritory table. The United States, as a country, appears 5 times
in the SalesTerritory table; once for each of the following regions: Northwest, Northeast, Central, Southwest, and
Southeast.
The first approach to filter the Internet Sales, in order to create the measure, could be to add a filter expression like
the following:
FILTER('InternetSales_USD', 'InternetSales_USD'[SalesTerritoryKey]<>1 && 'InternetSales_USD'[SalesTerritoryKey]
<>2 && 'InternetSales_USD'[SalesTerritoryKey]<>3 && 'InternetSales_USD'[SalesTerritoryKey]<>4 &&
'InternetSales_USD'[SalesTerritoryKey]<>5)
However, this approach is counterintuitive, prone to typing errors, and might not work if any of the existing
regions is split in the future.
A better approach would be to use the existing relationship between InternetSales_USD and SalesTerritory and
explicitly state that the country must be different from the United States. To do so, create a filter expression like the
following:
FILTER( 'InternetSales_USD', RELATED('SalesTerritory'[SalesTerritoryCountry])<>"United States")
This expression uses the RELATED function to lookup the country value in the SalesTerritory table, starting with the
value of the key column, SalesTerritoryKey, in the InternetSales_USD table. The result of the lookup is used by the
filter function to determine if the InternetSales_USD row is filtered or not.
NOTE
If the example does not work, you might need to create a relationship between the tables.
= SUMX(FILTER( 'InternetSales_USD'
, RELATED('SalesTerritory'[SalesTerritoryCountry])
<>"United States"
)
,'InternetSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD])
The following table shows only totals for each region, to prove that the filter expression in the measure, Non USA
Internet Sales, works as intended.
RO W L A B EL S IN T ERN ET SA L ES N O N USA IN T ERN ET SA L ES
Australia $4,999,021.84 $4,999,021.84
Canada $1,343,109.10 $1,343,109.10
France $2,490,944.57 $2,490,944.57
Germany $2,775,195.60 $2,775,195.60
United Kingdom $5,057,076.55 $5,057,076.55
United States $9,389,479.79
Grand Total $26,054,827.45 $16,665,347.67
The following table shows the final report that you might get if you used this measure in a PivotTable:
2005 $1,526,481.95 $1,526,481.95
2006 $3,554,744.04 $3,554,744.04
2007 $156,480.18 $5,640,106.05 $70,142.77 $5,866,729.00

2008 $228,159.45 $5,386,558.19 $102,675.04 $5,717,392.68
Grand Total $384,639.63 $16,107,890.23 $172,817.81 $16,665,347.67
See also
RELATEDTABLE function (DAX)
RELATEDTABLE
Evaluates a table expression in a context modified by the given filters.
Syntax
RELATEDTABLE(<tableName>)
Parameters
tableName The name of an existing table using standard DAX syntax. It

cannot be an expression.
Return value
A table of values.
Remarks
The RELATEDTETABLE function changes the context in which the data is filtered, and evaluates the expression in the
new context that you specify.
This function is a shortcut for CALCULATETABLE function with no logical expression.
Example
The following example uses the RELATEDTABLE function to create a calculated column with the Internet Sales in the
Product Category table.
The following table shows the results of using the code shown here.
Product Category Key Product Category Product Category Name Internet Sales
AlternateKey
1 1 Bikes $28,318,144.65
2 2 Components
3 3 Clothing $339,772.61
4 4 Accessories $700,759.96
= SUMX( RELATEDTABLE('InternetSales_USD')
, [SalesAmount_USD])
See also
REMOVEFILTERS
Clear filters from the specified tables or columns.
Syntax
REMOVEFILTERS([<table> | <column>[, <column>[, <column>[,…]]]])
Parameters
column The column that you want to clear filters on.
Return value
N/A. See remarks.
Remarks
REMOVEFILTERS can only be used to clear filters but not to return a table.
Example 1
DAX query
DEFINE
MEASURE FactInternetSales[TotalSales] = SUM(FactInternetSales[SalesAmount])
MEASURE FactInternetSales[%Sales] = DIVIDE([TotalSales], CALCULATE([TotalSales],REMOVEFILTERS()))
EVALUATE
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS(
ROLLUPADDISSUBTOTAL(DimProductCategory[EnglishProductCategoryName], "IsGrandTotal"),
"TotalSales", [TotalSales],
"%Sales", [%Sales]
)
ORDER BY
[IsGrandTotal] DESC, [TotalSales] DESC
Returns
DIM P RO DUC TC AT EGO RY [ EN

GL ISH P RO DUC TC AT EGO RY N
A M E] [ ISGRA N DTOTA L ] [ TOTA L SA L ES] [ % SA L ES]
Row1 True 29358677.2207 1
Bikes False 28318144.6507 0.964557920570538

DIM P RO DUC TC AT EGO RY [ EN
GL ISH P RO DUC TC AT EGO RY N
A M E] [ ISGRA N DTOTA L ] [ TOTA L SA L ES] [ % SA L ES]
Accessories False 700759.96 0.023868921434441
Clothing False 339772.61 0.0115731579950215
Example 2
DAX query
DEFINE
MEASURE FactInternetSales[TotalSales] = SUM(FactInternetSales[SalesAmount])
MEASURE FactInternetSales[%Sales] = DIVIDE([TotalSales],
CALCULATE([TotalSales],REMOVEFILTERS(DimProductSubcategory[EnglishProductSubcategoryName])))
EVALUATE
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS(
DimProductCategory[EnglishProductCategoryName],
DimProductSubcategory[EnglishProductSubcategoryName],
"TotalSales", [TotalSales],
"%Sales", [%Sales]
)
ORDER BY
DimProductCategory[EnglishProductCategoryName] ASC,
DimProductSubcategory[EnglishProductSubcategoryName] ASC
Returns
DIM P RO DUC T SUB C AT EGO R

DIM P RO DUC TC AT EGO RY Y
[ EN GL ISH P RO DUC TC AT EGO [ EN GL ISH P RO DUC T SUB C AT E
RY N A M E] GO RY N A M E] [ TOTA L SA L ES] [ % SA L ES]
Accessories Bike Racks 39360 0.05616759
Accessories Bike Stands 39591 0.05649723
Accessories Bottles and Cages 56798.19 0.08105228
Accessories Cleaners 7218.6 0.0103011
Accessories Fenders 46619.58 0.06652717
Accessories Helmets 225335.6 0.3215589
Accessories Hydration Packs 40307.67 0.05751994
Accessories Tires and Tubes 245529.32 0.35037578
Bikes Mountain Bikes 9952759.564 0.35146228
Bikes Road Bikes 14520584.04 0.51276608
Bikes Touring Bikes 3844801.05 0.13577164

DIM P RO DUC T SUB C AT EGO R
DIM P RO DUC TC AT EGO RY Y
[ EN GL ISH P RO DUC TC AT EGO [ EN GL ISH P RO DUC T SUB C AT E
RY N A M E] GO RY N A M E] [ TOTA L SA L ES] [ % SA L ES]
Clothing Caps 19688.1 0.05794493
Clothing Gloves 35020.7 0.10307099
Clothing Jerseys 172950.68 0.5090189
Clothing Shorts 71319.81 0.20990453
Clothing Socks 5106.32 0.01502864
Clothing Vests 35687 0.10503201

SELECTEDVALUE
Returns the value when the context for columnName has been filtered down to one distinct value only. Otherwise
returns alternateResult.
Syntax
SELECTEDVALUE(<columnName>[, <alternateResult>])
Parameters
columnName The name of an existing column, using standard DAX syntax. It

alternateResult (Optional) The value returned when the context for

columnName has been filtered down to zero or more than
one distinct value. When not provided, the default value is
BLANK().
Return value
The value when the context for columnName has been filtered down to one distinct value only. Else, alternateResult.
Remarks
An equivalent expression for SELECTEDVALUE(<columnName>, <alternateResult>) is
IF(HASONEVALUE(<columnName>), VALUES(<columnName>), <alternateResult>) .
Example
DEFINE MEASURE DimProduct[Selected Color] = SELECTEDVALUE(DimProduct[Color], "No Single Selection")

EVALUATE SUMMARIZECOLUMNS(ROLLUPADDISSUBTOTAL(DimProduct[Color], "Is Total"), "Selected Color", [Selected
Color])
ORDER BY [Is Total] ASC, [Color] ASC
Returns the following:
DIM P RO DUC T [ C O LO R] [ IS TOTA L ] [ SEL EC T ED C O LO R]
Black FALSE Black
Blue FALSE Blue
Grey FALSE Grey

DIM P RO DUC T [ C O LO R] [ IS TOTA L ] [ SEL EC T ED C O LO R]
Multi FALSE Multi
NA FALSE NA
Red FALSE Red
Silver FALSE Silver
Silver/Black FALSE Silver/Black
White FALSE White
Yellow FALSE Yellow
TRUE No Single Selection

SUBSTITUTEWITHINDEX
Returns a table which represents a left semijoin of the two tables supplied as arguments. The semijoin is performed
by using common columns, determined by common column names and common data type . The columns being
joined on are replaced with a single column in the returned table which is of type integer and contains an index.
The index is a reference into the right join table given a specified sort order.
Columns in the right/second table supplied which do not exist in the left/first table supplied are not included in the
returned table and are not used to join on.
The index starts at 0 (0-based) and is incremented by one for each additional row in the right/second join table
supplied. The index is based on the sort order specified for the right/second join table.
Syntax
SUBSTITUTEWITHINDEX(<table>, <indexColumnName>, <indexColumnsTable>, [<orderBy_expression>, [<order>][,
<orderBy_expression>, [<order>]]…])
Parameters
table A table to be filtered by performing a left semijoin with the

table specified as the third argument (indexColumnsTable).
This is the table on the left side of the left semijoin so the
table returned includes the same columns as this table except
that all common columns of the two tables will be replaced
with a single index column in the table returned.
indexColumnName A string which specifies the name of the index column which is
replacing all the common columns in the two tables supplied
as arguments to this function.
indexColumnsTable The second table for the left semijoin. This is the table on the
right side of the left semijoin. Only values present in this table
will be returned by the function. Also, the columns of this
table (based on column names) will be replaced with a single
index column in the table returned by this function.
orderBy_expression Any DAX expression where the result value is used to specify
the desired sort order of the indexColumnsTable table for
generating correct index values. The sort order specified for
the indexColumnsTable table defines the index of each row in
the table and that index is used in the table returned to
represent combinations of values in the indexColumnsTable as
they appear in the table supplied as the first argument to this
function.
order (Optional) A value that specifies how to sort

orderBy_expression values, ascending or descending:
Value: Desc. Alternative value: 0 (zero)/FALSE . Sorts in

descending order of values of orderBy_expression. This is the
default value when order parameter is omitted.
Value: ASC . Alternative value: 1 /TRUE . Ranks in ascending

order of orderBy_expression.
Return value
A table which includes only those values present in the indexColumnsTable table and which has an index column
instead of all columns present (by name) in the indexColumnsTable table.
Remarks
This function does not guarantee any result sort order.
USERELATIONSHIP
Specifies the relationship to be used in a specific calculation as the one that exists between columnName1 and
columnName2.
Syntax
USERELATIONSHIP(<columnName1>,<columnName2>)
Parameters

and fully qualified, that usually represents the many side of
the relationship to be used; if the arguments are given in
reverse order the function will swap them before using them.
This argument cannot be an expression.

and fully qualified, that usually represents the one side or
lookup side of the relationship to be used; if the arguments
are given in reverse order the function will swap them before
using them. This argument cannot be an expression.
Return value
The function returns no value; the function only enables the indicated relationship for the duration of the
calculation.
Remarks
USERELATIONSHIP can only be used in functions that take a filter as an argument, for example: CALCULATE,
CALCULATETABLE, CLOSINGBALANCEMONTH, CLOSINGBALANCEQUARTER, CLOSINGBALANCEYEAR,
OPENINGBALANCEMONTH, OPENINGBALANCEQUARTER, OPENINGBALANCEYEAR, TOTALMTD, TOTALQTD
and TOTALYTD functions.
USERELATIONSHIP cannot be used when row level security is defined for the table in which the measure is
included. For example,
CALCULATE(SUM([SalesAmount]), USERELATIONSHIP(FactInternetSales[CustomerKey], DimCustomer[CustomerKey]))
will return an error if row level security is defined for DimCustomer.
USERELATIONSHIP uses existing relationships in the model, identifying relationships by their ending point
columns.
In USERELATIONSHIP, the status of a relationship is not important; that is, whether the relationship is active
or not does not affect the usage of the function. Even if the relationship is inactive, it will be used and
overrides any other active relationships that might be present in the model but not mentioned in the
function arguments.
An error is returned if any of the columns named as an argument is not part of a relationship or the
arguments belong to different relationships.
If multiple relationships are needed to join table A to table B in a calculation, each relationship must be
indicated in a different USERELATIONSHIP function.
If CALCULATE expressions are nested, and more than one CALCULATE expression contains a
USERELATIONSHIP function, then the innermost USERELATIONSHIP is the one that prevails in case of a
conflict or ambiguity.
Up to 10 USERELATIONSHIP functions can be nested; however, your expression might have a deeper level of
nesting, ie. the following sample expression is nested 3 levels deep but only 2 for USEREALTIONSHIP:
=CALCULATE(CALCULATE( CALCULATE( <anyExpression>, USERELATIONSHIP( t1[colA], t2[colB])),
t99[colZ]=999), USERELATIONSHIP( t1[colA], t2[colA]))
.
Example
The following sample shows how to override the default, active, relationship between InternetSales and DateTime
tables. The default relationship exists between the OrderDate column, in the InternetSales table, and the Date
column, in the DateTime table.
To calculate the sum of internet sales and allow slicing by ShippingDate instead of the traditional OrderDate you
need to create a measure, [InternetSales by ShippingDate] using the following expression:
=CALCULATE(SUM(InternetSales[SalesAmount]), USERELATIONSHIP(InternetSales[ShippingDate], DateTime[Date]))
Drag your new measure to the Values area in the right pane, drag the InternetSales[ShippingDate] column to the
Row Labels area; you now have Internet Sales sliced by shipping date instead of by order date as is usually shown
in these examples.
For this example to work the relationships between InternetSales[ShipmentDate] and DateTime[Date] must exist
and should not be the active relationship; also, the relationship between InternetSales[OrderDate] and
DateTime[Date] should exist and should be the active relationship.
VALUES
When the input parameter is a column name, returns a one-column table that contains the distinct values from the
specified column. Duplicate values are removed and only unique values are returned. A BLANK value can be
added. When the input parameter is a table name, returns the rows from the specified table. Duplicate rows are
preserved. A BLANK row can be added.
NOTE
This function cannot be used to Return values into a cell or column on a worksheet; rather, you use it as an intermediate
function, nested in a formula, to get a list of distinct values that can be counted or used to filter or sum other values.
Syntax
VALUES(<TableNameOrColumnName>)
Parameters
TableName or ColumnName A column from which unique values are to be returned, or a

table from which rows are to be returned.
Return value
When the input parameter is a column name, a single column table. When the input parameter is a table name, a
table of the same columns is returned.
Remarks
When you use the VALUES function in a context that has been filtered, such as in a PivotTable, the unique values
returned by VALUES are affected by the filter. For example, if you filter by Region, and return a list of the values for
City, the list will include only those cities in the regions permitted by the filter. To return all of the cities, regardless
of existing filters, you must use the ALL function to remove filters from the table. The second example
demonstrates use of ALL with VALUES.
Related functions
In most scenarios, when the argument is a column name, the results of the VALUES function are identical to those
of the DISTINCT function. Both functions remove duplicates and return a list of the possible values in the
specified column. However, the VALUES function can also return a blank value. This blank value is useful in cases
where you are looking up distinct values from a related table, but a value used in the relationship is missing from
one table. In database terminology, this is termed a violation of referential integrity. Such mismatches in data can
occur when one table is being updated and the related table is not.
When the argument is a table name, the result of the VALUES function returns all rows in the specified table plus a
blank row, if there is a violation of referential integrity. The DISTINCT function removes duplicate rows and returns
unique rows in the specified table.
NOTE
The DISTINCT function allows a column name or any valid table expression to be its argument but the VALUES function only
accepts a column name or a table name as the argument.
The following table summarizes the mismatch between data that can occur in two related tables when referential
integrity is not preserved.
M Y O RDERS TA B L E M Y SA L ES TA B L E
June 1 June 1 sales
June 2 June 2 sales
(no order dates have been entered) June 3 sales
If you used the DISTINCT function to return a list of dates from the PivotTable containing these tables, only two
dates would be returned. However, if you use the VALUES function, the function returns the two dates plus an
additional blank member. Also, any row from the MySales table that does not have a matching date in the
MyOrders table will be "matched" to this unknown member.
Example
The following formula counts the number of unique invoices (sales orders), and produces the following results
when used in a report that includes the Product Category Names:
=COUNTROWS(VALUES('InternetSales_USD'[SalesOrderNumber]))
Returns
RO W L A B EL S C O UN T IN VO IC ES
Accessories 18,208
Bikes 15,205
Clothing 7,461
Grand Total 27,659
See also
COUNTROWS function (DAX)
DAX information functions look at the cell or row that is provided as an argument and tells you whether the value
matches the expected type. For example, the ISERROR function returns TRUE if the value that you reference
contains an error.
In this category
CONTAINS Returns true if values for all referred columns exist, or are
contained, in those columns; otherwise, the function returns
false.
CUSTOMDATA Returns the content of the CustomData property in the

connection string.
ISBLANK Checks whether a value is blank, and returns TRUE or FALSE.
ISERROR Checks whether a value is an error, and returns TRUE or

FALSE.
ISEVEN Returns TRUE if number is even, or FALSE if number is odd.
ISINSCOPE Returns true when the specified column is the level in a

hierarchy of levels.
ISLOGICAL Checks whether a value is a logical value, (TRUE or FALSE),

and returns TRUE or FALSE.
ISNONTEXT Checks if a value is not text (blank cells are not text), and
returns TRUE or FALSE.
ISNUMBER Checks whether a value is a number, and returns TRUE or

FALSE.
ISONORAFTER A boolean function that emulates the behavior of a Start At

clause and returns true for a row that meets all of the
condition parameters.
ISTEXT Checks if a value is text, and returns TRUE or FALSE.
LOOKUPVALUE Returns the value in result_columnName for the row that

meets all criteria specified by search_columnName and
search_value.
USERNAME Returns the domain name and username from the credentials
given to the system at connection time.
USEROBJECTID Returns the current user's Object ID or SID.

USERPRINCIPALNAME Returns the user principal name.

CONTAINS
Returns true if values for all referred columns exist, or are contained, in those columns; otherwise, the function
returns false.
Syntax
CONTAINS(<table>, <columnName>, <value>[, <columnName>, <value>]…)
Parameters
table Any DAX expression that returns a table of data.

value Any DAX expression that returns a single scalar value, that is
to be sought in columnName. The expression is to be
evaluated exactly once and before it is passed to the
argument list.
Return value
A value of TRUE if each specified value can be found in the corresponding columnName, or are contained, in those
columns; otherwise, the function returns FALSE .
Remarks
The arguments columnName and value must come in pairs; otherwise an error is returned.
columnName must belong to the specified table, or to a table that is related to table.
If columnName refers to a column in a related table then it must be fully qualified; otherwise, an error is
returned.
Example
The following example creates a calculated measure that tells you whether there were any Internet sales of the
product 214 and to customer 11185 at the same time.
=CONTAINS(InternetSales, [ProductKey], 214, [CustomerKey], 11185)

CUSTOMDATA
Returns the content of the CustomData property in the connection string.
Syntax
CUSTOMDATA()
Return value
The content of the CustomData property in the connection string.
Blank, if CustomData property was not defined at connection time.
Exceptions
Remarks
Example
The following DAX code verifies if the CustomData property was set to "OK" .
=IF(CUSTOMDATA()="OK", "Correct Custom data in connection string", "No custom data in connection string
property or unexpected value")
IN Operator / CONTAINSROW function
Returns TRUE if a row of values exists or contained in a table, otherwise returns FALSE. Except syntax, the IN
operator and CONTAINSROW function are functionally equivalent.
IN Operator
Syntax
<scalarExpr> IN <tableExpr>
( <scalarExpr1>, <scalarExpr2>, … ) IN <tableExpr>
CONTAINSROW function
Syntax
CONTAINSROW(<tableExpr>, <scalarExpr>[, <scalarExpr>, …])
Parameters
scalarExprN Any valid DAX expression that returns a scalar value.
tableExpr Any valid DAX expression that returns a table of data.
Return value
TRUE or FALSE.
Remarks
The number of scalarExprN must match the number of columns in tableExpr.
Unlike the = operator, the IN operator and the CONTAINSROW function perform strict comparison. For example,
the BLANK value does not match 0.
NOT IN is not an operator in DAX. To perform the logical negation of the IN operator, put NOT in front of the entire
expression. For example, NOT [Color] IN { "Red", "Yellow", "Blue" }.
Examples
Example 1
The following equivalent DAX queries:
EVALUATE FILTER(ALL(DimProduct[Color]), [Color] IN { "Red", "Yellow", "Blue" })

ORDER BY [Color]
and
EVALUATE FILTER(ALL(DimProduct[Color]), ([Color]) IN { "Red", "Yellow", "Blue" })

ORDER BY [Color]
and
EVALUATE FILTER(ALL(DimProduct[Color]), CONTAINSROW({ "Red", "Yellow", "Blue" }, [Color]))

ORDER BY [Color]
Return the following table with a single column:
DIM P RO DUC T [ C O LO R]
Blue
Red
Yellow
Example 2
EVALUATE FILTER(SUMMARIZE(DimProduct, [Color], [Size]), ([Color], [Size]) IN { ("Black", "L") })
and
EVALUATE FILTER(SUMMARIZE(DimProduct, [Color], [Size]), CONTAINSROW({ ("Black", "L") }, [Color], [Size]))
Return:
DIM P RO DUC T [ C O LO R] DIM P RO DUC T [ SIZ E]
Black L
Example 3
EVALUATE FILTER(ALL(DimProduct[Color]), NOT [Color] IN { "Red", "Yellow", "Blue" })

ORDER BY [Color]
and
EVALUATE FILTER(ALL(DimProduct[Color]), NOT CONTAINSROW({ "Red", "Yellow", "Blue" }, [Color]))

ORDER BY [Color]
Return the following table with a single column:

DIM P RO DUC T [ C O LO R]
Black
Grey
Multi
NA
Silver
Silver\Black
White
ISBLANK
Checks whether a value is blank, and returns TRUE or FALSE.
Syntax
ISBLANK(<value>)
Parameters
value The value or expression you want to test.
Return value
A Boolean value of TRUE if the value is blank; otherwise FALSE.
Example
This formula computes the increase or decrease ratio in sales compared to the previous year. The example uses the
IF function to check the value for the previous year's sales in order to avoid a divide by zero error.
//Sales to Previous Year Ratio
=IF( ISBLANK('CalculatedMeasures'[PreviousYearTotalSales])
, BLANK()
, ( 'CalculatedMeasures'[Total Sales]-'CalculatedMeasures'[PreviousYearTotalSales] )
/'CalculatedMeasures'[PreviousYearTotalSales])
Result
TOTA L SA L ES P REVIO US SA L ES TO P REVIO US Y EA R

RO W L A B EL S TOTA L SA L ES Y EA R RAT IO
2005 $10,209,985.08
2006 $28,553,348.43 $10,209,985.08 179.66%
2007 $39,248,847.52 $28,553,348.43 37.46%
2008 $24,542,444.68 $39,248,847.52 -37.47%
Grand Total $102,554,625.71
See also
Information functions (DAX)
ISERROR
Checks whether a value is an error, and returns TRUE or FALSE.
Syntax
ISERROR(<value>)
Parameters
value The value you want to test.
Return value
A Boolean value of TRUE if the value is an error; otherwise FALSE.
Example
The following example calculates the ratio of total Internet sales to total reseller sales. The ISERROR function is
used to check for errors, such as division by zero. If there is an error a blank is returned, otherwise the ratio is
returned.
= IF( ISERROR(
SUM('ResellerSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD])
/SUM('InternetSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD])
)
, BLANK()
, SUM('ResellerSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD])
/SUM('InternetSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD])
)
See also
IFERROR function (DAX)
IF function (DAX)
ISEVEN
Returns TRUE if number is even, or FALSE if number is odd.
Syntax
ISEVEN(number)
Parameters
number The value to test. If number is not an integer, it is truncated.
Return value
Returns TRUE if number is even, or FALSE if number is odd.
Remarks
If number is nonnumeric, ISEVEN returns the #VALUE! error value.
ISINSCOPE
Returns true when the specified column is the level in a hierarchy of levels.
Syntax
ISINSCOPE(<columnName>)
Parameters

Return value
TRUE when the specified column is the level in a hierarchy of levels.
Example
DEFINE
MEASURE FactInternetSales[% of Parent] =
SWITCH (TRUE(),
ISINSCOPE(DimProduct[Subcategory]),
DIVIDE(
SUM(FactInternetSales[Sales Amount]),
CALCULATE(
ALLSELECTED(DimProduct[Subcategory]))
),
ISINSCOPE(DimProduct[Category]),
DIVIDE(
CALCULATE(
ALLSELECTED(DimProduct[Category]))
),
1
) * 100
EVALUATE
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS
(
ROLLUPADDISSUBTOTAL
(
DimProduct[Category], "Category Subtotal",
DimProduct[Subcategory], "Subcategory Subtotal"
),
TREATAS(
{"Bike Racks", "Bike Stands", "Mountain Bikes", "Road Bikes", "Touring Bikes"},
DimProduct[Subcategory]),
"Sales", SUM(FactInternetSales[Sales Amount]),
"% of Parent", [% of Parent]
)
ORDER BY
[Category Subtotal] DESC, [Category],
[Subcategory Subtotal] DESC, [Subcategory]
Returns
DIM P RO DUC T [ C DIM P RO DUC T [ SU [ C AT EGO RY [ SUB C AT EGO RY

AT EGO RY ] B C AT EGO RY ] SUBTOTA L ] SUBTOTA L ] [ SA L ES] [ % O F PA REN T ]
TRUE TRUE 28,397,095.65 100.00
Accessories FALSE TRUE 78,951.00 0.28
Accessories Bike Racks FALSE FALSE 39,360.00 49.85
Accessories Bike Stands FALSE FALSE 39,591.00 50.15
Bikes FALSE TRUE 28,318,144.65 99.72
Bikes Mountain Bikes FALSE FALSE 9,952,759.56 35.15
Bikes Road Bikes FALSE FALSE 14,520,584.04 51.28
Bikes Touring Bikes FALSE FALSE 3,844,801.05 13.58
See also
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS function (DAX)
ISLOGICAL
Checks whether a value is a logical value, (TRUE or FALSE), and returns TRUE or FALSE.
Syntax
ISLOGICAL(<value>)
Parameters
value The value that you want to test.

TRUE if the value is a logical value; FALSE if any value other than TRUE OR FALSE.
Example
The following three samples show the behavior of ISLOGICAL.
//RETURNS: Is Boolean type or Logical

=IF(ISLOGICAL(true), "Is Boolean type or Logical", "Is different type")
//RETURNS: Is Boolean type or Logical

=IF(ISLOGICAL(false), "Is Boolean type or Logical", "Is different type")
//RETURNS: Is different type

=IF(ISLOGICAL(25), "Is Boolean type or Logical", "Is different type")
See also
ISNONTEXT
Checks if a value is not text (blank cells are not text), and returns TRUE or FALSE.
Syntax
ISNONTEXT(<value>)
Parameters
value The value you want to check.
Return value
TRUE if the value is not text or blank; FALSE if the value is text.
Remarks
An empty string is considered text.
Example
The following examples show the behavior of the ISNONTEXT function.
//RETURNS: Is Non-Text
=IF(ISNONTEXT(1), "Is Non-Text", "Is Text")
=IF(ISNONTEXT(BLANK()), "Is Non-Text", "Is Text")
//RETURNS: Is Text
=IF(ISNONTEXT(""), "Is Non-Text", "Is Text")
See also
ISNUMBER
Checks whether a value is a number, and returns TRUE or FALSE.
Syntax
ISNUMBER(<value>)
Parameters
value The value you want to test.

TRUE if the value is numeric; otherwise FALSE.
Example
The following three samples show the behavior of ISNUMBER.
//RETURNS: Is number
=IF(ISNUMBER(0), "Is number", "Is Not number")
//RETURNS: Is number
=IF(ISNUMBER(3.1E-1),"Is number", "Is Not number")
//RETURNS: Is Not number

=IF(ISNUMBER("123"), "Is number", "Is Not number")
See also
ISODD
Returns TRUE if number is odd, or FALSE if number is even.
Syntax
ISODD(number)
Parameters
number The value to test. If number is not an integer, it is truncated.
Return value
Returns TRUE if number is odd, or FALSE if number is even.
Remarks
If number is nonnumeric, ISODD returns the #VALUE! error value.
ISONORAFTER
A boolean function that emulates the behavior of a ‘Start At’ clause and returns true for a row that meets all of the
condition parameters.
This function takes a variable number of triples, the first two values in a triple are the expressions to be compared,
and the third parameter indicates the sort order. The sort order can be ascending (default) or descending.
Based on the sort order, the first parameter is compared with the second parameter. If the sort order is ascending,
the comparison to be done is first parameter greater than or equal to second parameter. If the sort order is
descending, the comparison to be done is second parameter less than or equal to first parameter.
Syntax
ISONORAFTER(<scalar_expression>, <scalar_expression>[, sort_order [, <scalar_expression>, <scalar_expression>
[, sort_order]]…)
Parameters
scalar expression Any expression that returns a scalar value like a column
reference or integer or string value. Typically the first
parameter is a column reference and the second parameter is
a scalar value.
sort order (optional) The order in which the column is sorted. Can be
ascending (ASC) or descending (DEC). By default the sort
order is ascending.
Return value
True or false.
Example
Table name: ‘Info’
C O UN T RY STAT E C O UN T TOTA L
IND JK 20 800
IND` MH 25 1000
IND WB 10 900
USA CA 5 500
USA WA 10 900
FILTER(Info, ISONORAFTER(Info[Country], “IND”, ASC, Info[State], “MH”, ASC))
ISTEXT
Checks if a value is text, and returns TRUE or FALSE.
Syntax
ISTEXT(<value>)
Parameters
value The value you want to check.

TRUE if the value is text; otherwise FALSE
Example
The following examples show the behavior of the ISTEXT function.
//RETURNS: Is Text
=IF(ISTEXT("text"), "Is Text", "Is Non-Text")
//RETURNS: Is Text
=IF(ISTEXT(""), "Is Text", "Is Non-Text")
=IF(ISTEXT(1), "Is Text", "Is Non-Text")
=IF(ISTEXT(BLANK()), "Is Text", "Is Non-Text")
See also
LOOKUPVALUE
Returns the value in result_columnName for the row that meets all criteria specified by search_columnName and
search_value.
Syntax
LOOKUPVALUE( <result_columnName>, <search_columnName>, <search_value>[, <search_columnName>, <search_value>]…
[, <alternateResult>])
Parameters
result_columnName The name of an existing column that contains the value you
want to return. The column must be named using standard
DAX syntax, usually, fully qualified. It cannot be an expression.
search_columnName The name of an existing column, in the same table as

result_columnName or in a related table, over which the look-
up is performed. The column must be named using standard
DAX syntax, usually, fully qualified. It cannot be an expression.
search_value A scalar expression that does not refer to any column in the
same table being searched.
alternateResult (Optional) The value returned when the context for

result_columnName has been filtered down to zero or more
than one distinct value. When not provided, the function
returns BLANK() when result_columnName is filtered down to
zero value or an error when more than one distinct value.
Return value
The value of result_column at the row where all pairs of search_column and search_value have a match.
If there is no match that satisfies all the search values, a BLANK or alternateResult, if supplied, is returned. In other
words, the function will not return a lookup value if only some of the criteria match.
If multiple rows match the search values and in all cases result_column values are identical then that value is
returned. However, if result_column returns different values an error or alternateResult, if supplied, is returned.
Remarks
Example
The following example returns the SafetyStocklLevel for the bike model "Mountain-400-W Silver, 46".
=LOOKUPVALUE(Product[SafetyStockLevel], [ProductName], " Mountain-400-W Silver, 46")

USERNAME
Returns the domain name and username from the credentials given to the system at connection time.
Syntax
USERNAME()
Parameters
This expression has no parameters.
Return value
The username from the credentials given to the system at connection time
Example
The following code verifies if the user login is part of the UsersTable.
=IF(CONTAINS(UsersTable,UsersTable[login], USERNAME()), "Allowed", BLANK())

USEROBJECTID
Returns the current user's Object ID from Azure AD or security identifier (SID).
Syntax
USEROBJECTID()
Parameters
Return value
The current user's Object ID from Azure AD for Power BI or Azure Analysis Services models or SID for SQL Server
Analysis Services models.
USERPRINCIPALNAME
Returns the user principal name.
Syntax
USERPRINCIPALNAME()
Parameters
Return value
The userprincipalname at connection time.
Logical functions
Logical functions act upon an expression to return information about the values or sets in the expression. For
example, you can use the IF function to check the result of an expression and create conditional results.
In this category
AND Checks whether both arguments are TRUE, and returns TRUE
if both arguments are TRUE.
COALESCE Returns the first expression that does not evaluate to BLANK.
FALSE Returns the logical value FALSE.
IF Checks if a condition provided as the first argument is met.
IF.EAGER Uses eager execution to check if a condition provided as the

first argument is met.
IFERROR Evaluates an expression and returns a specified value if the

expression returns an error
NOT Changes FALSE to TRUE, or TRUE to FALSE.
OR Checks whether one of the arguments is TRUE to return

TRUE.
SWITCH Evaluates an expression against a list of values and returns

one of multiple possible result expressions.
TRUE Returns the logical value TRUE.

AND
Checks whether both arguments are TRUE, and returns TRUE if both arguments are TRUE. Otherwise returns false.
Syntax
AND(<logical1>,<logical2>)
Parameters
logical_1, logical_2 The logical values you want to test.
Return value
Returns true or false depending on the combination of values that you test.
Remarks
The AND function in DAX accepts only two (2) arguments. If you need to perform an AND operation on multiple
expressions, you can create a series of calculations or, better, use the AND operator (&& ) to join all of them in a
simpler expression.
Example 1
The following formula shows the syntax of the AND function.
=IF(AND(10 > 9, -10 < -1), "All true", "One or more false"
Because both conditions, passed as arguments, to the AND function are true, the formula returns "All True".
Example 2
The following sample uses the AND function with nested formulas to compare two sets of calculations at the same
time. For each product category, the formula determines if the current year sales and previous year sales of the
Internet channel are larger than the Reseller channel for the same periods. If both conditions are true, for each
category the formula returns the value, "Internet hit".
= IF( AND( SUM( 'InternetSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD])

>SUM('ResellerSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD])
, CALCULATE(SUM('InternetSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD]), PREVIOUSYEAR('DateTime'[DateKey] ))
>CALCULATE(SUM('ResellerSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD]), PREVIOUSYEAR('DateTime'[DateKey] ))
)
, "Internet Hit"
, ""
)
Returns
AND C O L UM N
F UN C T IO N L A B EL S
Row Labels 2005 2006 2007 2008 Grand Total
Bib-Shorts
Bike Racks
Bike Stands Internet Hit
Bottles and Internet Hit

Cages
Bottom
Brackets
Brakes
Caps
Chains
Cleaners
Cranksets
Derailleurs
Fenders Internet Hit
Forks
Gloves
Handlebars
Headsets
Helmets
Hydration
Packs
Jerseys
Lights
Locks
Mountain
Bikes
AND C O L UM N
F UN C T IO N L A B EL S
Mountain
Frames
Panniers
Pedals
Pumps
Road Bikes
Road Frames
Saddles
Shorts
Socks
Tights
Tires and Internet Hit

Tubes
Touring Bikes
Touring
Frames
Vests
Wheels
Grand Total
See also
Logical functions (DAX)
COALESCE
Returns the first expression that does not evaluate to BLANK. If all expressions evaluate to BLANK, BLANK is
returned.
Syntax
COALESCE(<expression>, <expression>[, <expression>]…)
Parameters
expression Any DAX expression that returns a scalar expression.
Return value
A scalar value coming from one of the expressions or BLANK if all expressions evaluate to BLANK.
Remarks
Input expressions may be of different data types.
Example 1
EVALUATE { COALESCE(BLANK(), 10, DATE(2008, 3, 3)) }
Returns 10 , which is the first expression that does not evaluate to BLANK.
Example 2
The following DAX expression:
= COALESCE(SUM(FactInternetSales[SalesAmount]), 0)
Returns the sum of all values in the SalesAmount column in the FactInternetSales table, or 0 . This can then be
used to convert BLANK values of total sales to 0 .
FALSE
Returns the logical value FALSE.
Syntax
FALSE()
Return value
Always FALSE.
Remarks
The word FALSE is also interpreted as the logical value FALSE.
Example
The formula returns the logical value FALSE when the value in the column,
'InternetSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD], is less than or equal to 200000.
=IF(SUM('InternetSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD]) >200000, TRUE(), false())
The following table shows the results when the example formula is used with
'ProductCategory'[ProductCategoryName] in Row Labels and 'DateTime'[CalendarYear] in Column Labels.
C O L UM N
T RUE- FA L SE L A B EL S
Accessories FALSE FALSE TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE
Bikes TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE
Clothing FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUE
Components FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
Grand Total TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE
See also
TRUE function (DAX)
NOT function (DAX)
IF function (DAX)
IF
Checks if a condition provided as the first argument is met. Returns one value if the condition is TRUE, and returns
another value if the condition is FALSE.
Syntax
IF(<logical_test>,<value_if_true>[, <value_if_false>])
Parameters
logical_test Any value or expression that can be evaluated to TRUE or

FALSE.
value_if_true The value that is returned if the logical test is TRUE.
value_if_false The value that is returned if the logical test is FALSE. If

omitted, BLANK is returned.
Return value
Any type of value that can be returned by an expression.
Remarks
If the value referenced in the expression is a column, IF returns the value that corresponds to the current row.
The IF function can return variant data type if value_if_true and value_if_false are of different data types, but
the function attempts to return a single data type if both value_if_true and value_if_false are of numeric data
types. In the latter case, the IF function will implicitly convert data types to accommodate both values. For example,
the formula IF(<condition>,TRUE(),0) returns TRUE or 0, but the formula IF(<condition>,1.0,0) returns only
decimal values even though value_if_false is of the whole number data type. For more information about
implicit data type conversion, see Data types.
Example
The following example uses nested IF functions that evaluate the number in the column, Calls, from the table
FactCallCenter. The function assigns a label as follows: low if the number of calls is less than 200, medium if the
number of calls is less than 300 but not less than 200, and high for all other values.
=IF([Calls]<200,"low",IF([Calls]<300,"medium","high"))
Example
The following example gets a list of cities that contain potential customers in the California area by using columns
from the table ProspectiveBuyer. Because the list is meant to plan for a campaign that will target married people or
people with children at home, the condition in the IF function checks for the value of the columns [MaritalStatus]
and [NumberChildrenAtHome], and outputs the city if either condition is met and if the customer is in California.
Otherwise, it outputs the empty string.
=IF([StateProvinceCode]= "CA" && ([MaritalStatus] = "M" || [NumberChildrenAtHome] >1),[City])
Note that parentheses are used to control the order in which the AND (&&) and OR (||) operators are used. Also
note that no value has been specified for value_if_false . Therefore, the function returns the default, which is an
empty string.
See also
TRUE function (DAX)
FALSE function (DAX)
NOT function (DAX)
IF function (DAX)
IF.EAGER
Checks whether a condition is met, and returns one value if TRUE, and another value if FALSE. Uses eager
execution.
Syntax
IF.EAGER ( <LogicalTest>, <ResultIfTrue> [, <ResultIfFalse>] )
Parameters
LogicalTest Any value or expression that can be evaluated to TRUE or

FALSE.
ResultIfTrue The value that is returned if the logical test is TRUE.
ResultIfFalse (Optional) The value that is returned if the logical test is FALSE;
if omitted, BLANK is returned.
Return value
Any type of value that can be returned by an expression.
IFERROR
Evaluates an expression and returns a specified value if the expression returns an error; otherwise returns the
value of the expression itself.
Syntax
IFERROR(value, value_if_error)
Parameters
value Any value or expression.
value_if_error Any value or expression.
Return value
A scalar of the same type as value
Remarks
You can use the IFERROR function to trap and handle errors in an expression.
If value or value_if_error is an empty cell, IFERROR treats it as an empty string value ("").
The IFERROR function is based on the IF function, and uses the same error messages, but has fewer arguments.
The relationship between the IFERROR function and the IF function as follows:
IFERROR(A,B) := IF(ISERROR(A), B, A)
Note that the values that are returned for A and B must be of the same data type; therefore, the column or
expression used for value and the value returned for value_if_error must be the same data type.
Example
The following example returns 9999 if the expression 25/0 evaluates to an error. If the expression returns a value
other than error, that value is passed to the invoking expression.
=IFERROR(25/0,9999)
See also
IN
Returns True if the scalar value shows up in at least one row of the input relation.
Syntax
IN
Parameters
scalar expression
table expression
Return value
True
Remarks
None
Example
Filtered Sales:=CALCULATE (
[Internet Total Sales], 'Product'[Color] IN { "Red", "Blue", "Black" }
)
See also
NOT
Changes FALSE to TRUE, or TRUE to FALSE.
Syntax
NOT(<logical>)
Parameters
logical A value or expression that can be evaluated to TRUE or FALSE.
Return value
TRUE OR FALSE.
Example
The following example retrieves values from the calculated column that was created to illustrate the IF function.
For that example, the calculated column was named using the default name, Calculated Column1 , and contains
the following formula: =IF([Orders]<300,"true","false")
The formula checks the value in the column, [Orders], and returns "true" if the number of orders is under 300.
Now create a new calculated column, Calculated Column2 , and type the following formula.
=NOT([CalculatedColumn1])
For each row in Calculated Column1 , the values "true" and "false" are interpreted as the logical values TRUE or
FALSE, and the NOT function returns the logical opposite of that value.
See also
TRUE function (DAX)
IF function (DAX)
OR
Checks whether one of the arguments is TRUE to return TRUE. The function returns FALSE if both arguments are
FALSE.
Syntax
OR(<logical1>,<logical2>)
Parameters
logical_1, logical_2 The logical values you want to test.
Return value
A Boolean value. The value is TRUE if any of the two arguments is TRUE; the value is FALSE if both the arguments
are FALSE.
Remarks
The OR function in DAX accepts only two (2) arguments. If you need to perform an OR operation on multiple
expressions, you can create a series of calculations or, better, use the OR operator (|| ) to join all of them in a simpler
expression.
The function evaluates the arguments until the first TRUE argument, then returns TRUE.
Example
The following example shows how to use the OR function to obtain the sales people that belong to the Circle of
Excellence. The Circle of Excellence recognizes those who have achieved more than a million dollars in Touring
Bikes sales or sales of over two and a half million dollars in 2007.
IF( OR( CALCULATE(SUM('ResellerSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD]),

'ProductSubcategory'[ProductSubcategoryName]="Touring Bikes") > 1000000
, CALCULATE(SUM('ResellerSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD]), 'DateTime'[CalendarYear]=2007) > 2500000
)
, "Circle of Excellence"
, ""
)
Returns
SA L ESP ERSO N
FLAG T RUE
SA L ESP ERSO N
FLAG T RUE
OR function Column
Labels
Abbas, Syed E
Alberts, Amy
E
Ansman-
Wolfe, Pamela
O
Blythe, Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of

Michael G Excellence Excellence Excellence Excellence Excellence Excellence
Campbell,
David R
Carson, Jillian Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of

Excellence Excellence Excellence Excellence Excellence Excellence
Ito, Shu K
Jiang, Stephen
Y
Mensa-
Annan, Tete A
Mitchell, Linda Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of

C Excellence Excellence Excellence Excellence Excellence Excellence
Pak, Jae B Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of

Reiter, Tsvi
Michael
Saraiva, José Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of

Edvaldo Excellence Excellence Excellence Excellence Excellence Excellence
Tsoflias, Lynn
N
Valdez, Rachel
B
Vargas,
Garrett R
SA L ESP ERSO N
FLAG T RUE
Varkey Circle of
Chudukatil, Excellence
Ranjit R
Grand Total Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of Circle of

See also
SWITCH
Evaluates an expression against a list of values and returns one of multiple possible result expressions.
Syntax
SWITCH(<expression>, <value>, <result>[, <value>, <result>]…[, <else>])
Parameters
expression Any DAX expression that returns a single scalar value, where
the expression is to be evaluated multiple times (for each
row/context).
value A constant value to be matched with the results of expression.
result Any scalar expression to be evaluated if the results of

expression match the corresponding value.
else Any scalar expression to be evaluated if the result of

expression doesn't match any of the value arguments.
Return value
A scalar value coming from one of the result expressions, if there was a match with value, or from the else
expression, if there was no match with any value.
Remarks
All result expressions and the else expression must be of the same data type.
Example
The following example creates a calculated column of month names.
=SWITCH([Month], 1, "January", 2, "February", 3, "March", 4, "April"

, 5, "May", 6, "June", 7, "July", 8, "August"
, 9, "September", 10, "October", 11, "November", 12, "December"
, "Unknown month number" )
TRUE
Returns the logical value TRUE.
Syntax
TRUE()
Return value
Always TRUE.
Remarks
The word TRUE is also interpreted as the logical value TRUE.
Example
The formula returns the logical value TRUE when the value in the column, 'InternetSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD],
is greater than 200000.
= IF(SUM('InternetSales_USD'[SalesAmount_USD]) >200000, TRUE(), false())
The following table shows the results when the example formula is used in a PivotTable, with
'ProductCategory'[ProductCategoryName] in Row Labels and 'DateTime'[CalendarYear] in Column Labels.
C O L UM N
T RUE- FA L SE L A B EL S
Accessories FALSE FALSE TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE
Bikes TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE
Clothing FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUE
Components FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE
Grand Total TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE
See also
NOT function (DAX)
IF function (DAX)
Math and Trig functions
The mathematical functions in Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) are very similar to the Excel mathematical and
trigonometric functions. This section lists the mathematical functions provided by DAX.
In this category
ABS Returns the absolute value of a number.
ACOS Returns the arccosine, or inverse cosine, of a number.
ACOSH Returns the inverse hyperbolic cosine of a number.
ACOT Returns the arccotangent, or inverse cotangent, of a number.
ACOTH Returns the inverse hyperbolic cotangent of a number.
ASIN Returns the arcsine, or inverse sine, of a number.
ASINH Returns the inverse hyperbolic sine of a number.
ATAN Returns the arctangent, or inverse tangent, of a number.
ATANH Returns the inverse hyperbolic tangent of a number.
CEILING Rounds a number up, to the nearest integer or to the

nearest multiple of significance.
COMBIN Returns the number of combinations for a given number of

items.
COMBINA Returns the number of combinations (with repetitions) for a

given number of items.
COS Returns the cosine of the given angle.
COSH Returns the hyperbolic cosine of a number.
CURRENCY Evaluates the argument and returns the result as currency

data type.
DEGREES Converts radians into degrees.
DIVIDE Performs division and returns alternate result or BLANK() on

division by 0.
EVEN Returns number rounded up to the nearest even integer.
EXP Returns e raised to the power of a given number.
FACT Returns the factorial of a number, equal to the series

1*2*3*...* , ending in the given number.
FLOOR Rounds a number down, toward zero, to the nearest

multiple of significance.
GCD Returns the greatest common divisor of two or more

integers.
INT Rounds a number down to the nearest integer.
ISO.CEILING Rounds a number up, to the nearest integer or to the

nearest multiple of significance.
LCM Returns the least common multiple of integers.
LN Returns the natural logarithm of a number.
LOG Returns the logarithm of a number to the base you specify.
LOG10 Returns the base-10 logarithm of a number.
MROUND Returns a number rounded to the desired multiple.
ODD Returns number rounded up to the nearest odd integer.
PI Returns the value of Pi, 3.14159265358979, accurate to 15

digits.
POWER Returns the result of a number raised to a power.
PRODUCT Returns the product of the numbers in a column.
PRODUCTX Returns the product of an expression evaluated for each row

in a table.
QUOTIENT Performs division and returns only the integer portion of the
division result.
RADIANS Converts degrees to radians.
RAND Returns a random number greater than or equal to 0 and

less than 1, evenly distributed.
RANDBETWEEN Returns a random number in the range between two

numbers you specify.
ROUND Rounds a number to the specified number of digits.

ROUNDDOWN Rounds a number down, toward zero.
ROUNDUP Rounds a number up, away from 0 (zero).
SIGN Determines the sign of a number, the result of a calculation,

or a value in a column.
SQRT Returns the square root of a number.
SUM Adds all the numbers in a column.
SUMX Returns the sum of an expression evaluated for each row in

a table.
TRUNC Truncates a number to an integer by removing the decimal,

or fractional, part of the number.
ABS
Returns the absolute value of a number.
Syntax
ABS(<number>)
Parameters
number The number for which you want the absolute value.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
The absolute value of a number is a decimal number, whole or decimal, without its sign. You can use the ABS
function to ensure that only non-negative numbers are returned from expressions when nested in functions that
require a positive number.
Example
The following example returns the absolute value of the difference between the list price and the dealer price,
which you might use in a new calculated column, DealerMarkup .
=ABS([DealerPrice]-[ListPrice])
See also
Math and Trig functions (DAX)
SIGN function (DAX)
ACOS
Returns the arccosine, or inverse cosine, of a number. The arccosine is the angle whose cosine is number. The
returned angle is given in radians in the range 0 (zero) to pi.
Syntax
ACOS(number)
Parameters
Number The cosine of the angle you want and must be from -1 to 1.
Return value
Returns the arccosine, or inverse cosine, of a number.
Remarks
If you want to convert the result from radians to degrees, multiply it by 180/PI() or use the DEGREES function.
Example
F O RM UL A DESC RIP T IO N RESULT
=ACOS(-0.5) Arccosine of -0.5 in radians, 2*pi/3. 2.094395102
=ACOS(-0.5)*180/PI() Arccosine of -0.5 in degrees. 120

ACOSH
Returns the inverse hyperbolic cosine of a number. The number must be greater than or equal to 1. The inverse
hyperbolic cosine is the value whose hyperbolic cosine is number, so ACOSH(COSH(number)) equals number.
Syntax
ACOSH(number)
Parameters
number Any real number equal to or greater than 1.
Return value
Returns the inverse hyperbolic cosine of a number.
Example
=ACOSH(1) Inverse hyperbolic cosine of 1. 0
=ACOSH(10) Inverse hyperbolic cosine of 10. 2.993228

ACOT
Returns the principal value of the arccotangent, or inverse cotangent of a number.
Syntax
ACOT(number)
Parameters
Number The cosine of the angle you want. Must be a real number.
Return value
A single decimal value.
ACOT
Returns the inverse hyperbolic cotangent of a number.
Syntax
ACOTH(number)
Parameters
Number The absolute value of Number must be greater than 1.
Return value
A single decimal value.
ASIN
Returns the arcsine, or inverse sine, of a number. The arcsine is the angle whose sine is number. The returned angle
is given in radians in the range -pi/2 to pi/2.
Syntax
ASIN(number)
Parameters
number The sine of the angle you want and must be from -1 to 1.
Return value
Returns the arcsine, or inverse sine, of a number.
Remarks
To express the arcsine in degrees, multiply the result by 180/PI( ) or use the DEGREES function.
Example
=ASIN(-0.5) Arcsine of -0.5 in radians, -pi/6 -0.523598776
=ASIN(-0.5)*180/PI() Arcsine of -0.5 in degrees -30
=DEGREES(ASIN(-0.5)) Arcsine of -0.5 in degrees -30

ASINH
Returns the inverse hyperbolic sine of a number. The inverse hyperbolic sine is the value whose hyperbolic sine is
number, so ASINH(SINH(number)) equals number.
Syntax
ASINH(number)
Parameters
number Any real number.
Return value
Returns the inverse hyperbolic sine of a number.
Example
=ASINH(-2.5) Inverse hyperbolic sine of -2.5 -1.647231146
=ASINH(10) Inverse hyperbolic sine of 10 2.99822295

ATAN
Returns the arctangent, or inverse tangent, of a number. The arctangent is the angle whose tangent is number. The
returned angle is given in radians in the range -pi/2 to pi/2.
Syntax
ATAN(number)
Parameters
number The tangent of the angle you want.
Return value
Returns the inverse hyperbolic tangent of a number.
Remarks
To express the arctangent in degrees, multiply the result by 180/PI( ) or use the DEGREES function.
Example
=ATAN(1) Arctangent of 1 in radians, pi/4 0.785398163
=ATAN(1)*180/PI() Arctangent of 1 in degrees 45

ATANH
Returns the inverse hyperbolic tangent of a number. Number must be between -1 and 1 (excluding -1 and 1). The
inverse hyperbolic tangent is the value whose hyperbolic tangent is number, so ATANH(TANH(number)) equals
number.
Syntax
ATANH(number)
Parameters
number Any real number between 1 and -1.
Return value
Returns the inverse hyperbolic tangent of a number.
Example
=ATANH(0.76159416) Inverse hyperbolic tangent of 1.00000001

0.76159416
=ATANH(-0.1) -0.100335348
See also
ATAN function (DAX)
CEILING
Rounds a number up, to the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance.
Syntax
CEILING(<number>, <significance>)
Parameters
number The number you want to round, or a reference to a column

that contains numbers.
significance The multiple of significance to which you want to round. For

example, to round to the nearest integer, type 1.
Return value
A number rounded as specified.
Remarks
There are two CEILING functions in DAX, with the following differences:
The CEILING function emulates the behavior of the CEILING function in Excel.
The ISO.CEILING function follows the ISO-defined behavior for determining the ceiling value.
The two functions return the same value for positive numbers, but different values for negative numbers. When
using a positive multiple of significance, both CEILING and ISO.CEILING round negative numbers upward (toward
positive infinity). When using a negative multiple of significance, CEILING rounds negative numbers downward
(toward negative infinity), while ISO.CEILING rounds negative numbers upward (toward positive infinity).
The return type is usually of the same type of the significant argument, with the following exceptions:
If the number argument type is currency, the return type is currency.
If the significance argument type is Boolean, the return type is integer.
If the significance argument type is non-numeric, the return type is real.
Example
The following formula returns 4.45. This might be useful if you want to avoid using smaller units in your pricing. If
an existing product is priced at $4.42, you can use CEILING to round prices up to the nearest unit of five cents.
=CEILING(4.42,0.05)
Example
The following formula returns similar results as the previous example, but uses numeric values stored in the
column, ProductPrice .
=CEILING([ProductPrice],0.05)
See also
FLOOR function (DAX)
ISO.CEILING function (DAX)
ROUNDUP function (DAX)
COMBIN
Returns the number of combinations for a given number of items. Use COMBIN to determine the total possible
number of groups for a given number of items.
Syntax
COMBIN(number, number_chosen)
Parameters
number The number of items.
number_chosen The number of items in each combination.
Return value
Returns the number of combinations for a given number of items.
Remarks
Numeric arguments are truncated to integers.
If either argument is nonnumeric, COMBIN returns the #VALUE! error value.
If number < 0, number_chosen < 0, or number < number_chosen, COMBIN returns the #NUM! error value.
A combination is any set or subset of items, regardless of their internal order. Combinations are distinct from
permutations, for which the internal order is significant.
The number of combinations is as follows, where number = n and number_chosen = k:
Where
Example
=COMBIN(8,2) Possible two-person teams that can be 28

formed from 8 candidates.
COMBINA
Returns the number of combinations (with repetitions) for a given number of items.
Syntax
COMBINA(number, number_chosen)
Parameters
number Must be greater than or equal to 0, and greater than or equal

to Number_chosen. Non-integer values are truncated.
number_chosen Must be greater than or equal to 0. Non-integer values are

truncated.
Return value
Returns the number of combinations (with repetitions) for a given number of items.
Remarks
If the value of either argument is outside of its constraints, COMBINA returns the #NUM! error value.
If either argument is a non-numeric value, COMBINA returns the #VALUE! error value.
The following equation is used, where N is Number and M is Number_chosen:
Example
=COMBINA(4,3) Returns the number of combinations 20

(with repetitions) for 4 and 3.
=COMBINA(10,3) Returns the number of combinations 220

(with repetitions) for 10 and 3.
COS
Returns the cosine of the given angle.
Syntax
COS(number)
Parameters
number Required. The angle in radians for which you want the cosine.
Return value
Returns the cosine of the given angle.
Remarks
If the angle is in degrees, either multiply the angle by PI()/180 or use the RADIANS function to convert the angle to
radians.
Example
=COS(1.047) Cosine of 1.047 radians 0.5001711
=COS(60*PI()/180) Cosine of 60 degrees 0.5
=COS(RADIANS(60)) Cosine of 60 degrees 0.5

COSH
Returns the hyperbolic cosine of a number.
Syntax
COSH(number)
Parameters
number Required. Any real number for which you want to find the
hyperbolic cosine.
Return value
The hyperbolic cosine of a number.
Remarks
The formula for the hyperbolic cosine is:
Example
=COSH(4) Hyperbolic cosine of 4 27.308233
=COSH(EXP(1)) Hyperbolic cosine of the base of the 7.6101251

natural logarithm.
CURRENCY
Evaluates the argument and returns the result as currency data type.
Syntax
CURRENCY(<value>)
Parameters
value Any DAX expression that returns a single scalar value where
the expression is to be evaluated exactly once before all other
operations.
Return value
The value of the expression evaluated and returned as a currency type value.
Remarks
The CURRENCY function rounds up the 5th significant decimal, in value, to return the 4th decimal digit;
rounding up occurs if the 5th significant decimal is equal or larger than 5. For example, if value is
3.6666666666666 then converting to currency returns $3.6667; however, if value is 3.0123456789 then
converting to currency returns $3.0123.
If the data type of the expression is TrueFalse then CURRENCY( <TrueFalse>) will return $1.0000 for True
values and $0.0000 for False values.
If the data type of the expression is Text then CURRENCY(<Text>) will try to convert text to a number; if
conversion succeeds the number will be converted to currency, otherwise an error is returned.
If the data type of the expression is DateTime then CURRENCY(<DateTime>) will convert the datetime value
to a number and that number to currency. DateTime values have an integer part that represents the number
of days between the given date and 1900-03-01 and a fraction that represents the fraction of a day (where
12 hours or noon is 0.5 day). If the value of the expression is not a proper DateTime value an error is
returned.
Example
Convert number 1234.56 to currency data type.
=CURRENCY(1234.56)
Returns the value $1234.5600.

DEGREES
Converts radians into degrees.
Syntax
DEGREES(angle)
Parameters
angle Required. The angle in radians that you want to convert.
Example
=DEGREES(PI()) Degrees of pi radians 180

DIVIDE
Performs division and returns alternate result or BLANK() on division by 0.
Syntax
DIVIDE(<numerator>, <denominator> [,<alternateresult>])
Parameters
numerator The dividend or number to divide.
denominator The divisor or number to divide by.
alternateresult (Optional) The value returned when division by zero results in

an error. When not provided, the default value is BLANK().
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
Alternate result on divide by 0 must be a constant.
Example
The following example returns 2.5.
=DIVIDE(5,2)
Example
The following example returns BLANK.
=DIVIDE(5,0)
Example
=DIVIDE(5,0,1)
See also
QUOTIENT function (DAX)
EVEN
Returns number rounded up to the nearest even integer. You can use this function for processing items that come
in twos. For example, a packing crate accepts rows of one or two items. The crate is full when the number of items,
rounded up to the nearest two, matches the crate's capacity.
Syntax
EVEN(number)
Parameters
number The value to round.
Return value
Returns number rounded up to the nearest even integer.
Remarks
If number is nonnumeric, EVEN returns the #VALUE! error value.
Regardless of the sign of number, a value is rounded up when adjusted away from zero. If number is an even
integer, no rounding occurs.
Example
=EVEN(1.5) Rounds 1.5 to the nearest even integer 2
=EVEN(3) Rounds 3 to the nearest even integer 4
=EVEN(2) Rounds 2 to the nearest even integer 2
=EVEN(-1) Rounds -1 to the nearest even integer -2

EXP
Returns e raised to the power of a given number. The constant e equals 2.71828182845904, the base of the
natural logarithm.
Syntax
EXP(<number>)
Parameters
number The exponent applied to the base e. The constant e equals

2.71828182845904, the base of the natural logarithm.
Return value
A decimal number.
Exceptions
Remarks
EXP is the inverse of LN, which is the natural logarithm of the given number.
To calculate powers of bases other than e, use the exponentiation operator (^). For more information, see DAX
Operator Reference.
Example
The following formula calculates e raised to the power of the number contained in the column, [Power] .
=EXP([Power])
See also
LN function (DAX)
EXP function (DAX)
LOG function (DAX)
LOG function (DAX)
FACT
Returns the factorial of a number, equal to the series 1*2*3*...* , ending in the given number.
Syntax
FACT(<number>)
Parameters
number The non-negative number for which you want to calculate the
factorial.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
If the number is not an integer, it is truncated and an error is returned. If the result is too large, an error is returned.
Example
The following formula returns the factorial for the series of integers in the column, [Values] .
=FACT([Values])
The following table shows the expected results:
VA L UES RESULT S
0 1
1 1
2 2
3 6
4 24
5 120
170 7.257415615308E+306
See also
TRUNC function (DAX)
FLOOR
Rounds a number down, toward zero, to the nearest multiple of significance.
Syntax
FLOOR(<number>, <significance>)
Parameters
number The numeric value you want to round.
significance The multiple to which you want to round. The

argumentsnumber and significance must either both be
positive, or both be negative.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
If either argument is nonnumeric, FLOOR returns **#VALUE!**error value.
If number and significance have different signs, FLOOR returns the **#NUM!**error value.
Regardless of the sign of the number, a value is rounded down when adjusted away from zero. If the number is an
exact multiple of significance, no rounding occurs.
Example
The following formula takes the values in the [Total Product Cost] column from the table, InternetSales.and rounds
down to the nearest multiple of .1.
=FLOOR(InternetSales[Total Product Cost],.5)
The following table shows the expected results for some sample values.
VA L UES EXP EC T ED RESULT
10.8423 10.8
8.0373 8
2.9733 2.9
See also
GCD
Returns the greatest common divisor of two or more integers. The greatest common divisor is the largest integer
that divides both number1 and number2 without a remainder.
Syntax
GCD(number1, [number2], ...)
Parameters
number1, number2, ... Number1 is required, subsequent numbers are optional. 1 to

255 values. If any value is not an integer, it is truncated.
Return value
The greatest common divisor of two or more integers.
Remarks
If any argument is nonnumeric, GCD returns the #VALUE! error value.
If any argument is less than zero, GCD returns the #NUM! error value.
One divides any value evenly.
A prime number has only itself and one as even divisors.
If a parameter to GCD is >=2^53, GCD returns the #NUM! error value.
Example
=GCD(5, 2) Greatest common divisor of 5 and 2. 1

INT
Rounds a number down to the nearest integer.
Syntax
INT(<number>)
Parameters
number The number you want to round down to an integer
Return value
A whole number.
Remarks
TRUNC and INT are similar in that both return integers. TRUNC removes the fractional part of the number. INT
rounds numbers down to the nearest integer based on the value of the fractional part of the number. INT and
TRUNC are different only when using negative numbers: TRUNC(-4.3) returns -4, but INT(-4.3) returns -5
because -5 is the lower number.
Example
The following expression rounds the value to 1. If you use the ROUND function, the result would be 2.
=INT(1.5)
See also
ROUND function (DAX)
ROUNDDOWN function (DAX)
MROUND function (DAX)
ISO.CEILING
Rounds a number up, to the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance.
Syntax
ISO.CEILING(<number>[, <significance>])
Parameters
number The number you want to round, or a reference to a column

significance (optional) The multiple of significance to which you want to

round. For example, to round to the nearest integer, type 1. If
the unit of significance is not specified, the number is rounded
up to the nearest integer.
Return value
A number, of the same type as the number argument, rounded as specified.
Remarks
There are two CEILING functions in DAX, with the following differences:
The CEILING function emulates the behavior of the CEILING function in Excel.
The ISO.CEILING function follows the ISO-defined behavior for determining the ceiling value.
The two functions return the same value for positive numbers, but different values for negative numbers. When
using a positive multiple of significance, both CEILING and ISO.CEILING round negative numbers upward (toward
positive infinity). When using a negative multiple of significance, CEILING rounds negative numbers downward
(toward negative infinity), while ISO.CEILING rounds negative numbers upward (toward positive infinity).
The result type is usually the same type of the significance used as argument with the following exceptions:
If the first argument is of currency type then the result will be currency type.
If the optional argument is not included the result is of integer type.
If the significance argument is of Boolean type then the result is of integer type.
If the significance argument is non-numeric type then the result is of real type.
Example: Positive Numbers

Description
The following formula returns 4.45. This might be useful if you want to avoid using smaller units in your pricing. If
an existing product is priced at $4.42, you can use ISO.CEILING to round prices up to the nearest unit of five cents.
Code
=ISO.CEILING(4.42,0.05)
Example: Negative Numbers

Description
The following formula returns the ISO ceiling value of -4.40.
Code
=ISO.CEILING(-4.42,0.05)
See also
FLOOR function (DAX)
CEILING function (DAX)
LCM
Returns the least common multiple of integers. The least common multiple is the smallest positive integer that is a
multiple of all integer arguments number1, number2, and so on. Use LCM to add fractions with different
denominators.
Syntax
LCM(number1, [number2], ...)
Parameters
number1, number2,... Number1 is required, subsequent numbers are optional. 1 to

255 values for which you want the least common multiple. If
value is not an integer, it is truncated.
Return value
Returns the least common multiple of integers.
Remarks
If any argument is nonnumeric, LCM returns the #VALUE! error value.
If any argument is less than zero, LCM returns the #NUM! error value.
If LCM(a,b) >=2^53, LCM returns the #NUM! error value.
Example
=LCM(5, 2) Least common multiple of 5 and 2. 10
=LCM(24, 36) Least common multiple of 24 and 36. 72

LN
Returns the natural logarithm of a number. Natural logarithms are based on the constant e (2.71828182845904).
Syntax
LN(<number>)
Parameters
number The positive number for which you want the natural
logarithm.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
LN is the inverse of the EXP function.
Example
The following example returns the natural logarithm of the number in the column, [Values] .
=LN([Values])
See also
EXP function (DAX)
LOG
Returns the logarithm of a number to the base you specify.
Syntax
LOG(<number>,<base>)
Parameters
number The positive number for which you want the logarithm.
base The base of the logarithm. If omitted, the base is 10.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
You might receive an error if the value is too large to be displayed.
The function LOG10 is similar, but always returns the common logarithm, meaning the logarithm for the base 10.
Example
The following formulas return the same result, 2.
=LOG(100,10)
=LOG(100)
=LOG10(100)
See also
EXP function (DAX)
LOG function (DAX)
LOG function (DAX)
LOG10
Returns the base-10 logarithm of a number.
Syntax
LOG10(<number>)
Parameters
number A positive number for which you want the base-10 logarithm.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
The LOG function lets you change the base of the logarithm, instead of using the base 10.
Example
The following formulas return the same result, 2:
=LOG(100,10)
=LOG(100)
=LOG10(100)
See also
EXP function (DAX)
LOG function (DAX)
LOG function (DAX)
MOD
Returns the remainder after a number is divided by a divisor. The result always has the same sign as the divisor.
Syntax
MOD(<number>, <divisor>)
Parameters
number The number for which you want to find the remainder after
the division is performed.
divisor The number by which you want to divide.
Return value
A whole number.
Remarks
If the divisor is 0 (zero), MOD returns an error. You cannot divide by 0.
The MOD function can be expressed in terms of the INT function: MOD(n, d) = n - d*INT(n/d)
Example
The following formula returns 1, the remainder of 3 divided by 2.
=MOD(3,2)
Example
The following formula returns -1, the remainder of 3 divided by 2. Note that the sign is always the same as the sign
of the divisor.
=MOD(-3,-2)
See also
INT function (DAX)
MROUND
Returns a number rounded to the desired multiple.
Syntax
MROUND(<number>, <multiple>)
Parameters
number The number to round.
multiple The multiple of significance to which you want to round the

number.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
MROUND rounds up, away from zero, if the remainder of dividing number by the specified multiple is greater
than or equal to half the value of multiple .
Example: Decimal Places

Description
The following expression rounds 1.3 to the nearest multiple of .2. The expected result is 1.4.
Code
=MROUND(1.3,0.2)
Example: Negative Numbers

Description
The following expression rounds -10 to the nearest multiple of -3. The expected result is -9.
Code
=MROUND(-10,-3)
Example: Error
Description
The following expression returns an error, because the numbers have different signs.
Code
=MROUND(5,-2)
See also
INT function (DAX)
ODD
Returns number rounded up to the nearest odd integer.
Syntax
ODD(number)
Parameters
number Required. The value to round.
Return value
Returns number rounded up to the nearest odd integer.
Remarks
If number is nonnumeric, ODD returns the #VALUE! error value.
Regardless of the sign of number, a value is rounded up when adjusted away from zero. If number is an odd
integer, no rounding occurs.
Example
=ODD(1.5) Rounds 1.5 up to the nearest odd 3

integer.
=ODD(3) Rounds 3 up to the nearest odd integer. 3
=ODD(2) Rounds 2 up to the nearest odd integer. 3
=ODD(-1) Rounds -1 up to the nearest odd -1

integer.
=ODD(-2) Rounds -2 up (away from 0) to the -3

nearest odd integer.
PI
Returns the value of Pi, 3.14159265358979, accurate to 15 digits.
Syntax
PI()
Return value
A decimal number with the value of Pi, 3.14159265358979, accurate to 15 digits.
Remarks
Pi is a mathematical constant. In DAX, Pi is represented as a real number accurate to 15 digits, the same as Excel.
Example
The following formula calculates the area of a circle given the radius in the column, [Radius] .
=PI()*([Radius]*2)
See also
POWER
Returns the result of a number raised to a power.
Syntax
POWER(<number>, <power>)
Parameters
number The base number, which can be any real number.
power The exponent to which the base number is raised.
Return value
A decimal number.
Example
=POWER(5,2)
See also
PRODUCT
Returns the product of the numbers in a column.

To return the product of an expression evaluated for each row in a table, use PRODUCTX function (DAX).
Syntax
PRODUCT(<column>)
Parameters
column The column that contains the numbers for which the product
is to be computed.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
Only the numbers in the column are counted. Blanks, logical values, and text are ignored.
PRODUCT( Table[Column] ) is equivalent to PRODUCTX( Table, Table[Column] )
Example
The following computes the product of the AdjustedRates column in an Annuity table:
=PRODUCT( Annuity[AdjustedRates] )
See also
PRODUCTX function (DAX)
PRODUCTX
Returns the product of an expression evaluated for each row in a table.

To return the product of the numbers in a column, use PRODUCT function (DAX).
Syntax
PRODUCTX(<table>, <expression>)
Parameters
table The table containing the rows for which the expression will be
evaluated.
expression The expression to be evaluated for each row of the table.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
The PRODUCTX function takes as its first argument a table, or an expression that returns a table. The second
argument is a column that contains the numbers for which you want to compute the product, or an expression
that evaluates to a column.
Example
The following computes the future value of an investment:
= [PresentValue] * PRODUCTX( AnnuityPeriods, 1+[FixedInterestRate] )
See also
PRODUCT function (DAX)
QUOTIENT
Performs division and returns only the integer portion of the division result. Use this function when you want to
discard the remainder of division.
Syntax
QUOTIENT(<numerator>, <denominator>)
Parameters
numerator The dividend, or number to divide.
denominator The divisor, or number to divide by.
Return value
A whole number.
Remarks
If either argument is non-numeric, QUOTIENT returns the #VALUE! error value.
You can use a column reference instead of a literal value for either argument. However, if the column that you
reference contains a 0 (zero), an error is returned for the entire column of values.
Example
The following formulas return the same result, 2.
=QUOTIENT(5,2)
=QUOTIENT(10/2,2)
See also
RADIANS
Converts degrees to radians.
Syntax
RADIANS(angle)
Parameters
angle Required. An angle in degrees that you want to convert.
Example
=RADIANS(270) 270 degrees as radians (4.712389 or 4.712389

3π/2 radians)
RAND
Returns a random number greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1, evenly distributed. The number that is
returned changes each time the cell containing this function is recalculated.
Syntax
RAND()
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
Recalculation depends on various factors, including whether the workbook is set to Manual or Automatic
recalculation mode, and whether data has been refreshed. This is different from Microsoft Excel, where you can
control when RAND generates a new random number by turning off recalculation.
RAND and other volatile functions that do not have fixed values are not always recalculated. For example, execution
of a query or filtering will usually not cause such functions to be re-evaluated. However, the results for these
functions will be recalculated when the entire column is recalculated. These situations include refresh from an
external data source or manual editing of data that causes re-evaluation of formulas that contain these functions.
Moreover, RAND is always recalculated if the function is used in the definition of a measure.
Also, in such contexts the RAND function cannot return a result of zero, to prevent errors such as division by zero.
Example
To generate a random real number between two other numbers, you can use a formula like the following:
= RAND()*(int1-int2)+int1
See also
RANDBETWEEN
Returns a random number in the range between two numbers you specify.
Syntax
RANDBETWEEN(<bottom>,<top>)
Parameters
Bottom The smallest integer the function will return.
Top The largest integer the function will return.
Return value
A whole number.
Remarks
Example
The following formula returns a random number between 1 and 10.
=RANDBETWEEN(1,10)
See also
ROUND
Rounds a number to the specified number of digits.
Syntax
ROUND(<number>, <num_digits>)
Parameters
number The number you want to round.
num_digits The number of digits to which you want to round. A negative

value rounds digits to the left of the decimal point; a value of
zero rounds to the nearest integer.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
If num_digits is greater than 0 (zero), then number is rounded to the specified number of decimal places.
If num_digits is 0, the number is rounded to the nearest integer.
If num_digits is less than 0, the number is rounded to the left of the decimal point.
Related functions
To always round up (away from zero), use the ROUNDUP function.
To always round down (toward zero), use the ROUNDDOWN function.
To round a number to a specific multiple (for example, to round to the nearest multiple of 0.5), use the MROUND
function.
You can use the functions TRUNC and INT to obtain the integer portion of the number.
Example
The following formula rounds 2.15 up, to one decimal place. The expected result is 2.2.
=ROUND(2.15,1)
Example
The following formula rounds 21.5 to one decimal place to the left of the decimal point. The expected result is 20.
=ROUND(21.5,-1)
See also
INT function (DAX)
TRUNC function (DAX)
ROUNDDOWN
Rounds a number down, toward zero.
Syntax
ROUNDDOWN(<number>, <num_digits>)
Parameters
number A real number that you want rounded down.
num_digits The number of digits to which you want to round. Negative

rounds to the left of the decimal point; zero to the nearest
integer.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
If num_digits is greater than 0 (zero), then the value in number is rounded down to the specified number of
decimal places.
If num_digits is 0, then the value in number is rounded down to the nearest integer.
If num_digits is less than 0, then the value in number is rounded down to the left of the decimal point.
Related functions
ROUNDDOWN behaves like ROUND, except that it always rounds a number down. The INT function also rounds
down, but with INT the result is always an integer, whereas with ROUNDDOWN you can control the precision of
the result.
Example
The following example rounds 3.14159 down to three decimal places. The expected result is 3.141.
=ROUNDDOWN(3.14159,3)
Example
The following example rounds the value of 31415.92654 down to 2 decimal places to the left of the decimal. The
expected result is 31400.
=ROUNDDOWN(31415.92654, -2)
See also
INT function (DAX)
ROUNDUP
Rounds a number up, away from 0 (zero).
Syntax
ROUNDUP(<number>, <num_digits>)
Parameters
number A real number that you want to round up.
num_digits The number of digits to which you want to round. A negative

value for num_digits rounds to the left of the decimal point;
if num_digits is zero or is omitted, number is rounded to
the nearest integer.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
ROUNDUP behaves like ROUND, except that it always rounds a number up.
If num_digits is greater than 0 (zero), then the number is rounded up to the specified number of decimal
places.
If num_digits is 0, then number is rounded up to the nearest integer.
If num_digits is less than 0, then number is rounded up to the left of the decimal point.
Related functions
ROUNDUP behaves like ROUND, except that it always rounds a number up.
Example
The following formula rounds Pi to four decimal places. The expected result is 3.1416.
=ROUNDUP(PI(),4)
Example: Decimals as Second Argument

Description
The following formula rounds 1.3 to the nearest multiple of 0.2. The expected result is 2.
Code
=ROUNDUP(1.3,0.2)
Example: Negative Number as Second Argument

Description
The following formula rounds the value in the column, FreightCost , with the expected results shown in the
following table:
Code
=ROUNDUP([Values],-1)
Comments
When num_digits is less than zero, the number of places to the left of the decimal sign is increased by the value
you specify.
F REIGH TC O ST EXP EC T ED RESULT
13.25 20
2.45 10
25.56 30
1.34 10
345.01 350
See also
INT function (DAX)
SIGN
Determines the sign of a number, the result of a calculation, or a value in a column. The function returns 1 if the
number is positive, 0 (zero) if the number is zero, or -1 if the number is negative.
Syntax
SIGN(<number>)
Parameters
number Any real number, a column that contains numbers, or an

expression that evaluates to a number.
Return value
A whole number. The possible Return values are 1, 0, and -1.
RET URN VA L UE DESC RIP T IO N
1 The number is positive
0 The number is zero
-1 The number is negative
Example
The following formula returns the sign of the result of the expression that calculates sale price minus cost.
=SIGN( ([Sale Price] - [Cost]) )
See also
SQRT
Returns the square root of a number.
Syntax
SQRT(<number>)
Parameters
number The number for which you want the square root, a column
that contains numbers, or an expression that evaluates to a
number.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
If the number is negative, the SQRT function returns an error.
Example
The following formula returns 5.
=SQRT(25)
See also
SUM
Adds all the numbers in a column.
Syntax
SUM(<column>)
Parameters
column The column that contains the numbers to sum.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
If you want to filter the values that you are summing, you can use the SUMX function and specify an expression to
sum over.
Example
The following example adds all the numbers that are contained in the column, Amt, from the table, Sales.
=SUM(Sales[Amt])
See also
SUMX function (DAX)
SUMX
Returns the sum of an expression evaluated for each row in a table.
Syntax
SUMX(<table>, <expression>)
Parameters
evaluated.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
The SUMX function takes as its first argument a table, or an expression that returns a table. The second argument is
a column that contains the numbers you want to sum, or an expression that evaluates to a column.
To see some more complex examples of SUMX in formulas, see ALL function (DAX) and CALCULATETABLE function
(DAX).
Example
The following example first filters the table, InternetSales, on the expression, ShippingTerritoryID = 5 , and then
returns the sum of all values in the column, Freight. In other words, the expression returns the sum of freight
charges for only the specified sales area.
=SUMX(FILTER(InternetSales, InternetSales[SalesTerritoryID]=5),[Freight])
If you do not need to filter the column, use the SUM function. The SUM function is similar to the Excel function of
the same name, except that it takes a column as a reference.
See also
SUM function (DAX)
TRUNC
Truncates a number to an integer by removing the decimal, or fractional, part of the number.
Syntax
TRUNC(<number>,<num_digits>)
Parameters
number The number you want to truncate.
num_digits A number specifying the precision of the truncation; if

omitted, 0 (zero)
Return value
A whole number.
Remarks
TRUNC and INT are similar in that both return integers. TRUNC removes the fractional part of the number. INT
rounds numbers down to the nearest integer based on the value of the fractional part of the number. INT and
TRUNC are different only when using negative numbers: TRUNC(-4.3) returns -4, but INT(-4.3) returns -5
because -5 is the smaller number.
Example
The following formula returns 3, the integer part of pi.
=TRUNC(PI())
Example
The following formula returns -8, the integer part of -8.9.
=TRUNC(-8.9)
See also
INT function (DAX)
Other functions
These functions perform unique actions that cannot be defined by any of the categories.
In this category
CONVERT Converts an expression of one data type to another.
DATATABLE Provides a mechanism for declaring an inline set of data

values.
ERROR Raises an error with an error message.
EXCEPT Returns the rows of one table which do not appear in another
table.
GENERATESERIES Returns a single column table containing the values of an

arithmetic series.
GROUPBY Similar to the SUMMARIZE function,GROUPBY does not do an

implicit CALCULATE for any extension columns that it adds.
INTERSECT Returns the row intersection of two tables, retaining

duplicates.
ISEMPTY Checks if a table is empty.
ISSELECTEDMEASURE Used by expressions for calculation items to determine the

measure that is in context is one of those specified in a list of
measures.
NATURALINNERJOIN Performs an inner join of a table with another table.
NATURALLEFTOUTERJOIN Performs an inner join of a table with another table.
SELECTEDMEASURE Used by expressions for calculation items to reference the

measure that is in context.
SELECTEDMEASUREFORMATSTRING Used by expressions for calculation items to retrieve the

format string of the measure that is in context.
SELECTEDMEASURENAME Used by expressions for calculation items to determine the

measure that is in context by name.
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS Returns a summary table over a set of groups.
Table Constructor (DAX) Returns a table of one or more columns.

TREATAS Applies the result of a table expression as filters to columns

from an unrelated table.
UNION Creates a union (join) table from a pair of tables.

CONVERT
Converts an expression of one data type to another.
Syntax
CONVERT(<Expression>, <Datatype>)
Parameters
Expression Any valid expression.
Datatype An enumeration that includes: INTEGER(Whole Number),

DOUBLE(Decimal Number), STRING(Text),
BOOLEAN(True/False), CURRENCY(Fixed Decimal Number),
DATETIME(Date, Time, etc).
Return value
Returns the value of , translated to .
Remarks
The function returns an error when a value cannot be converted to the specified data type.
DAX calculated columns must be of a single data type. Since MEDIAN and MEDIANX functions over an integer
column return mixed data types, either integer or double, the following calculated column expression will return an
error as a result: MedianNumberCarsOwned = MEDIAN(DimCustomer[NumberCarsOwned])
To avoid mixed data types, change the expression to always return the double data type, for example:
MedianNumberCarsOwned = MEDIANX(DimCustomer, CONVERT([NumberCarsOwned], DOUBLE))
Example
DAX query
EVALUATE { CONVERT(DATE(1900, 1, 1), INTEGER) }
Returns
[ VA L UE]
2
DATATABLE
Provides a mechanism for declaring an inline set of data values.
Syntax
DATATABLE (ColumnName1, DataType1, ColumnName2, DataType2..., {{Value1, Value2...}, {ValueN, ValueN+1...}...})
Parameters
ColumnName Any DAX expression that returns a table.
DataType An enumeration that includes: INTEGER, DOUBLE, STRING,

BOOLEAN, CURRENCY, DATETIME
Value A single argument using Excel syntax for a one dimensional

array constant, nested to provide an array of arrays. This
argument represents the set of data values that will be in the
table
For example,
{ {values in row1}, {values in row2}, {values in row3}, etc. }
Where {values in row1} is a comma delimited set of constant
expressions, namely a combination of constants, combined
with a handful of basic functions including DATE, TIME, and
BLANK, as well as a plus operator between DATE and TIME
and a unary minus operator so that negative values can be
expressed.
The following are all valid values: 3, -5, BLANK(), "2009-04-15

02:45:21". Values may not refer to anything outside the
immediate expression, and cannot refer to columns, tables,
relationships, or anything else.
A missing value will be treated identically to BLANK(). For

example, the following are the same: {1,2,BLANK(),4} {1,2,,4}
Return value
A table declaring an inline set of values.
Remarks
Unlike DATATABLE, Table Constructor allows any scalar expressions as input values.
Example
=DataTable("Name", STRING,
"Region", STRING
,{
{" User1","East"},
{" User2","East"},
{" User3","West"},
{" User4","West"},
{" User4","East"}
}
)
ERROR
Raises an error with an error message.
Syntax
ERROR(<text>)
Parameters
text A text string containing an error message.
Return value
None
Remarks
The ERROR function can be placed in a DAX expression anywhere a scalar value is expected.
Examples
Example 1
DEFINE
MEASURE DimProduct[Measure] =
IF(
SELECTEDVALUE(DimProduct[Color]) = "Red",
ERROR("red color encountered"),
SELECTEDVALUE(DimProduct[Color])
)
EVALUATE SUMMARIZECOLUMNS(DimProduct[Color], "Measure", [Measure])
ORDER BY [Color]
Fails and raises and error message containing “red color encountered”.
Example 2
DEFINE
MEASURE DimProduct[Measure] =
IF(
SELECTEDVALUE(DimProduct[Color]) = "Magenta",
ERROR("magenta color encountered"),
SELECTEDVALUE(DimProduct[Color])
)
EVALUATE SUMMARIZECOLUMNS(DimProduct[Color], "Measure", [Measure])
ORDER BY [Color]
Returns the following table:
DIM P RO DUC T [ C O LO R] [ M EA SURE]
Black Black
Blue Blue
Grey Grey
Multi Multi
NA NA
Red Red
Silver Silver
Silver\Black Silver\Black
White White
Yellow Yellow
Because Magenta is not one of the product colors, the ERROR function is not executed.
EXCEPT
Returns the rows of one table which do not appear in another table.
Syntax
EXCEPT(<table_expression1>, <table_expression2>
Parameters
Table_expression Any DAX expression that returns a table.
Return value
A table that contains the rows of one table minus all the rows of another table.
Remarks
If a row appears at all in both tables, it and its duplicates are not present in the result set. If a row appears in only
table_expression1, it and its duplicates will appear in the result set.
The column names will match the column names in table_expression1.
The returned table has lineage based on the columns in table_expression1 , regardless of the lineage of the
columns in the second table. For example, if the first column of first table_expression has lineage to the base
column C1 in the model, the Except will reduce the rows based on the availability of values in the first column of
second table_expression and keep the lineage on base column C1 intact.
The two tables must have the same number of columns.
Columns are compared based on positioning, and data comparison with no type coercion.
The set of rows returned depends on the order of the two expressions.
The returned table does not include columns from tables related to table_expression1.
Example
States1
STAT E
B
STAT E
States2
STAT E
Except(States1, States2)
STAT E
Except(States2, States1)
STAT E
E
GENERATESERIES
Returns a single column table containing the values of an arithmetic series, that is, a sequence of values in which
each differs from the preceding by a constant quantity. The name of the column returned is Value.
Syntax
GENERATESERIES(<startValue>, <endValue>[, <incrementValue>])
Parameters
startValue The initial value used to generate the sequence.
endValue The end value used to generate the sequence.
incrementValue (Optional) The increment value of the sequence. When not

provided, the default value is 1.
Return value
A single column table containing the values of an arithmetic series. The name of the column is Value.
Remarks
When startValue is less than endValue, an empty table is returned.
incrementValue must be a positive value.
The sequence stops at the last value that is less than or equal to endValue.
Examples
Example 1
EVALUATE GENERATESERIES(1, 5)
Returns the following table with a single column:
[ VA L UE]
2
[ VA L UE]
Example 2
EVALUATE GENERATESERIES(1.2, 2.4, 0.4)
[ VA L UE]
1.2
1.6
2.4
Example 3
EVALUATE GENERATESERIES(CURRENCY(10), CURRENCY(12.4), CURRENCY(0.5))
[ VA L UE]
10
10.5
11
11.5
12
GROUPBY
The GROUPBY function is similar to the SUMMARIZE function. However, GROUPBY does not do an implicit
CALCULATE for any extension columns that it adds. GROUPBY permits a new function, CURRENTGROUP(), to be
used inside aggregation functions in the extension columns that it adds. GROUPBY attempts to reuse the data that
has been grouped making it highly performant.
Syntax
GROUPBY (<table>, [<groupBy_columnName1>], [<name>, <expression>]… )
Parameters
groupBy_columnName The name of an existing column in the table (or in a related

table,) by which the data is to be grouped. This parameter
name The name given to a new column that is being added to the
list of GroupBy columns, enclosed in double quotes.
the expression is to be evaluated for each set of GroupBy
values.
Note: The expression used in GroupBy may include any of the

“X” aggregation functions, such as SUMX, AVERAGEX, MINX,
MAXX, etc. and when one of these function is used in this way,
we allow the table argument (which normally must be a table
expression) to be replaced by a special CURRENTGROUP()
function as described elsewhere in this document.
Restrictions on expression:
- The CALCULATE function (and therefore measures) are not

allowed in the expression.
- The CURRENTGROUP function may only be used at the top
level of table scans in the expression. That is,
SUMX(<table>,SUMX(CURRENTGROUP(…), …)) is not allowed.
ABS( SUMX(CURRENTGROUP(), [Column] ) ) is allowed, since
ABS does not perform a scan.
Return value
A table with the selected columns for the groupBy_columnName arguments and the grouped by columns
designated by the name arguments.
Remarks
The GROUPBY function does the following:
1. Start with the specified table (and all related tables in the “to-one” direction).
2. Create a grouping using all of the GroupBy columns (which are required to exist in the table from step #1.).
3. Each group is one row in the result, but represents a set of rows in the original table.
4. For each group, evaluate the extension columns being added. Unlike the SUMMARIZE function, an implied
CALCULATE is not performed, and the group isn’t placed into the filter context.
Notes:
Each column for which you define a name must have a corresponding expression; otherwise, an error is
returned. The first argument, name, defines the name of the column in the results. The second argument,
expression, defines the calculation performed to obtain the value for each row in that column.
groupBy_columnName must be either in table or in a related table.
Each name must be enclosed in double quotation marks.
The function groups a selected set of rows into a set of summary rows by the values of one or more
groupBy_columnName columns. One row is returned for each group.
Options
CURRENTGROUP()
CURRENTGROUP can only be used in an expression that defines a column within the GROUPBY function. In-effect,
CURRENTGROUP returns a set of rows from the “table” argument of GROUPBY that belong to the current row of
the GROUPBY result. The CURRENTGROUP function takes no arguments and is only supported as the first
argument to one of the following aggregation functions: AverageX, CountAX, CountX, GeoMeanX, MaxX, MinX,
ProductX, StDevX.S, StDevX.P, SumX, VarX.S, VarX.P.
Example
Assume a data model has four tables: Sales, Customer, Product, Geography where Sales is on the “many” side of a
relationship to each of the other three tables.
GROUPBY (
Sales,
Geography[Country],
Product[Category],
“Total Sales”, SUMX( CURRENTGROUP(), Sales[Price] * Sales[Qty])
)
This will start with the Sales table, extended with all the columns from all the related tables.Then it will build a
result with three columns.
The first column is each of the countries for which there is a sale.
The second column is each product category for which there is a sale in that country.
The third column is the sum of sales amount (as calculated from price*qty) for the selected country and
product category.
Suppose we’ve built the previous result. We can use GROUPBY again, to find the maximum category sales figure
within each country as shown here.
DEFINE
VAR SalesByCountryAndCategory =
GROUPBY (
Sales,
Geography[Country],
Product[Category],
“Total Sales”, SUMX( CURRENTGROUP(), Sales[Price] * Sales[Qty])
)
Evaluate GROUPBY (
SalesByCountryAndCategory,
Geography[Country],
“Max Sales”, MAXX( CURRENTGROUP(), [Total Sales])
)
See also
SUMMARIZE function (DAX)
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS function (DAX)
INTERSECT
Returns the row intersection of two tables, retaining duplicates.
Syntax
INTERSECT(<table_expression1>, <table_expression2>)
Parameters
Table_expression Any DAX expression that returns a table.
Return value
A table that contains all the rows in table_expression1 that are also in table_expression2
Exceptions
Remarks
Intersect is not commutative. In general, Intersect(T1, T2) will have a different result set than Intersect(T2, T1).
Duplicate rows are retained. If a row appears in table_expression1 and table_expression2, it and all duplicates in
table_expression_1 are included in the result set.
The column names will match the column names in table_expression1.
The returned table has lineage based on the columns in table_expression1 , regardless of the lineage of the
columns in the second table. For example, if the first column of first table_expression has lineage to the base
column C1 in the model, the intersect will reduce the rows based on the intersect on first column of second
table_expression and keep the lineage on base column C1 intact.
Columns are compared based on positioning, and data comparison with no type coercion.
The returned table does not include columns from tables related to table_expression1.
Example
States1
STAT E
B
STAT E
States2
STAT E
Intersect(States1, States2)
STAT E
Intersect(States2, States1)
STAT E
C
STAT E
D
ISEMPTY
Checks if a table is empty.
Syntax
ISEMPTY(<table_expression>)
Parameters
table_expression A table reference or a DAX expression that returns a table.
Return value
True if the table is empty (has no rows), if else, False.
Example
For the below table named ‘Info’:
C O UN T RY STAT E C O UN T Y TOTA L
IND JK 20 800
IND MH 25 1000
IND WB 10 900
USA CA 5 500
USA WA 10 900
EVALUATE
ROW(“Any countries with count > 25?”, NOT(ISEMPTY(FILTER(Info, [Count]>25)))
Return value: FALSE

ISSELECTEDMEASURE
Used by expressions for calculation items to determine the measure that is in context is one of those specified in a
list of measures.
NOTE
This function currently applies only to SQL Server 2019 Analysis Services CTP 2.3 and later.
Syntax
ISSELECTEDMEASURE( M1, M2, ... )
Parameters
M1, M2, ... A list of measures.
Return value
A Boolean indicating whether the measure that is currently in context is one of those specified in the list of
parameters.
Remarks
Can only be referenced in the expression for a calculation item.
Example
The following calculation item expression checks if the current measure is one of those specified in the list of
parameters. If the measures are renamed, formula fixup will reflect the name changes in the expression.
IF (
ISSELECTEDMEASURE ( [Expense Ratio 1], [Expense Ratio 2] ),
SELECTEDMEASURE (),
DIVIDE ( SELECTEDMEASURE (), COUNTROWS ( DimDate ) )
)
See also
SELECTEDMEASURE
SELECTEDMEASURENAME
NATURALINNERJOIN
Performs an inner join of a table with another table. The tables are joined on common columns (by name) in the
two tables. If the two tables have no common column names, an error is returned.
Syntax
NATURALINNERJOIN(<leftJoinTable>, <rightJoinTable>)
Parameters
leftJoinTable A table expression defining the table on the left side of the
join.
rightJoinTable A table expression defining the table on the right side of the
join.
Return value
A table which includes only rows for which the values in the common columns specified are present in both tables.
The table returned will have the common columns from the left table and other columns from both the tables.
Remarks
There is no sort order guarantee for the results.
Columns being joined on must have the same data type in both tables.
Only columns from the same source table (have the same lineage) are joined on. For example, Products[ProductID],
WebSales[ProductdID], StoreSales[ProductdID] with many-to-one relationships between WebSales and StoreSales
and the Products table based on the ProductID column, WebSales and StoreSales tables are joined on [ProductID].
Strict comparison semantics are used during join. There is no type coercion; for example, 1 does not equal 1.0.
NATURALLEFTOUTERJOIN
Performs an inner join of a table with another table. The tables are joined on common columns (by name) in the
two tables. If the two tables have no common column names, an error is returned.
Syntax
NATURALLEFTOUTERJOIN(<leftJoinTable>, <rightJoinTable>)
Parameters
leftJoinTable A table expression defining the table on the left side of the
join.
rightJoinTable A table expression defining the table on the right side of the
join.
Return value
A table which includes only rows from rightJoinTable for which the values in the common columns specified are
also present in leftJoinTable. The table returned will have the common columns from the left table and the other
columns from both the tables.
Remarks
There is no sort order guarantee for the results.
Columns being joined on must have the same data type in both tables.
Only columns from the same source table (have the same lineage) are joined on. For example, Products[ProductID],
WebSales[ProductdID], StoreSales[ProductdID] with many-to-one relationships between WebSales and StoreSales
and the Products table based on the ProductID column, WebSales and StoreSales tables are joined on [ProductID].
Strict comparison semantics are used during join. There is no type coercion; for example, 1 does not equal 1.0.
SELECTEDMEASURE
Used by expressions for calculation items to reference the measure that is in context.
NOTE
Syntax
SELECTEDMEASURE()
Parameters
None
Return value
A reference to the measure that is currently in context when the calculation item is evaluated.
Remarks
Example
The following calculation item expression calculates the year-to-date for whatever the measure is in context.
CALCULATE(SELECTEDMEASURE(), DATESYTD(DimDate[Date]))
See also
SELECTEDMEASURENAME
ISSELECTEDMEASURE
SELECTEDMEASUREFORMATSTRING
Used by expressions for calculation items to retrieve the format string of the measure that is in context.
NOTE
Syntax
SELECTEDMEASUREFORMATSTRING()
Parameters
None
Return value
A string holding the format string of the measure that is currently in context when the calculation item is evaluated.
Remarks
This function can only be referenced in expressions for calculation items in calculation groups. It is designed to be
used by the Format String Expression property of calculation items.
Example
The following expression is evaluated by the Format String Expression property for a calculation item. If there is a
single currency in filter context, the format string is retrieved from the DimCurrency[FormatString] column;
otherwise the format string of the measure in context is used.
SELECTEDVALUE( DimCurrency[FormatString], SELECTEDMEASUREFORMATSTRING() )
See also
SELECTEDMEASURE
ISSELECTEDMEASURE
SELECTEDMEASURENAME
Used by expressions for calculation items to determine the measure that is in context by name.
NOTE
Syntax
SELECTEDMEASURENAME()
Parameters
None
Return value
A string value holding the name of the measure that is currently in context when the calculation item is evaluated.
Remarks
This function is often used for debugging purposes when authoring calculation groups.
Example
The following calculation item expression checks if the current measure is Expense Ratio and conditionally applies
calculation logic. Since the check is based on a string comparison, it is not subject to formula fixup and will not
benefit from object renaming being automatically reflected. For a similar comparison that would benefit from
formula fixup, please see the ISSLECTEDMEASURE function instead.
IF (
SELECTEDMEASURENAME = "Expense Ratio",
SELECTEDMEASURE (),
DIVIDE ( SELECTEDMEASURE (), COUNTROWS ( DimDate ) )
)
See also
SELECTEDMEASURE
ISSELECTEDMEASURE
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS
Returns a summary table over a set of groups.
Syntax
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS( <groupBy_columnName> [, < groupBy_columnName >]…, [<filterTable>]…[, <name>, <expression>]…)
Parameters
groupBy_columnName A fully qualified column reference (Table[Column]) to a base

table for which the distinct values are included in the returned
table. Each groupBy_columnName column is cross-joined
(different tables) or auto-existed (same table) with the
subsequent specified columns.
filterTable A table expression which is added to the filter context of all

columns specified as groupBy_columnName arguments. The
values present in the filter table are used to filter before cross-
join/auto-exist is performed.
name A string representing the column name to use for the

subsequent expression specified.
expression Any DAX expression that returns a single value (not a table).
Return value
A table which includes combinations of values from the supplied columns, based on the grouping specified. Only
rows for which at least one of the supplied expressions return a non-blank value are included in the table returned.
If all expressions evaluate to BLANK/NULL for a row, that row is not included in the table returned.
Remarks
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS does not guarantee any sort order for the results.
A column cannot be specified more than once in the groupBy_columnName parameter. For example, the following
formulas are invalid.
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS( Sales[StoreId], Sales[StoreId] )
Filter context
Consider the following query:
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS ( 'Sales Territory'[Category], FILTER('Customer', 'Customer' [First Name] = “Alicia”) )

In this query, without a measure the groupBy columns do not contain any columns from the Filter expression (i.e.
from Customer table). The filter is not applied to the groupBy columns. The Sales Territory and the Customer table
may be indirectly related through the Reseller sales fact table. Since they're not directly related, the filter
expression is a no-op and the groupBy columns are not impacted.
However, with this query:
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS ( 'Sales Territory'[Category], 'Customer' [Education], FILTER('Customer', 'Customer'[First

Name] = “Alicia”) )
The groupBy columns contain a column which is impacted by the filter and that filter is applied to the groupBy
results.
Options
IGNORE
The IGNORE() syntax can be used to modify the behavior of the SUMMARIZECOLUMNS function by omitting
specific expressions from the BLANK/NULL evaluation. Rows for which all expressions not using IGNORE return
BLANK/NULL will be excluded independent of whether the expressions which do use IGNORE evaluate to
BLANK/NULL or not.
Syntax
IGNORE(<expression>)
With SUMMARIZECOLUMNS
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS(<groupBy_columnName>[, < groupBy_columnName >]…, [<filterTable>]…[, <name>, IGNORE(…)]…)
Parameters
expression Any DAX expression that returns a single value (not a table).
Return value
This function does not return a value.
Remarks
IGNORE can be used as an expression argument to SUMMARIZECOLUMNS.
Example
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS( Sales[CustomerId], "Total Qty", IGNORE( SUM( Sales[Qty] ) ), “BlankIfTotalQtyIsNot3”, IF(

SUM( Sales[Qty] )=3, 3 ) )
This rolls up the Sales[CustomerId] column, creating a subtotal for all customers in the given grouping. Without
IGNORE, the result is:
C USTO M ERID TOTA LQT Y B L A N K IF TOTA LQT Y ISN OT 3
A 5
B 3 3
C 3 3
With IGNORE
B 3 3
C 3 3
All expression ignored
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS( Sales[CustomerId], "Blank", IGNORE( Blank() ), “BlankIfTotalQtyIsNot5”, IGNORE( IF( SUM(

Sales[Qty] )=5, 5 ) ) )
Even though both expressions return blank for some rows, they're included since there are no non-ignored
expressions which return blank.
A 5
NONVISUAL
Marks a value filter in SUMMARIZECOLUMNS function as not affecting measure values, but only applying to
group-by columns.
Syntax
NONVISUAL(<expression>)
Return value
A table of values.
Example
DEFINE
MEASURE FactInternetSales[Sales] = SUM(FactInternetSales[Sales Amount])
EVALUATE
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS
(
DimDate[CalendarYear],
NONVISUAL(TREATAS({2007, 2008}, DimDate[CalendarYear])),
"Sales", [Sales],
"Visual Total Sales", CALCULATE([Sales], ALLSELECTED(DimDate[CalendarYear]))
)
ORDER BY [CalendarYear]
Result
Returns the result where [Visual Total Sales] is the total across all years:
DIM DAT E[ C A L EN DA RY EA R] [ SA L ES] [ VISUA L TOTA L SA L ES]
2007 9,791,060.30 29,358,677.22
2008 9,770,899.74 29,358,677.22
In contrast, the same query without the NONVISUAL function:
DEFINE
MEASURE FactInternetSales[Sales] = SUM(FactInternetSales[Sales Amount])
EVALUATE
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS
(
DimDate[CalendarYear],
TREATAS({2007, 2008}, DimDate[CalendarYear]),
"Sales", [Sales],
"Visual Total Sales", CALCULATE([Sales], ALLSELECTED(DimDate[CalendarYear]))
)
ORDER BY [CalendarYear]
Result
Returns the result where [Visual Total Sales] is the total across the two selected years:
DIM DAT E[ C A L EN DA RY EA R] [ SA L ES] [ VISUA L TOTA L SA L ES]
2007 9,791,060.30 19,561,960.04
2008 9,770,899.74 19,561,960.04
ROLLUPADDISSUBTOTAL ()
The addition of the ROLLUPADDISSUBTOTAL() syntax modifies the behavior of the SUMMARIZECOUMNS function
by adding roll-up/subtotal rows to the result based on the groupBy_columnName columns.
Syntax
ROLLUPADDISSUBTOTAL ( [<filter> …, ] <groupBy_columnName>, <isSubtotal_columnName>[, <filter> …][,

<groupBy_columnName >, <isSubtotal_columnName>[, <filter> …]…] )
Parameters
groupBy_columnName The qualified name of an existing column to be used to create

summary groups based on the values found in it. This
parameter cannot be an expression.
isSubtotal_columnName The name of the Boolean column to be added to the result,

indicating whether or not a row is a subtotal over the
groupBy column (or columns when used with
ROLLUPGROUP). This value is calculated using the
ISSUBTOTAL function.
filter A table expression which is added to the filter context at the

current grouping level. A filter before the first group-by
column is applied at the grand total level.
Return value
The function does not return a value. It only specifies the set of columns to be subtotaled.
Example
Single subtotal
DEFINE
VAR vCategoryFilter =
TREATAS({"Accessories", "Clothing"}, Product[Category])
VAR vSubcategoryFilter =
TREATAS({"Bike Racks", "Mountain Bikes"}, Product[Subcategory])
EVALUATE
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS
(
ROLLUPADDISSUBTOTAL
(
Product[Category], "IsCategorySubtotal", vCategoryFilter,
Product[Subcategory], "IsSubcategorySubtotal", vSubcategoryFilter
),
"Total Qty", SUM(Sales[Qty])
)
ORDER BY
[IsCategorySubtotal] DESC, [Category],
[IsSubcategorySubtotal] DESC, [Subcategory]
Result
ISC AT EGO RY SUBTOTA ISSUB C AT EGO RY SUBT

C AT EGO RY SUB C AT EGO RY L OTA L TOTA L QT Y
True True 60398
Accessories False True 36092
Accessories Bike Racks False False 328
Bikes Mountain Bikes False False 4970
Clothing False True 9101
Multiple subtotals
SUMMARIZECOUMNS ( Regions[State], ROLLUPADDISSUBTOTAL ( Sales[CustomerId], "IsCustomerSubtotal" ),

ROLLUPADDISSUBTOTAL ( Sales[Date], "IsDateSubtotal"), "Total Qty", SUM( Sales[Qty] ) )
Sales is grouped by state, by customer, by date, with subtotals for 1. Sales by state, by date 2. Sales by State, by
Customer 3. Rolled up on both customer and date leading to sales by state.
Result
ISC USTO M ERSUB

C USTO M ERID TOTA L STAT E TOTA L QT Y DAT E ISDAT ESUBTOTA L
A FALSE WA 5 7/10/2014
B FALSE WA 1 7/10/2014
ISC USTO M ERSUB
C USTO M ERID TOTA L STAT E TOTA L QT Y DAT E ISDAT ESUBTOTA L
B FALSE WA 2 7/11/2014
C FALSE OR 2 7/10/2014
C FALSE OR 1 7/11/2014
TRUE WA 6 7/10/2014
TRUE WA 2 7/11/2014
TRUE OR 2 7/10/2014
TRUE OR 1 7/11/2014
A FALSE WA 5 TRUE
B FALSE WA 3 TRUE
C FALSE OR 3 TRUE
TRUE WA 8 TRUE
TRUE OR 3 TRUE
ROLLUPGROUP()
Like with the SUMMARIZE function, ROLLUPGROUP can be used together with ROLLUPADDISSUBTOTAL to specify
which summary groups/granularities (subtotals) to include (reducing the number of subtotal rows returned).
Syntax
ROLLUPGROUP(<groupBy_columnName>, <groupBy_columnName>)
With ROLLUPADDISSUBTOTAL
ROLLUPADDISSUBTOTAL( ROLLUPGROUP(…), isSubtotal_columnName[, <groupBy_columnName>…] )
Parameters
groupBy_columnName The qualified name of an existing column to be used to create

summary groups based on the values found in it. The set of
group by columns supplied to ROLLUPGROUP function will
define the granularity to return subtotal rows for (same
behavior as when ROLLUP and ROLLUPGROUP are used with
the SUMMARIZE function). This parameter cannot be an
expression.
Return value
The function does not return a value. It marks a set of columns to be grouped during subtotaling by
ROLLUPADDISSUBTOTAL.
Remarks
ROLLUPGROUP can only be used as an groupBy_columnName argument to ROLLUPADDISSUBTOTAL or the
SUMMARIZE function.
Example
Multiple subtotals
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS( ROLLUPADDISSUBTOTAL( Sales[CustomerId], "IsCustomerSubtotal" ),

ROLLUPADDISSUBTOTAL(ROLLUPGROUP(Regions[City], Regions[State]), “IsCityStateSubtotal”),"Total Qty", SUM(
Sales[Qty] ) )
Still grouped by City and State, but rolled together when reporting a subtotal.
Result
ISC USTO M ERSUB ISC IT Y STAT ESUBT

STAT E C USTO M ERID TOTA L TOTA L QT Y C IT Y OTA L
WA A FALSE 2 Bellevue FALSE
WA B FALSE 2 Bellevue FALSE
WA A FALSE 3 Redmond FALSE
WA B FALSE 1 Redmond FALSE
OR C FALSE 3 Portland FALSE
WA TRUE 4 Bellevue FALSE
WA TRUE 4 Redmond FALSE
OR TRUE 3 Portland FALSE
A FALSE 5 FALSE
B FALSE 3 TRUE
C FALSE 3 TRUE
TRUE 11 TRUE
See also
SUMMARIZE function (DAX)
Table Constructor
Returns a table of one or more columns.
Syntax
{ <scalarExpr1>, <scalarExpr2>, … }
{ ( <scalarExpr1>, <scalarExpr2>, … ), ( <scalarExpr1>, <scalarExpr2>, … ), … }
Parameters
scalarExprN Any DAX expression that returns a scalar value.
Return value
A table of one or more columns. When there is only one column, the name of the column is Value. When there are
N columns where N > 1, the names of the columns from left to right are Value1, Value2, …, ValueN.
Remarks
The first syntax returns a table of a single column. The second syntax returns a table of one or more columns.
The number of scalar expressions must be the same for all rows.
When the data types of the values for a column are different in different rows, all values are converted to a
common data type.
Examples
Example 1
The following DAX queries:
EVALUATE { 1, 2, 3 }
and
EVALUATE { (1), (2), (3) }
Return the following table of a single column:
[ VA L UE]
1
[ VA L UE]
Example 2
EVALUATE
{
(1.5, DATE(2017, 1, 1), CURRENCY(199.99), "A"),
(2.5, DATE(2017, 1, 2), CURRENCY(249.99), "B"),
(3.5, DATE(2017, 1, 3), CURRENCY(299.99), "C")
}
[ VA L UE1] [ VA L UE2] [ VA L UE3] [ VA L UE4]
1.5 1/1/2017 199.99 A
Row2 1/2/2017 249.99 B
Row3 1/3/2017 299.99 C
Example 3
EVALUATE { 1, DATE(2017, 1, 1), TRUE, "A" }
Returns the following table of a single column of String data type:
[ VA L UE]
1/1/2017
TRUE
A
TREATAS
Applies the result of a table expression as filters to columns from an unrelated table.
Syntax
TREATAS(table_expression, <column>[, <column>[, <column>[,…]]]} )
Parameters
table_expression An expression that results in a table.
column One or more existing columns. It cannot be an expression.
Return value
A table that contains all the rows in column(s) that are also in table_expression.
Remarks
The number of columns specified must match the number of columns in the table expression and be in the same
order.
If a value returned in the table expression does not exist in the column, it is ignored. For example, TREATAS({"Red",
"Green", "Yellow"}, DimProduct[Color]) sets a filter on column DimProduct[Color] with three values "Red", "Green",
and "Yellow". If "Yellow" does not exist in DimProduct[Color], the effective filter values would are "Red" and "Green".
Best for use when a relationship does not exist between the tables.
Examples
In the following example, the model contains two unrelated product tables. If a user applies a filter to
DimProduct1[ProductCategory] selecting Bikes, Seats, Tires, the same filter, Bikes, Seats, Tires is applied to
DimProduct2[ProductCategory].
CALCULATE(
SUM(Sales[Amount]),
TREATAS(VALUES(DimProduct1[ProductCategory]), DimProduct2[ProductCategory])
)
See also
INTERSECT function
FILTER function
UNION
Creates a union ( join) table from a pair of tables.
Syntax
UNION(<table_expression1>, <table_expression2> [,<table_expression>]…)
Parameters
table_expression Any DAX expression that returns a table.
Return value
A table that contains all the rows from each of the two table expressions.
Remarks
The two tables must have the same number of columns.
Columns are combined by position in their respective tables.
The column names in the return table will match the column names in table_expression1.
Duplicate rows are retained.
The returned table has lineage where possible. For example, if the first column of each table_expression has lineage
to the same base column C1 in the model, the first column in the UNION result will have lineage to C1. However, if
combined columns have lineage to different base columns, or if there is an extension column, the resulting column
in UNION will have no lineage.
When data types differ, the resulting data type is determined based on the rules for data type coercion.
The returned table will not contain columns from related tables.
Example
The following expression creates a union by combining the USAInventory table and the INDInventory table into a
single table:
UNION(UsaInventory, IndInventory)
USAInventor y
USA CA 5 500
USA WA 10 900
INDInventor y
IND JK 20 800
IND MH 25 1000
IND WB 10 900
Return table
USA CA 5 500
USA WA 10 900
IND JK 20 800
IND MH 25 1000
IND WB 10 900
Parent and Child functions
These functions manage data that is presented as parent/child hierarchies. To learn more, see Understanding
functions for Parent-Child Hierarchies in DAX.
In this category
PATH Returns a delimited text string with the identifiers of all the
parents of the current identifier.
PATHCONTAINS Returns TRUE if the specified item exists within the specified
path.
PATHITEM Returns the item at the specified position from a string

resulting from evaluation of a PATH function.
PATHITEMREVERSE Returns the item at the specified position from a string

resulting from evaluation of a PATH function.
PATHLENGTH Returns the number of parents to the specified item in a given

PATH result, including self.
Understanding functions for parent-child hierarchies
in DAX
DAX provides five functions to help users manage data that is presented as a parent-child hierarchy in their models.
With this functions a user can obtain the entire lineage of parents a row has, how many levels has the lineage to
the top parent, who is the parent n-levels above the current row, who is the n-descendant from the top of the
current row hierarchy and is certain parent a parent in the current row hierarchy?
Parent-child functions in DAX

The following table contains a Parent-Child hierarchy on the columns: EmployeeKey and ParentEmployeeKey
that is used in all the functions examples.
EM P LO Y EEK EY PA REN T EM P LO Y EEK EY
112
14 112
3 14
11 3
13 3
162 3
117 162
221 162
81 162
In the above table you can see that employee 112 has no parent defined, employee 14 has employee 112 as
manager (ParentEmployeeKey), employee 3 has employee 14 as manager and employees 11, 13, and 162 have
employee 3 as manager. The above helps to understand that employee 112 has no manager above her/him and
she/he is the top manager for all employees shown here; also, employee 3 reports to employee 14 and employees
11, 13, 162 report to 3.
The following table presents the available functions, a brief description of the function and an example of the
function over the same data shown above.
PATH function (DAX) - Returns a delimited text with the identifiers of all the parents to the current row, starting with
the oldest or top most until current.
EM P LO Y EEK EY PA REN T EM P LO Y EEK EY PAT H
112 112
EM P LO Y EEK EY PA REN T EM P LO Y EEK EY PAT H
14 112 112|14
3 14 112|14|3
11 3 112|14|3|11
13 3 112|14|3|13
162 3 112|14|3|162
117 162 112|14|3|162|117
221 162 112|14|3|162|221
81 162 112|14|3|162|81
PATHLENGTH function (DAX) - Returns the number of levels in a given PATH(), starting at current level until the
oldest or top most parent level. In the following example column PathLength is defined as ‘ =PATHLENGTH([Path]) ’;
the example includes all data from the Path() example to help understand how this function works.
EM P LO Y EEK EY PA REN T EM P LO Y EEK EY PAT H PAT H L EN GT H
112 112 1
14 112 112|14 2
3 14 112|14|3 3
11 3 112|14|3|11 4
13 3 112|14|3|13 4
162 3 112|14|3|162 4
117 162 112|14|3|162|117 5
221 162 112|14|3|162|221 5
81 162 112|14|3|162|81 5
PATHITEM function (DAX) - Returns the item at the specified position from a PATH() like result, counting from left to
right. In the following example column PathItem - 4th from left is defined as ‘ =PATHITEM([Path], 4) ’; this example
returns the EmployeKey at fourth position in the Path string from the left, using the same sample data from the
Path() example.
EM P LO Y EEK EY PA REN T EM P LO Y EEK EY PAT H PAT H IT EM - 4T H F RO M L EF T
112 112
14 112 112|14
EM P LO Y EEK EY PA REN T EM P LO Y EEK EY PAT H PAT H IT EM - 4T H F RO M L EF T
3 14 112|14|3
11 3 112|14|3|11 11
13 3 112|14|3|13 13
162 3 112|14|3|162 162
117 162 112|14|3|162|117 162
221 162 112|14|3|162|221 162
81 162 112|14|3|162|81 162
PATHITEMREVERSE function (DAX) - Returns the item at position from a PATH() like function result, counting
backwards from right to left.
In the following example column PathItemReverse - 3rd from right is defined as ‘ =PATHITEMREVERSE([Path], 3) ’; this
example returns the EmployeKey at third position in the Path string from the right, using the same sample data
from the Path() example.
PAT H IT EM REVERSE - 3RD

EM P LO Y EEK EY PA REN T EM P LO Y EEK EY PAT H F RO M RIGH T
112 112
14 112 112|14
3 14 112|14|3 112
11 3 112|14|3|11 14
13 3 112|14|3|13 14
162 3 112|14|3|162 14
117 162 112|14|3|162|117 3
221 162 112|14|3|162|221 3
81 162 112|14|3|162|81 3
PATHCONTAINS function (DAX) - Returns TRUE if the specified item exists within the specified path. In the
following example column PathContains - employee 162 is defined as ‘ =PATHCONTAINS([Path], "162") ’; this example
returns TRUE if the given path contains employee 162. This example uses the results from the Path() example
above.
PAT H C O N TA IN S -
EM P LO Y EEK EY PA REN T EM P LO Y EEK EY PAT H EM P LO Y EE 162
112 112 FALSE

PAT H C O N TA IN S -
EM P LO Y EEK EY PA REN T EM P LO Y EEK EY PAT H EM P LO Y EE 162
14 112 112|14 FALSE
3 14 112|14|3 FALSE
11 3 112|14|3|11 FALSE
13 3 112|14|3|13 FALSE
162 3 112|14|3|162 TRUE
117 162 112|14|3|162|117 TRUE

PATH
Returns a delimited text string with the identifiers of all the parents of the current identifier, starting with the oldest
and continuing until current.
Syntax
PATH(<ID_columnName>, <parent_columnName>)
Parameters
ID_columnName The name of an existing column containing the unique

identifier for rows in the table. This cannot be an expression.
The data type of the value in ID_columnName must be text or
integer, and must also be the same data type as the column
referenced in parent_columnName.
parent_columnName The name of an existing column containing the unique

identifier for the parent of the current row. This cannot be an
expression. The data type of the value in parent_columnName
data type must be text or integer, and must be the same data
type as the value in ID_columnName.
Return value
A delimited text string containing the identifiers of all the parents to the current identifier.
Remarks
This function is used in tables that have some kind of internal hierarchy, to return the items that are related to the
current row value. For example, in an Employees table that contains employees, the managers of employees, and
the managers of the managers, you can return the path that connects an employee to his or her manager.
The path is not constrained to a single level of parent-child relationships; it can return related rows that are several
levels up from the specified starting row.
The delimiter used to separate the ascendants is the vertical bar, '|'.
The values in ID_columnName and parent_columnName must have the same data type, text or integer.
Values in parent_columnName must be present in ID_columnName. That is, you cannot look up a parent if
there is no value at the child level.
If parent_columnName is BLANK then PATH() returns ID_columnName value. In other words, if you look for
the manager of an employee but the parent_columnName column has no data, the PATH function returns
just the employee ID.
If ID_columnName has duplicates and parent_columnName is the same for those duplicates then PATH()
returns the common parent_columnName value; however, if parent_columnName value is different for
those duplicates then PATH() returns an error. In other words, if you have two listings for the same employee
ID and they have the same manager ID, the PATH function returns the ID for that manager. However, if there
are two identical employee IDs that have different manager IDs, the PATH function returns an error.
If ID_columnName is BLANK then PATH() returns BLANK.
If ID_columnName contains a vertical bar '|' then PATH() returns an error.
Example
The following example creates a calculated column that lists all the managers for each employee.
=PATH(Employee[EmployeeKey], Employee[ParentEmployeeKey])
PATHCONTAINS
Returns TRUE if the specified item exists within the specified path.
Syntax
PATHCONTAINS(<path>, <item>)
Parameters
path
A string created as the result of evaluating a PATH function.
item
A text expression to look for in the path result.
Return value
A value of TRUE if item exists in path; otherwise FALSE .
Remarks
If item is an integer number it is converted to text and then the function is evaluated. If conversion fails then the
function returns an error.
Example
The following example creates a calculated column that takes a manager ID and checks a set of employees. If the
manager ID is among the list of managers returned by the PATH function, the PATHCONTAINS function returns
true; otherwise it returns false.
=PATHCONTAINS(PATH(Employee[EmployeeKey], Employee[ParentEmployeeKey]), "23")

PATHITEM
Returns the item at the specified position from a string resulting from evaluation of a PATH function. Positions are
counted from left to right.
Syntax
PATHITEM(<path>, <position>[, <type>])
Parameters
path
A text string in the form of the results of a PATH function.
position
An integer expression with the position of the item to be returned.
type
(Optional)An enumeration that defines the data type of the result:
Enumeration Alternate Enumeration Description
TEXT 0 Results are returned with the data type

text. (default).
INTEGER 1 Results are returned as integers.
Return value
The identifier returned by the PATH function at the specified position in the list of identifiers. Items returned by the
PATH function are ordered by most distant to current.
Remarks
This function can be used to return a specific level from a hierarchy returned by a PATH function. For
example, you could return just the skip-level managers for all employees.
If you specify a number for position that is less than one (1) or greater than the number of elements in path,
the PATHITEM function returns BLANK
If type is not a valid enumeration element an error is returned.
Example
The following example returns the third tier manager of the current employee; it takes the employee and manager
IDs as the input to a PATH function that returns a string with the hierarchy of parents to current employee. From
that string PATHITEM returns the third entry as an integer.
=PATHITEM(PATH(Employee[EmployeeKey], Employee[ParentEmployeeKey]), 3, 1)
PATHITEMREVERSE
Returns the item at the specified position from a string resulting from evaluation of a PATH function. Positions are
counted backwards from right to left.
Syntax
PATHITEMREVERSE(<path>, <position>[, <type>])
Parameters
path
A text string resulting from evaluation of a PATH function.
position
An integer expression with the position of the item to be returned. Position is counted backwards from right to left.
type
(Optional) An enumeration that defines the data type of the result:
Enumeration Alternate Enumeration Description
TEXT 0 Results are returned with the data type

of text. (default)
INTEGER 1 Results are returned with the data type

of integer.
Return value
The n-position ascendant in the given path, counting from current to the oldest.
Remarks
This function can be used to get an individual item from a hierarchy resulting from a PATH function.
This function reverses the standard order of the hierarchy, so that closest items are listed first, For example,
if the PATh function returns a list of managers above an employee in a hierarchy, the PATHITEMREVERSE
function returns the employee’s immediate manager in position 2 because position 1 contains the
employee’s id.
If the number specified for position is less than one (1) or greater than the number of elements in path, the
PATHITEM function returns BLANK.
If type is not a valid enumeration element an error is returned.
Example
The following example takes an employee ID column as the input to a PATH function, and reverses the list of
grandparent elements that are returned. The position specified is 3 and the return type is 1; therefore, the
PATHITEMREVERSE function returns an integer representing the manager two levels up from the employee.
=PATHITEMREVERSE(PATH(Employee[EmployeeKey], Employee[ParentEmployeeKey]), 3, 1)
PATHLENGTH
Returns the number of parents to the specified item in a given PATH result, including self.
Syntax
PATHLENGTH(<path>)
Parameters
path A text expression resulting from evaluation of a PATH function.
Return value
The number of items that are parents to the specified item in a given PATH result, including the specified item.
Remarks
Example
The following example takes an employee ID as input to a PATH function and returns a list of the managers above
that employee in the hierarchy, The PATHLENGTH function takes that result and counts the different levels of
employees and managers, including the employee you started with.
=PATHLENGTH(PATH(Employee[EmployeeKey], Employee[ParentEmployeeKey]))
Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) provides many functions for creating aggregations such as sums, counts, and
averages. These functions are very similar to aggregation functions used by Microsoft Excel. This section lists
the statistical and aggregation functions provided in DAX.
In this category
ADDCOLUMNS Adds calculated columns to the given table or table

expression.
APPROXIMATEDISTINCTCOUNT Returns the approximate number of rows that contain

distinct values in a column.
AVERAGE Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of all the numbers in

a column.
AVERAGEA Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of the values in a

column.
AVERAGEX Calculates the average (arithmetic mean) of a set of

expressions evaluated over a table.
BETA.DIST Returns the beta distribution.
BETA.INV Returns the inverse of the beta cumulative probability

density function (BETA.DIST).
CHISQ.INV Returns the inverse of the left-tailed probability of the chi-

squared distribution.
CHISQ.INV.RT Returns the inverse of the right-tailed probability of the chi-

squared distribution.
CONFIDENCE.NORM The confidence interval is a range of values.
CONFIDENCE.T Returns the confidence interval for a population mean, using

a Student's t distribution.
COUNT The COUNT function counts the number of cells in a column

that contain numbers.
COUNTA The COUNTA function counts the number of cells in a

column that are not empty.
COUNTAX The COUNTAX function counts nonblank results when

evaluating the result of an expression over a table.
COUNTBLANK Counts the number of blank cells in a column.
COUNTROWS The COUNTROWS function counts the number of rows in

the specified table, or in a table defined by an expression.
COUNTX Counts the number of rows that contain a number or an

expression that evaluates to a number, when evaluating an
expression over a table.
CROSSJOIN Returns a table that contains the Cartesian product of all

rows from all tables in the arguments.
DATATABLE Provides a mechanism for declaring an inline set of data

values.
DISTINCTCOUNT Counts the number of distinct values in a column.
DISTINCTCOUNTNOBLANK Counts the number of distinct values in a column.
EXPON.DIST Returns the exponential distribution.
GENERATE Returns a table with the Cartesian product between each

row in table1 and the table that results from evaluating
table2 in the context of the current row from table1.
GENERATEALL Returns a table with the Cartesian product between each

row in table1 and the table that results from evaluating
GEOMEAN Returns the geometric mean of the numbers in a column.
GEOMEANX Returns the geometric mean of an expression evaluated for

each row in a table.
MAX Returns the largest numeric value in a column, or between

two scalar expressions.
MAXA Returns the largest value in a column.
MAXX Evaluates an expression for each row of a table and returns

the largest numeric value.
MEDIAN Returns the median of numbers in a column.
MEDIANX Returns the median number of an expression evaluated for

each row in a table.
MIN Returns the smallest numeric value in a column, or between

two scalar expressions.
MINA Returns the smallest value in a column, including any logical

values and numbers represented as text.
MINX Returns the smallest numeric value that results from

evaluating an expression for each row of a table.
NORM.DIST Returns the normal distribution for the specified mean and
standard deviation.
NORM.INV The inverse of the normal cumulative distribution for the

specified mean and standard deviation.
NORM.S.DIST Returns the standard normal distribution (has a mean of

zero and a standard deviation of one).
NORM.S.INV Returns the inverse of the standard normal cumulative

distribution.
PERCENTILE.EXC Returns the k-th percentile of values in a range, where k is in

the range 0..1, exclusive.
PERCENTILE.INC Returns the k-th percentile of values in a range, where k is in

the range 0..1, inclusive.
PERCENTILEX.EXC Returns the percentile number of an expression evaluated

for each row in a table.
PERCENTILEX.INC Returns the percentile number of an expression evaluated

for each row in a table.
POISSON.DIST Returns the Poisson distribution.
RANK.EQ Returns the ranking of a number in a list of numbers.
RANKX Returns the ranking of a number in a list of numbers for

each row in the table argument.
ROW Returns a table with a single row containing values that

result from the expressions given to each column.
SAMPLE Returns a sample of N rows from the specified table.
SELECTCOLUMNS Adds calculated columns to the given table or table

expression.
SIN Returns the sine of the given angle.
SINH Returns the hyperbolic sine of a number.
STDEV.P Returns the standard deviation of the entire population.
STDEV.S Returns the standard deviation of a sample population.
STDEVX.P Returns the standard deviation of the entire population.

STDEVX.S Returns the standard deviation of a sample population.
SQRTPI Returns the square root of (number * pi).
SUMMARIZE Returns a summary table for the requested totals over a set
of groups.
T.DIST Returns the Student's left-tailed t-distribution.
T.DIST.2T Returns the two-tailed Student's t-distribution.
T.DIST.RT Returns the right-tailed Student's t-distribution.
T.INV Returns the left-tailed inverse of the Student's t-distribution.
T.INV.2t Returns the two-tailed inverse of the Student's t-distribution.
TAN Returns the tangent of the given angle.
TANH Returns the hyperbolic tangent of a number.
TOPN Returns the top N rows of the specified table.
VAR.P Returns the variance of the entire population.
VAR.S Returns the variance of a sample population.
VARX.P Returns the variance of the entire population.
VARX.S Returns the variance of a sample population.
XIRR Returns the internal rate of return for a schedule of cash

flows that is not necessarily periodic.
XNPV Returns the present value for a schedule of cash flows that is
not necessarily periodic.
ADDCOLUMNS
Adds calculated columns to the given table or table expression.
Syntax
ADDCOLUMNS(<table>, <name>, <expression>[, <name>, <expression>]…)
Parameters
name The name given to the column, enclosed in double quotes.
expression Any DAX expression that returns a scalar expression,

evaluated for each row of table.
Return value
A table with all its original columns and the added ones.
Remarks
Example
The following example returns an extended version of the Product Category table that includes total sales values
from the reseller channel and the internet sales.
ADDCOLUMNS(ProductCategory,
, "Internet Sales", SUMX(RELATEDTABLE(InternetSales_USD), InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD])
, "Reseller Sales", SUMX(RELATEDTABLE(ResellerSales_USD), ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]))
The following table shows a preview of the data as it would be received by any function expecting to receive a
table:
ProductCategor y[P ProductCategor y[P ProductCategor y[P [Internet Sales] [Reseller Sales]
roductCategor yNa roductCategor yAlt roductCategor yKey
me] ernateKey] ]
Bikes 1 1 25107749.77 63084675.04
Components 2 2 11205837.96
Clothing 3 3 306157.5829 1669943.267

Accessories 4 4 640920.1338 534301.9888
APPROXIMATEDISTINCTCOUNT
Returns the approximate number of rows that contain distinct values in a column. This function can query large
amounts of data with potentially better performance than DISTINCTCOUNT, with slight deviation from the exact
result.
Syntax
APPROXIMATEDISTINCTCOUNT(<columnName>)
Parameters
column The column that contains the values to be counted. This

Return value
The approximate number of distinct values in column.
Remarks
The only argument to this function is a column. You can use columns containing any type of data. When the
function finds no rows to count, it returns a BLANK, otherwise it returns the count of distinct values.
This function is preview . The following limitations apply:
This function currently supports DirectQuer y connections only to the following data sources: Azure SQL
Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
This feature is not yet available in Intellisense.
AVERAGE
Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of all the numbers in a column.
Syntax
AVERAGE(<column>)
Parameters
column The column that contains the numbers for which you want
the average.
Return value
Returns a decimal number that represents the arithmetic mean of the numbers in the column.
Remarks
This function takes the specified column as an argument and finds the average of the values in that column. If you
want to find the average of an expression that evaluates to a set of numbers, use the AVERAGEX function instead.
Nonnumeric values in the column are handled as follows:
If the column contains text, no aggregation can be performed, and the functions returns blanks.
If the column contains logical values or empty cells, those values are ignored.
Cells with the value zero are included.
When you average cells, you must keep in mind the difference between an empty cell and a cell that
contains the value 0 (zero). When a cell contains 0, it is added to the sum of numbers and the row is counted
among the number of rows used as the divisor. However, when a cell contains a blank, the row is not
counted.
Whenever there are no rows to aggregate, the function returns a blank. However, if there are rows, but none of
them meet the specified criteria, the function returns 0. Excel also returns a zero if no rows are found that meet the
conditions.
Example
The following formula returns the average of the values in the column, ExtendedSalesAmount, in the table,
InternetSales.
=AVERAGE(InternetSales[ExtendedSalesAmount])
Related functions
The AVERAGEX function can take as its argument an expression that is evaluated for each row in a table. This
enables you to perform calculations and then take the average of the calculated values.
The AVERAGEA function takes a column as its argument, but otherwise is like the Excel function of the same name.
By using the AVERAGEA function, you can calculate a mean on a column that contains empty values.
AVERAGEA
Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of the values in a column. Handles text and non-numeric values.
Syntax
AVERAGEA(<column>)
Parameters
column A column that contains the values for which you want the
average.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
The AVERAGEA function takes a column and averages the numbers in it, but also handles non-numeric data types
according to the following rules:
Values that evaluates to TRUE count as 1.
Values that evaluate to FALSE count as 0 (zero).
Values that contain non-numeric text count as 0 (zero).
Empty text ("") counts as 0 (zero).
If you do not want to include logical values and text representations of numbers in a reference as part of the
calculation, use the AVERAGE function.
them meet the specified criteria, the function returns 0. Microsoft Excel also returns a zero if no rows are found that
meet the conditions.
Example
The following example returns the average of non-blank cells in the referenced column, given the following table. If
you used the AVERAGE function, the mean would be 21/2; with the AVERAGEA function, the result is 22/5.
T RA N SA C T IO N ID A M O UN T RESULT
0000123 1 Counts as 1
0000124 20 Counts as 20
T RA N SA C T IO N ID A M O UN T RESULT
0000125 n/a Counts as 0
0000126 Counts as 0
0000126 TRUE Counts as 1
=AVERAGEA([Amount])
See also
AVERAGE function (DAX)
AVERAGEX function (DAX)
AVERAGEX
Calculates the average (arithmetic mean) of a set of expressions evaluated over a table.
Syntax
AVERAGEX(<table>,<expression>)
Parameters
table Name of a table, or an expression that specifies the table over

which the aggregation can be performed.
expression An expression with a scalar result, which will be evaluated for

each row of the table in the first argument.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
The AVERAGEX function enables you to evaluate expressions for each row of a table, and then take the resulting set
of values and calculate its arithmetic mean. Therefore, the function takes a table as its first argument, and an
expression as the second argument.
In all other respects, AVERAGEX follows the same rules as AVERAGE. You cannot include non-numeric or null cells.
Both the table and expression arguments are required.
When there are no rows to aggregate, the function returns a blank. When there are rows, but none of them meet
the specified criteria, then the function returns 0.
Example
The following example calculates the average freight and tax on each order in the InternetSales table, by first
summing Freight plus TaxAmt in each row, and then averaging those sums.
=AVERAGEX(InternetSales, InternetSales[Freight]+ InternetSales[TaxAmt])
If you use multiple operations in the expression used as the second argument, you must use parentheses to control
the order of calculations. For more information, see DAX Syntax Reference.
See also
AVERAGE function (DAX)
AVERAGEA function (DAX)
BETA.DIST
Returns the beta distribution. The beta distribution is commonly used to study variation in the percentage of
something across samples, such as the fraction of the day people spend watching television.
Syntax
BETA.DIST(x,alpha,beta,cumulative,[A],[B])
Parameters
x The value between A and B at which to evaluate the function
Alpha A parameter of the distribution.
Beta A parameter of the distribution.
A Optional. A lower bound to the interval of x.
B Optional. An upper bound to the interval of x.
Return value
Returns the beta distribution.
Remarks
If any argument is nonnumeric, BETA.DIST returns the #VALUE! error value.
If any argument is not an integer, it is rounded.
If alpha ≤ 0 or beta ≤ 0, BETA.DIST returns the #NUM! error value.
If x < A, x > B, or A = B, BETA.DIST returns the #NUM! error value.
If you omit values for A and B, BETA.DIST uses the standard cumulative beta distribution, so that A = 0 and B = 1.
BETA.INV
Returns the inverse of the beta cumulative probability density function (BETA.DIST).
If probability = BETA.DIST(x,...TRUE), then BETA.INV(probability,...) = x. The beta distribution can be used in project
planning to model probable completion times given an expected completion time and variability.
Syntax
BETA.INV(probability,alpha,beta,[A],[B])
Parameters
Probability A probability associated with the beta distribution.
Alpha A parameter of the distribution.
Beta A parameter the distribution.
A Optional. A lower bound to the interval of x.
B Optional. An upper bound to the interval of x.
Return value
Returns the inverse of the beta cumulative probability density function (BETA.DIST).
Remarks
If any argument is nonnumeric, BETA.INV returns the #VALUE! error value.
If any argument is not an integer, it is rounded.
If alpha ≤ 0 or beta ≤ 0, BETA.INV returns the #NUM! error value.
If probability ≤ 0 or probability > 1, BETA.INV returns the #NUM! error value.
If you omit values for A and B, BETA.INV uses the standard cumulative beta distribution, so that A = 0 and B = 1.
CHISQ.INV
Returns the inverse of the left-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution.

The chi-squared distribution is commonly used to study variation in the percentage of something across samples,
such as the fraction of the day people spend watching television.
Syntax
CHISQ.INV(probability,deg_freedom)
Parameters
Probability A probability associated with the chi-squared distribution.
Deg_freedom The number of degrees of freedom.
Return value
Returns the inverse of the left-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution.
Remarks
If argument is nonnumeric, CHISQ.INV returns the #VALUE! error value.
If probability < 0 or probability > 1, CHISQ.INV returns the #NUM! error value.
If deg_freedom is not an integer, it is rounded.
If deg_freedom < 1 or deg_freedom > 10^10, CHISQ.INV returns the #NUM! error value.
Example
=CHISQ.INV(0.93,1) Inverse of the left-tailed probability of 5.318520074

the chi-squared distribution for 0.93,
using 1 degree of freedom.
=CHISQ.INV(0.6,2) Inverse of the left-tailed probability of 1.832581464

the chi-squared distribution for 0.6,
using 2 degrees of freedom.
CHISQ.INV.RT
Returns the inverse of the right-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution.

If probability = CHISQ.DIST.RT(x,...), then CHISQ.INV.RT(probability,...) = x. Use this function to compare observed
results with expected ones in order to decide whether your original hypothesis is valid.
Syntax
CHISQ.INV.RT(probability,deg_freedom)
Parameters
Probability A probability associated with the chi-squared distribution.
Deg_freedom The number of degrees of freedom.
Return value
Returns the inverse of the right-tailed probability of the chi-squared distribution.
Remarks
If either argument is nonnumeric, CHISQ.INV.RT returns the #VALUE! error value.
If probability < 0 or probability > 1, CHISQ.INV.RT returns the #NUM! error value.
If deg_freedom is not an integer, it is rounded.
If deg_freedom < 1, CHISQ.INV.RT returns the #NUM! error value.
Given a value for probability, CHISQ.INV.RT seeks that value x such that CHISQ.DIST.RT(x, deg_freedom) =
probability. Thus, precision of CHISQ.INV.RT depends on precision of CHISQ.DIST.RT. CHISQ.INV.RT uses an iterative
search technique. If the search has not converged after 64 iterations, the function returns the #N/A error value.
CONFIDENCE.NORM
The confidence interval is a range of values. Your sample mean, x, is at the center of this range and the range is x ±
CONFIDENCE.NORM. For example, if x is the sample mean of delivery times for products ordered through the mail,
x ± CONFIDENCE.NORM is a range of population means. For any population mean, μ0, in this range, the
probability of obtaining a sample mean further from μ0 than x is greater than alpha; for any population mean, μ0,
not in this range, the probability of obtaining a sample mean further from μ0 than x is less than alpha. In other
words, assume that we use x, standard_dev, and size to construct a two-tailed test at significance level alpha of the
hypothesis that the population mean is μ0. Then we will not reject that hypothesis if μ0 is in the confidence interval
and will reject that hypothesis if μ0 is not in the confidence interval. The confidence interval does not allow us to
infer that there is probability 1 – alpha that our next package will take a delivery time that is in the confidence
interval.
Syntax
CONFIDENCE.NORM(alpha,standard_dev,size)
Parameters
alpha The significance level used to compute the confidence level.

The confidence level equals 100*(1 - alpha)%, or in other
words, an alpha of 0.05 indicates a 95 percent confidence
level.
standard_dev The population standard deviation for the data range and is
assumed to be known.
standard_dev,size The sample size.
Return value
A range of values
Remarks
If any argument is nonnumeric, CONFIDENCE.NORM returns the #VALUE! error value.
If alpha ≤ 0 or alpha ≥ 1, CONFIDENCE.NORM returns the #NUM! error value.
If standard_dev ≤ 0, CONFIDENCE.NORM returns the #NUM! error value.
If size is not an integer, it is rounded.
If size < 1, CONFIDENCE.NORM returns the #NUM! error value.
If we assume alpha equals 0.05, we need to calculate the area under the standard normal curve that equals (1 -
alpha), or 95 percent. This value is ± 1.96. The confidence interval is therefore:
CONFIDENCE.T
Returns the confidence interval for a population mean, using a Student's t distribution.
Syntax
CONFIDENCE.T(alpha,standard_dev,size)
Parameters
alpha The significance level used to compute the confidence level.

The confidence level equals 100*(1 - alpha)%, or in other
words, an alpha of 0.05 indicates a 95 percent confidence
level.
standard_dev The population standard deviation for the data range and is
assumed to be known.
size The sample size.
Return value
Returns the confidence interval for a population mean, using a Student's t distribution.
Remarks
If any argument is nonnumeric, CONFIDENCE.T returns the #VALUE! error value.
If alpha ≤ 0 or alpha ≥ 1, CONFIDENCE.T returns the #NUM! error value.
If standard_dev ≤ 0, CONFIDENCE.T returns the #NUM! error value.
If size is not an integer, it is rounded.
If size equals 1, CONFIDENCE.T returns #DIV/0! error value.
Example
=CONFIDENCE.T(0.05,1,50) Confidence interval for the mean of a 0.284196855

population based on a sample size of
50, with a 5% significance level and a
standard deviation of 1. This is based
on a Student's t-distribution.
COUNT
The COUNT function counts the number of cells in a column that contain non-blank values.
Syntax
COUNT(<column>)
Parameters
column The column that contains the values to be counted.
Return value
A whole number.
Remarks
The only argument allowed to this function is a column. The COUNT function counts rows that contain the
following kinds of values:
Numbers
Dates
Strings
When the function finds no rows to count, it returns a blank.
Blank values are skipped. TRUE/FALSE values are not supported.
If you want to evaluate a column of TRUE/FALSE values, use the COUNTA function.
Example
The following example shows how to count the number of values in the column, ShipDate.
=COUNT([ShipDate])
To count logical values or text, use the COUNTA or COUNTAX functions.
See also
COUNTA function (DAX)
COUNTAX function (DAX)
COUNTX function (DAX)
COUNTA
The COUNTA function counts the number of cells in a column that are not empty.
Syntax
COUNTA(<column>)
Parameters
column The column that contains the values to be counted
Return value
A whole number.
Remarks
When the function does not find any rows to count, the function returns a blank.
Example
The following example returns all rows in the Reseller table that have any kind of value in the column that stores
phone numbers. Because the table name does not contain any spaces, the quotation marks are optional.
=COUNTA('Reseller'[Phone])
See also
COUNT function (DAX)
COUNTAX
The COUNTAX function counts nonblank results when evaluating the result of an expression over a table. That is, it
works just like the COUNTA function, but is used to iterate through the rows in a table and count rows where the
specified expressions results in a non-blank result.
Syntax
COUNTAX(<table>,<expression>)
Parameters
evaluated.
Return value
A whole number.
Remarks
Like the COUNTA function, the COUNTAX function counts cells containing any type of information, including other
expressions.
For example, if the column contains an expression that evaluates to an empty string, the COUNTAX function treats
that result as non-blank. Usually the COUNTAX function does not count empty cells but in this case the cell
contains a formula, so it is counted.
Whenever the function finds no rows to aggregate, the function returns a blank.
Example
The following example counts the number of nonblank rows in the column, Phone, using the table that results
from filtering the Reseller table on [Status] = Active .
=COUNTAX(FILTER('Reseller',[Status]="Active"),[Phone])
See also
COUNTBLANK
Counts the number of blank cells in a column.
Syntax
COUNTBLANK(<column>)
Parameters
column The column that contains the blank cells to be counted.
Return value
A whole number. If no rows are found that meet the condition, blanks are returned.
Remarks
The only argument allowed to this function is a column. You can use columns containing any type of data, but only
blank cells are counted. Cells that have the value zero (0) are not counted, as zero is considered a numeric value
and not a blank.
them meet the specified criteria, the function returns 0. Microsoft Excel also returns a zero if no rows are found that
meet the conditions.
In other words, if the COUNTBLANK function finds no blanks, the result will be zero, but if there are no rows to
check, the result will be blank.
Example
The following example shows how to count the number of rows in the table Reseller that have blank values for
BankName.
=COUNTBLANK(Reseller[BankName])
To count logical values or text, use the COUNTA or COUNTAX functions.
See also
COUNTROWS
The COUNTROWS function counts the number of rows in the specified table, or in a table defined by an
expression.
Syntax
COUNTROWS(<table>)
Parameters
table The name of the table that contains the rows to be counted,
or an expression that returns a table.
Return value
A whole number.
Remarks
This function can be used to count the number of rows in a base table, but more often is used to count the number
of rows that result from filtering a table, or applying context to a table.
them meet the specified criteria, the function returns 0. Microsoft Excel also returns a zero if no rows are found
that meet the conditions.
Example
The following example shows how to count the number of rows in the table Orders. The expected result is 52761.
=COUNTROWS('Orders')
Example
The following example demonstrates how to use COUNTROWS with a row context. In this scenario, there are two
sets of data that are related by order number. The table Reseller contains one row for each reseller; the table
ResellerSales contains multiple rows for each order, each row containing one order for a particular reseller. The
tables are connected by a relationship on the column, ResellerKey.
The formula gets the value of ResellerKey and then counts the number of rows in the related table that have the
same reseller ID. The result is output in the column, CalculatedColumn1 .
=COUNTROWS(RELATEDTABLE(ResellerSales))
The following table shows a portion of the expected results:
RESEL L ERK EY C A L C UL AT EDC O L UM N 1
1 73
2 70
3 394
See also
COUNTX
Counts the number of rows that contain a non-blank value or an expression that evaluates to a non-blank value,
when evaluating an expression over a table.
Syntax
COUNTX(<table>,<expression>)
Parameters
table The table containing the rows to be counted.
expression An expression that returns the set of values that contains the
values you want to count.
Return value
An integer.
Remarks
The COUNTX function takes two arguments. The first argument must always be a table, or any expression that
returns a table. The second argument is the column or expression that is searched by COUNTX.
The COUNTX function counts only values, dates, or strings. If the function finds no rows to count, it returns a
blank.
If you want to count logical values, use the COUNTAX function.
Example 1
The following formula returns a count of all rows in the Product table that have a list price.
=COUNTX(Product,[ListPrice])
Example 2
The following formula illustrates how to pass a filtered table to COUNTX for the first argument. The formula uses
a filter expression to get only the rows in the Product table that meet the condition, ProductSubCategory =
"Caps", and then counts the rows in the resulting table that have a list price. The FILTER expression applies to the
table Products but uses a value that you look up in the related table, ProductSubCategory.
=COUNTX(FILTER(Product,RELATED(ProductSubcategory[EnglishProductSubcategoryName])="Caps", Product[ListPrice])
See also
CROSSJOIN
Returns a table that contains the Cartesian product of all rows from all tables in the arguments. The columns in the
new table are all the columns in all the argument tables.
Syntax
CROSSJOIN(<table>, <table>[, <table>]…)
Parameters
table Any DAX expression that returns a table of data
Return value
A table that contains the Cartesian product of all rows from all tables in the arguments.
Remarks
Column names from table arguments must all be different in all tables or an error is returned.
The total number of rows returned by CROSSJOIN() is equal to the product of the number of rows from all
tables in the arguments; also, the total number of columns in the result table is the sum of the number of
columns in all tables. For example, if TableA has rA rows and cA columns, and TableB has rB rows and cB
columns, and TableC has rC rows and cC column; then, the resulting table has rA × rb × rC rows and cA
+ cB + cC columns.
Example
The following example shows the results of applying CROSSJOIN() to two tables: Colors and Stationer y .
The table Colors contains colors and patterns:
C O LO R PAT T ERN
Red Horizontal Stripe
Green Vertical Stripe
Blue Crosshatch
The table Stationer y contains fonts and presentation:
FONT P RESEN TAT IO N
serif embossed
FONT P RESEN TAT IO N
sans-serif engraved
The expression to generate the cross join is presented below:
CROSSJOIN( Colors, Stationery)
When the above expression is used wherever a table expression is expected, the results of the expression would be
as follows:
C O LO R PAT T ERN FONT P RESEN TAT IO N
Red Horizontal Stripe serif embossed
Green Vertical Stripe serif embossed
Blue Crosshatch serif embossed
Red Horizontal Stripe sans-serif engraved
Green Vertical Stripe sans-serif engraved
Blue Crosshatch sans-serif engraved

DISTINCTCOUNT
Counts the number of distinct values in a column.
Syntax
DISTINCTCOUNT(<column>)
Parameters
column The column that contains the values to be counted
Return value
The number of distinct values in column.
Remarks
The only argument allowed to this function is a column. You can use columns containing any type of data. When
the function finds no rows to count, it returns a BLANK, otherwise it returns the count of distinct values.
DISTINCTCOUNT function includes the BLANK value. To skip the BLANK value, use the DISTINCTCOUNTNOBLANK
function.
Example
The following example shows how to count the number of distinct sales orders in the column
ResellerSales_USD[SalesOrderNumber].
=DISTINCTCOUNT(ResellerSales_USD[SalesOrderNumber])
```dax
Using the above measure in a table with calendar year in the side and product category on top gives the
following results:
|**Distinct Reseller Orders count**|**Column Labels**||||||

|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|**Row Labels**|**Accessories**|**Bikes**|**Clothing**|**Components**||**Grand Total**|
|2005|135|345|242|205||366|
|2006|356|850|644|702||1015|
|2007|531|1234|963|1138||1521|
|2008|293|724|561|601||894|
||||||1|1|
|**Grand Total**|**1315**|**3153**|**2410**|**2646**|**1**|**3797**|
In the above example, note that the rows Grand Total numbers do not add up, this happens because the same
order might contain line items, in the same order, from different product categories.
## See also
[COUNT function (DAX)](count-function-dax.md)
[COUNTA function (DAX)](counta-function-dax.md)
[COUNTAX function (DAX)](countax-function-dax.md)
[COUNTX function (DAX)](countx-function-dax.md)
[Statistical functions (DAX)](statistical-functions-dax.md)
EXPON.DIST
Returns the exponential distribution. Use EXPON.DIST to model the time between events, such as how long an
automated bank teller takes to deliver cash. For example, you can use EXPON.DIST to determine the probability that
the process takes at most 1 minute.
Syntax
EXPON.DIST(x,lambda,cumulative)
Parameters
x Required. The value of the function.
lambda Required. The parameter value.
cumulative Required. A logical value that indicates which form of the

exponential function to provide. If cumulative is TRUE,
EXPON.DIST returns the cumulative distribution function; if
FALSE, it returns the probability density function.
Return value
Returns the exponential distribution.
Remarks
If x or lambda is nonnumeric, EXPON.DIST returns the #VALUE! error value.
If x or lambda is not an integer, it is rounded.
If x < 0, EXPON.DIST returns the #NUM! error value.
If lambda ≤ 0, EXPON.DIST returns the #NUM! error value.
The equation for the probability density function is:
The equation for the cumulative distribution function is:

GENERATE
Returns a table with the Cartesian product between each row in table1 and the table that results from evaluating
Syntax
GENERATE(<table1>, <table2>)
Parameters
table1 Any DAX expression that returns a table.
Return value
A table with the Cartesian product between each row in table1 and the table that results from evaluating table2 in
the context of the current row from table1
Remarks
If the evaluation of table2 for the current row in table1 returns an empty table, then the result table will not
contain the current row from table1. This is different than GENERATEALL() where the current row from
table1 will be included in the results and columns corresponding to table2 will have null values for that row.
All column names from table1 and table2 must be different or an error is returned.
Example
In the following example the user wants a summary table of the sales by Region and Product Category for the
Resellers channel, like the following table:
SalesTerritory[SalesTerritoryGroup] ProductCategory[ProductCategoryNam [Reseller Sales]

e]
Europe Accessories $ 142,227.27
Europe Bikes $ 9,970,200.44
Europe Clothing $ 365,847.63
Europe Components $ 2,214,440.19

North America Accessories $ 379,305.15
North America Bikes $ 52,403,796.85
North America Clothing $ 1,281,193.26
North America Components $ 8,882,848.05
Pacific Accessories $ 12,769.57
Pacific Bikes $ 710,677.75
Pacific Clothing $ 22,902.38
Pacific Components $ 108,549.71
The following code produces the above table:
GENERATE(
SUMMARIZE(SalesTerritory, SalesTerritory[SalesTerritoryGroup])
,SUMMARIZE(ProductCategory
, [ProductCategoryName]
, "Reseller Sales", SUMX(RELATEDTABLE(ResellerSales_USD), ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD])
)
)
1. The first SUMMARIZE statement, SUMMARIZE(SalesTerritory, SalesTerritory[SalesTerritoryGroup]) , produces

a table of territory groups, where each row is a territory group, as shown below:
SA L EST ERRITO RY [ SA L EST ERRITO RY GRO UP ]
North America
Europe
Pacific
NA
2. The second SUMMARIZE statement,

SUMMARIZE(ProductCategory, [ProductCategoryName], "Reseller Sales", SUMX(RELATEDTABLE(ResellerSales_USD),
ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]))
, produces a table of Product Category groups with the Reseller sales for each group, as shown below:
P RO DUC TC AT EGO RY [ P RO DUC TC AT EGO RY N A M E] [ RESEL L ER SA L ES]
Bikes $ 63,084,675.04
Components $ 11,205,837.96
Clothing $ 1,669,943.27
Accessories $ 534,301.99
3. However, when you take the above table and evaluate it under the context of each row from the territory
groups table, you obtain different results for each territory.
GENERATEALL
Returns a table with the Cartesian product between each row in table1 and the table that results from evaluating
Syntax
GENERATEALL(<table1>, <table2>)
Parameters
Return value
A table with the Cartesian product between each row in table1 and the table that results from evaluating table2 in
the context of the current row from table1
Remarks
If the evaluation of table2 for the current row in table1 returns an empty table, then the current row from
table1 will be included in the results and columns corresponding to table2 will have null values for that row.
This is different than GENERATE() where the current row from table1 will not be included in the results.
All column names from table1 and table2 must be different or an error is returned.
Example
In the following example, the user wants a summary table of the sales by Region and Product Category for the
Resellers channel, like the following table:
SA L EST ERRITO RY [ SA L EST ERRITO RY GRO P RO DUC TC AT EGO RY [ P RO DUC TC AT EGO

UP ] RY N A M E] [ RESEL L ER SA L ES]
Europe Accessories $ 142,227.27
Europe Bikes $ 9,970,200.44
Europe Clothing $ 365,847.63
Europe Components $ 2,214,440.19
NA Accessories
SA L EST ERRITO RY [ SA L EST ERRITO RY GRO P RO DUC TC AT EGO RY [ P RO DUC TC AT EGO
UP ] RY N A M E] [ RESEL L ER SA L ES]
NA Bikes
NA Clothing
NA Components
North America Accessories $ 379,305.15
North America Bikes $ 52,403,796.85
North America Clothing $ 1,281,193.26
North America Components $ 8,882,848.05
Pacific Accessories $ 12,769.57
Pacific Bikes $ 710,677.75
Pacific Clothing $ 22,902.38
Pacific Components $ 108,549.71
The following code produces the above table:
GENERATEALL(
SUMMARIZE(SalesTerritory, SalesTerritory[SalesTerritoryGroup])
,SUMMARIZE(ProductCategory
, [ProductCategoryName]
, "Reseller Sales", SUMX(RELATEDTABLE(ResellerSales_USD), ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD])
)
)
1. The first SUMMARIZE produces a table of territory groups, where each row is a territory group, like those
listed below:
SA L EST ERRITO RY [ SA L EST ERRITO RY GRO UP ]
North America
Europe
Pacific
NA
2. The second SUMMARIZE produces a table of Product Category groups with the Reseller sales for each
group, as shown below:
Bikes $ 63,084,675.04
Components $ 11,205,837.96
Clothing $ 1,669,943.27
Accessories $ 534,301.99
3. However, when you take the above table and evaluate the table under the context of each row from the
territory groups table, you obtain different results for each territory.
GEOMEAN
Returns the geometric mean of the numbers in a column.

To return the geometric mean of an expression evaluated for each row in a table, use GEOMEANX function (DAX).
Syntax
GEOMEAN(<column>)
Parameters
column The column that contains the numbers for which the
geometric mean is to be computed.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
GEOMEAN( Table[Column] ) is equivalent to GEOMEANX( Table, Table[Column] )
Example
The following computes the geometric mean of the Return column in the Investment table:
=GEOMEAN( Investment[Return] )
See also
GEOMEANX function (DAX)
GEOMEANX
Returns the geometric mean of an expression evaluated for each row in a table.
To return the geometric mean of the numbers in a column, use GEOMEAN function (DAX).
Syntax
GEOMEANX(<table>, <expression>)
Parameters
evaluated.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
The GEOMEANX function takes as its first argument a table, or an expression that returns a table. The second
argument is a column that contains the numbers for which you want to compute the geometric mean, or an
expression that evaluates to a column.
Example
The following computes the geometric mean of the ReturnPct column in the Investments table:
=GEOMEANX( Investments, Investments[ReturnPct] + 1 )
See also
GEOMEAN function (DAX)
MAX
Returns the largest value in a column, or between two scalar expressions.
Syntax
MAX(<column>)
MAX(<expression1>, <expression2>)
Parameters
column The column in which you want to find the largest value.
expression Any DAX expression which returns a single value.

The largest value.
Remarks
When comparing two expressions, blank is treated as 0 when comparing. That is, Max(1, Blank() ) returns 1, and
Max( -1, Blank() ) returns 0. If both arguments are blank, MAX returns a blank. If either expression returns a value
which is not allowed, MAX returns an error.
TRUE/FALSE values are not supported. If you want to evaluate a column of TRUE/FALSE values, use the MAXA
function.
Example 1
The following example returns the largest value found in the ExtendedAmount column of the InternetSales table.
=MAX(InternetSales[ExtendedAmount])
Example 2
The following example returns the largest value between the result of two expressions.
=Max([TotalSales], [TotalPurchases])
See also
MAXA function (DAX)
MAXX function (DAX)
MAXA
Returns the largest value in a column.
Syntax
MAXA(<column>)
Parameters
column The column in which you want to find the largest value.
Return value
The largest value.
Remarks
The MAXA function takes as argument a column, and looks for the largest value among the following types of
values:
Numbers
Dates
Logical values, such as TRUE and FALSE. Rows that evaluate to TRUE count as 1; rows that evaluate to FALSE
count as 0 (zero).
Empty cells are ignored. If the column contains no values that can be used, MAXA returns 0 (zero).
If you want to compare text values, use the MAX function.
Example 1
The following example returns the greatest value from a calculated column, named ResellerMargin , that
computes the difference between list price and reseller price.
=MAXA([ResellerMargin])
Example 2
The following example returns the largest value from a column that contains dates and times. Therefore, this
formula gets the most recent transaction date.
=MAXA([TransactionDate])
See also
MAX function (DAX)
MAXX function (DAX)
MAXX
Evaluates an expression for each row of a table and returns the largest value.
Syntax
MAXX(<table>,<expression>)
Parameters
evaluated.
Return value
The largest value.
Remarks
The table argument to the MAXX function can be a table name, or an expression that evaluates to a table. The
second argument indicates the expression to be evaluated for each row of the table.
Of the values to evaluate, only the following are counted:
Numbers
Texts
Dates
Example 1
The following formula uses an expression as the second argument to calculate the total amount of taxes and
shipping for each order in the table, InternetSales. The expected result is 375.7184.
=MAXX(InternetSales, InternetSales[TaxAmt]+ InternetSales[Freight])
Example 2
The following formula first filters the table InternetSales, by using a FILTER expression, to return a subset of orders
for a specific sales region, defined as [SalesTerritory] = 5. The MAXX function then evaluates the expression used
as the second argument for each row of the filtered table, and returns the highest amount for taxes and shipping
for just those orders. The expected result is 250.3724.
=MAXX(FILTER(InternetSales,[SalesTerritoryCode]="5"), InternetSales[TaxAmt]+ InternetSales[Freight])
See also
MAX function (DAX)
MAXA function (DAX)
MEDIAN
Returns the median of numbers in a column.

To return the median of an expresssion evaluated for each row in a table, use MEDIANX function (DAX).
Syntax
MEDIAN(<column>)
Parameters
column The column that contains the numbers for which the median
is to be computed.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
MEDIAN( Table[Column] ) is equivalent to MEDIANX( Table, Table[Column] ).
Example
The following computes the median of a column named Age in a table named Customers:
=MEDIAN( Customers[Age] )
See also
MEDIANX function (DAX)
MEDIANX)
Returns the median number of an expression evaluated for each row in a table.
To return the median of numbers in a column, use MEDIAN function (DAX).
Syntax
MEDIANX(<table>, <expression>)
Parameters
evaluated.
Return value
A decimal number.
Remarks
The MEDIANX function takes as its first argument a table, or an expression that returns a table. The second
argument is a column that contains the numbers for which you want to compute the median, or an expression that
evaluates to a column.
Only the numbers in the column are counted.
Logical values and text are ignored.
MEDIANX does not ignore blanks; however, MEDIAN does ignore blanks
Example
The following computes the median age of customers who live in the USA.
=MEDIANX( FILTER(Customers, RELATED( Geography[Country]=”USA” ) ), Customers[Age] )
See also
MEDIAN function (DAX)
MIN
Returns the smallest value in a column, or between two scalar expressions.
Syntax
MIN(<column>)
MIN(<expression1>, <expression2>)
Parameters
column The column in which you want to find the smallest value.
expression Any DAX expression which returns a single value.
Return value
The smallest value.
Remarks
The MIN function takes a column or two expressions as an argument, and returns the smallest value. The following
types of values in the columns are counted:
Numbers
Texts
Dates
Blanks
When comparing expressions, blank is treated as 0 when comparing. That is, Min(1,Blank() ) returns 0, and Min( -1,
Blank() ) returns -1. If both arguments are blank, MIN returns a blank. If either expression returns a value which is
not allowed, MIN returns an error.
TRUE/FALSE values are not supported. If you want to evaluate a column of TRUE/FALSE values, use the MINA
function.
Example 1
The following example returns the smallest value from the calculated column, ResellerMargin.
=MIN([ResellerMargin])
Example 2
The following example returns the smallest value from a column that contains dates and times, TransactionDate.
This formula therefore returns the date that is earliest.
=MIN([TransactionDate])
Example 3
The following example returns the smallest value from the result of two scalar expressions.
=Min([TotalSales], [TotalPurchases])
See also
MINA function (DAX)
MINX function (DAX)
MINA
Returns the smallest value in a column.
Syntax
MINA(<column>)
Parameters
column The column for which you want to find the minimum value.
Return value
The smallest value.
Remarks
The MINA function takes as argument a column that contains numbers, and determines the smallest value as
follows:
If the column contains no values, MINA returns 0 (zero).
Rows in the column that evaluates to logical values, such as TRUE and FALSE are treated as 1 if TRUE and 0
(zero) if FALSE.
Empty cells are ignored.
If you want to compare text values, use the MIN function.
Example 1
The following expression returns the minimum freight charge from the table, InternetSales.
=MINA(InternetSales[Freight])
Example 2
The following expression returns the minimum value in the column, PostalCode. Because the data type of the
column is text, the function does not find any values, and the formula returns zero (0).
=MINA([PostalCode])
See also
MIN function (DAX)
MINX function (DAX)
MINX
Returns the smallest value that results from evaluating an expression for each row of a table.
Syntax
MINX(<table>, < expression>)
Parameters
evaluated.
Return value
A smallest value.
Remarks
The MINX function takes as its first argument a table, or an expression that returns a table. The second argument
contains the expression that is evaluated for each row of the table.
Example 1
The following example filters the table, InternetSales, and returns only rows for a specific sales territory. The
formula then finds the minimum value in the column, Freight.
=MINX( FILTER(InternetSales, [SalesTerritoryKey] = 5),[Freight])
Example 2
The following example uses the same filtered table as in the previous example, but instead of merely looking up
values in the column for each row of the filtered table, the function calculates the sum of two columns, Freight and
TaxAmt, and returns the smallest value resulting from that calculation.
=MINX( FILTER(InternetSales, InternetSales[SalesTerritoryKey] = 5), InternetSales[Freight] +

InternetSales[TaxAmt])
In the first example, the names of the columns are unqualified. In the second example, the column names are fully
qualified.
See also
MIN function (DAX)
MINA function (DAX)
NORM.DIST
Returns the normal distribution for the specified mean and standard deviation.
Syntax
NORM.DIST(X, Mean, Standard_dev, Cumulative)
Parameters
X The value for which you want the distribution.
Mean The arithmetic mean of the distribution.
Standard_dev The standard deviation of the distribution.
Cumulative* A logical value that determines the form of the function. If

cumulative is TRUE, NORM.DIST returns the cumulative
distribution function; if FALSE, it returns the probability
density function.
Return value
The normal distribution for the specified mean and standard deviation.
Example
EVALUATE { NORM.DIST(42, 40, 1.5, TRUE) }
Returns
[ VA L UE]
0.908788780274132
See also
NORM.S.DIST function
NORM.INV function
NORM.S.INV
NORM.INV
The inverse of the normal cumulative distribution for the specified mean and standard deviation.
Syntax
NORM.INV(Probability, Mean, Standard_dev)
Parameters
Probability A probability corresponding to the normal distribution.
Mean The arithmetic mean of the distribution.
Standard_dev The standard deviation of the distribution.
Return value
Returns the inverse of the normal cumulative distribution for the specified mean and standard deviation.
Example
EVALUATE { NORM.INV(0.908789, 40, 1.5) }
Returns
[ VA L UE]
42.00000200956628780274132
See also
NORM.S.INV
NORM.DIST function
NORM.S.DIST
Returns the standard normal distribution (has a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one).
Syntax
NORM.S.DIST(Z, Cumulative)
Parameters
Z The value for which you want the distribution.
Cumulative Cumulative is a logical value that determines the form of the

function. If cumulative is TRUE, NORM.S.DIST returns the
cumulative distribution function; if FALSE, it returns the
probability density function.
Return value
The standard normal distribution (has a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one.
Example
EVALUATE { NORM.S.DIST(1.333333, TRUE) }
Returns
[ VA L UE]
0.908788725604095
See also
NORM.INV function
NORM.DIST function
NORM.S.INV
NORM.S.INV
Returns the inverse of the standard normal cumulative distribution. The distribution has a mean of zero and a
standard deviation of one.
Syntax
NORM.S.INV(Probability)
Parameters
Probability A probability corresponding to the normal distribution.
Return value
The inverse of the standard normal cumulative distribution. The distribution has a mean of zero and a standard
deviation of one.
Example
EVALUATE { NORM.S.INV(0.908789) }
Returns
[ VA L UE]
1.33333467304411
See also
NORM.INV
NORM.DIST function
PERCENTILE.EXC
Returns the k-th percentile of values in a range, where k is in the range 0..1, exclusive.
To return the percentile number of an expression evaluated for each row in a table, use PERCENTILEX.EXC function
(DAX).
Syntax
PERCENTILE.EXC(<column>, <k>)
Parameters
column A column containing the values that define relative standing.
k The percentile value in the range 0..1, exclusive.
Return value
The k-th percentile of values in a range, where k is in the range 0..1, exclusive.
Remarks
If column is empty, BLANK() is returned.
If k is zero or blank, percentile rank of 1/(n+1) returns the smallest value. If zero, it is out of range and an error is
returned.
If k is nonnumeric or outside the range 0 to 1, an error is returned.
If k is not a multiple of 1/(n + 1), PERCENTILE.EXC will interpolate to determine the value at the k-th percentile.
PERCENTILE.EXC will interpolate when the value for the specified percentile is between two values in the array. If it
cannot interpolate for the k percentile specified, an error is returned.
See also
PERCENTILEX.EXC function (DAX)
PERCENTILE.INC
Returns the k-th percentile of values in a range, where k is in the range 0..1, inclusive.
To return the percentile number of an expression evaluated for each row in a table, use PERCENTILEX.INC function
(DAX).
Syntax
PERCENTILE.INC(<column>, <k>)
Parameters
column A column containing the values that define relative standing.
k The percentile value in the range 0..1, inclusive.
Return value
The k-th percentile of values in a range, where k is in the range 0..1, inclusive.
Remarks
If column is empty, BLANK() is returned.
returned.
If k is not a multiple of 1/(n + 1), PERCENTILE.INC will interpolate to determine the value at the k-th percentile.
PERCENTILE.INC will interpolate when the value for the specified percentile is between two values in the array. If it
cannot interpolate for the k percentile specified, an error is returned.
See also
PERCENTILEX.INC function (DAX)
PERCENTILEX.EXC
Returns the percentile number of an expression evaluated for each row in a table.
To return the percentile of numbers in a column, use PERCENTILE.EXC function (DAX).
Syntax
PERCENTILEX.EXC(<table>, <expression>, k)
Parameters
evaluated.
k The desired percentile value in the range 0 to 1 exclusive.
Return value
The percentile number of an expression evaluated for each row in a table.
Remarks
returned.
If k is not a multiple of 1/(n + 1), PERCENTILEX.EXC will interpolate to determine the value at the k-th percentile.
PERCENTILEX.EXC will interpolate when the value for the specified percentile is between two values in the array. If
it cannot interpolate for the k percentile specified, an error is returned.
See also
PERCENTILE.EXC function (DAX)
PERCENTILEX.INC
Returns the percentile number of an expression evaluated for each row in a table.
To return the percentile of numbers in a column, use PERCENTILE.INC function (DAX).
Syntax
PERCENTILEX.INC(<table>, <expression>;, k)
Parameters
evaluated.
k The desired percentile value in the range 0 to 1 inclusive.
Return value
The percentile number of an expression evaluated for each row in a table.
Remarks
If k is zero or blank, percentile rank of 1/(n - 1) returns the smallest value. If zero, it is out of range and an error is
returned.
If k is not a multiple of 1/(n - 1), PERCENTILEX.EXC will interpolate to determine the value at the k-th percentile.
PERCENTILEX.INC will interpolate when the value for the specified percentile is between two values in the array. If
it cannot interpolate for the k percentile specified, an error is returned.
See also
PERCENTILE.INC function (DAX)
PERMUT
Returns the number of permutations for a given number of objects that can be selected from number objects. A
permutation is any set or subset of objects or events where internal order is significant. Permutations are different
from combinations, for which the internal order is not significant. Use this function for lottery-style probability
calculations.
Syntax
PERMUT(number, number_chosen)
Parameters
number Required. An integer that describes the number of objects.
number_chosen Required. An integer that describes the number of objects in

each permutation.
Return value
Returns the number of permutations for a given number of objects that can be selected from number objects
Remarks
Both arguments are truncated to integers.
If number or number_chosen is nonnumeric, PERMUT returns the #VALUE! error value.
If number ≤ 0 or if number_chosen < 0, PERMUT returns the #NUM! error value.
If number < number_chosen, PERMUT returns the #NUM! error value.
The equation for the number of permutations is:
Example
=PERMUT(3,2) Permutations possible for a group of 3 6

objects where 2 are chosen.
POISSON.DIST
Returns the Poisson distribution. A common application of the Poisson distribution is predicting the number of
events over a specific time, such as the number of cars arriving at a toll plaza in 1 minute.
Syntax
POISSON.DIST(x,mean,cumulative)
Parameters
x Required. The number of events.
mean Required. The expected numeric value.
cumulative Required. A logical value that determines the form of the

probability distribution returned. If cumulative is TRUE,
POISSON.DIST returns the cumulative Poisson probability that
the number of random events occurring will be between zero
and x inclusive; if FALSE, it returns the Poisson probability
mass function that the number of events occurring will be
exactly x.
Return value
Returns the Poisson distribution.
Remarks
If x is not an integer, it is rounded.
If x or mean is nonnumeric, POISSON.DIST returns the #VALUE! error value.
If x < 0, POISSON.DIST returns the #NUM! error value.
If mean < 0, POISSON.DIST returns the #NUM! error value.
POISSON.DIST is calculated as follows.
For cumulative = FALSE:
For cumulative = TRUE:

RANK.EQ
Returns the ranking of a number in a list of numbers.
Syntax
RANK.EQ(<value>, <columnName>[, <order>])
Parameters
value
Any DAX expression that returns a single scalar value whose rank is to be found. The expression is to be evaluated
exactly once, before the function is evaluated, and it’s value passed to the argument list.
columnName
The name of an existing column against which ranks will be determined. It cannot be an expression or a column
created using these functions: ADDCOLUMNS, ROW or SUMMARIZE.
order
(Optional) A value that specifies how to rank number, low to high or high to low:
value alternate value Description
0 (zero) FALSE Ranks in descending order of

columnName. If value is equal to the
highest number in columnName then
RANK.EQ is 1.
1 TRUE Ranks in ascending order of

columnName. If value is equal to the
lowest number in columnName then
RANK.EQ is 1.
Return value
A number indicating the rank of value among the numbers in columnName.
Exceptions
Remarks
columnName cannot refer to any column created using these functions: ADDCOLUMNS, ROW or
SUMMARIZE.I
If value is not in columnName or value is a blank, then RANK.EQ returns a blank value.
Duplicate values of value receive the same rank value; the next rank value assigned will be the rank value
plus the number of duplicate values. For example if five (5) values are tied with a rank of 11 then the next
value will receive a rank of 16 (11 + 5).
Example
The following example creates a calculated column that ranks the values in SalesAmount_USD, from the
InternetSales_USD table, against all numbers in the same column.
=RANK.EQ(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD], InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD])
Example
The following example ranks a subset of values against a given sample. Assume that you have a table of local
students with their performance in a specific national test and, also, you have the entire set of scores in that
national test. The following calculated column will give you the national ranking for each of the local students.
=RANK.EQ(Students[Test_Score], NationalScores[Test_Score])
RANKX
Returns the ranking of a number in a list of numbers for each row in the table argument.
Syntax
RANKX(<table>, <expression>[, <value>[, <order>[, <ties>]]])
Parameters
table
Any DAX expression that returns a table of data over which the expression is evaluated.
expression
Any DAX expression that returns a single scalar value. The expression is evaluated for each row of table, to generate
all possible values for ranking. See the remarks section to understand the function behavior when expression
evaluates to BLANK.
value
(Optional) Any DAX expression that returns a single scalar value whose rank is to be found. See the remarks section
to understand the function’s behavior when value is not found in the expression.
When the value parameter is omitted, the value of expression at the current row is used instead.
order
(Optional) A value that specifies how to rank value, low to high or high to low:
0 (zero) FALSE Ranks in descending order of values of

expression. If value is equal to the
highest number in expression then
RANKX returns 1.
This is the default value when order

parameter is omitted.
1 TRUE Ranks in ascending order of expression.

If value is equal to the lowest number in
expression then RANKX returns 1.
ties
(Optional) An enumeration that defines how to determine ranking when there are ties.
enumeration Description
Skip The next rank value, after a tie, is the rank value of the tie plus
the count of tied values. For example if five (5) values are tied
with a rank of 11 then the next value will receive a rank of 16
(11 + 5).
This is the default value when ties parameter is omitted.
Dense The next rank value, after a tie, is the next rank value. For
example if five (5) values are tied with a rank of 11 then the
next value will receive a rank of 12.
Return value
The rank number of value among all possible values of expression evaluated for all rows of table numbers.
Exceptions
Remarks
If expression or value evaluates to BLANK it is treated as a 0 (zero) for all expressions that result in a number,
or as an empty text for all text expressions.
If value is not among all possible values of expression then RANKX temporarily adds value to the values
from expression and re-evaluates RANKX to determine the proper rank of value.
Optional arguments might be skipped by placing an empty comma (,) in the argument list, i.e.
RANKX(Inventory, [InventoryCost],,,"Dense")
Example
The following calculated column in the Products table calculates the sales ranking for each product in the Internet
channel.
=RANKX(ALL(Products), SUMX(RELATEDTABLE(InternetSales), [SalesAmount]))

ROW function
Returns a table with a single row containing values that result from the expressions given to each column.
Syntax
ROW(<name>, <expression>[[,<name>, <expression>]…])
Parameters
expression Any DAX expression that returns a single scalar value to

populate. name.
Return value
A single row table
Remarks
Arguments must always come in pairs of name and expression.
Example
The following example returns a single row table with the total sales for internet and resellers channels.
ROW("Internet Total Sales (USD)", SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]),

"Resellers Total Sales (USD)", SUM(ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]))
The code is split in two lines for readability purposes

SAMPLE
Returns a sample of N rows from the specified table.
Syntax
SAMPLE(<n_value>, <table>, <orderBy_expression>, [<order>[, <orderBy_expression>, [<order>]]…])
Parameters
n_value
The number of rows to return. It is any DAX expression that returns a single scalar value, where the expression is to
be evaluated multiple times (for each row/context). If a non-integer value (or expression) is entered, the result is
cast as an integer.
table
Any DAX expression that returns a table of data from where to extract the ‘n’ sample rows.
orderBy_expression
(Optional) Any scalar DAX expression where the result value is evaluated for each row of table.
order
(Optional) A value that specifies how to sort orderBy_expression values, ascending or descending:
0 (zero) FALSE Sorts in descending order of values of

order_by.

1 TRUE Ranks in ascending order of order_by.
Return value
A table consisting of a sample of N rows of table or an empty table if n_value is 0 (zero) or less. If OrderBy
arguments are provided, the sample will be stable and deterministic, returning the first row, the last row, and
evenly distributed rows between them. If no ordering is specified, the sample will be random, not stable, and not
deterministic.
Remarks
If n_value is 0 (zero) or less then SAMPLE returns an empty table.
In order to avoid duplicate values in the sample, the table provided as the second argument should be
grouped by the column used for sorting.
SELECTCOLUMNS
Adds calculated columns to the given table or table expression.
Syntax
SELECTCOLUMNS(<table>, <name>, <scalar_expression> [, <name>, <scalar_expression>]…)
Parameters
table Any DAX expression that returns a table.
expression Any expression that returns a scalar value like a column

reference, integer, or string value.
Return value
A table with the same number of rows as the table specified as the first argument. The returned table has one
column for each pair of <name>, <scalar_expression> arguments, and each expression is evaluated in the context
of a row from the specified <table> argument.
Remarks
SELECTCOLUMNS has the same signature as ADDCOLUMNS, and has the same behavior except that instead of
starting with the <table> specified, SELECTCOLUMNS starts with an empty table before adding columns.
Example
For the following table named Info :
IND JK 20 800
IND MH 25 1000
IND WB 10 900
USA CA 5 500
USA WA 10 900
SELECTCOLUMNS(Info, “StateCountry”, [State]&”, ”&[Country])
Returns:
STAT EC O UN T RY
IND, JK
IND, MH
IND, WB
USA, CA
USA, WA
SIN
Returns the sine of the given angle.
Syntax
SIN(number)
Parameters
number Required. The angle in radians for which you want the sine.
Return value
Returns the sine of the given angle.
Remarks
If your argument is in degrees, multiply it by PI()/180 or use the RADIANS function to convert it to radians.
Example
=SIN(PI()) Sine of pi radians (0, approximately). 0.0
=SIN(PI()/2) Sine of pi/2 radians. 1.0
=SIN(30*PI()/180) Sine of 30 degrees. 0.5
=SIN(RADIANS(30)) Sine of 30 degrees. 0.5

SINH
Returns the hyperbolic sine of a number.
Syntax
SINH(number)
Parameters
number Required. Any real number.
Return value
Returns the hyperbolic sine of a number.
Remarks
The formula for the hyperbolic sine is:
Example
=2.868*SINH(0.0342*1.03) Probability of obtaining a result of less 0.1010491

than 1.03 seconds.
STDEV.S
Returns the standard deviation of a sample population.
Syntax
STDEV.S(<ColumnName>)
Parameters

usually fully qualified. It cannot be an expression.
Return value
A number that represents the standard deviation of a sample population.
Exceptions
Remarks
1. STDEV.S assumes that the column refers to a sample of the population. If your data represents the entire
population, then compute the standard deviation by using STDEV.P.
2. STDEV.S uses the following formula:
Ã[∑(x - x̃)²/(n-1)]
where x̃ is the average value of x for the sample population
and n is the population size
3. Blank rows are filtered out from columnName and not considered in the calculations.
4. An error is returned if columnName contains less than 2 non-blank rows.
Example
The following example shows the formula for a measure that calculates the standard deviation of the column,
SalesAmount_USD, when the table InternetSales_USD is the sample population.
=STDEV.S(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD])
STDEV.P
Returns the standard deviation of the entire population.
Syntax
STDEV.P(<ColumnName>)
Parameters

Return value
A number representing the standard deviation of the entire population.
Exceptions
Remarks
1. STDEV.P assumes that the column refers to the entire population. If your data represents a sample of the
population, then compute the standard deviation by using STDEV.S.
2. STDEV.P uses the following formula:
Ã[∑(x - x̃)²/n]
where x̃ is the average value of x for the entire population
4. An error is returned if columnName contains less than 2 non-blank rows
Example
The following example shows the formula for a measure that calculates the standard deviation of the column,
SalesAmount_USD, when the table InternetSales_USD is the entire population.
=STDEV.P(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD])
STDEVX.S
Returns the standard deviation of a sample population.
Syntax
STDEVX.S(<table>, <expression>)
Parameters
table Any DAX expression that returns a single scalar value, where
row/context).
row/context).
Return value
A number with the standard deviation of a sample population.
Exceptions
Remarks
1. STDEVX.S evaluates expression for each row of table and returns the standard deviation of expression
assuming that table refers to a sample of the population. If table represents the entire population, then
compute the standard deviation by using STDEVX.P.
2. STDEVX.S uses the following formula:
Ã[∑(x - x̃)²/(n-1)]
Example
The following example shows the formula for a calculated column that estimates the standard deviation of the unit
price per product for a sample population, when the formula is used in the Product table.
=STDEVX.S(RELATEDTABLE(InternetSales_USD), InternetSales_USD[UnitPrice_USD] –
(InternetSales_USD[DiscountAmount_USD]/InternetSales_USD[OrderQuantity]))
STDEVX.P
Returns the standard deviation of the entire population.
Syntax
STDEVX.P(<table>, <expression>)
Parameters
table Any DAX expression that returns a single scalar value, where
row/context).
row/context).
Return value
A number that represents the standard deviation of the entire population.
Remarks
1. STDEVX.P evaluates expression for each row of table and returns the standard deviation of expression
assuming that table refers to the entire population. If the data in table represents a sample of the population,
you should compute the standard deviation by using STDEVX.S instead.
2. STDEVX.P uses the following formula:
Ã[∑(x - x̃)²/n]
Example
The following example shows the formula for a calculated column that calculates the standard deviation of the unit
price per product, when the formula is used in the Product table.
=STDEVX.P(RELATEDTABLE(InternetSales_USD), InternetSales_USD[UnitPrice_USD] –
SQRTPI
Returns the square root of (number * pi).
Syntax
SQRTPI(number)
Parameters
number Required. The number by which pi is multiplied.
Return value
Returns the square root of (number * pi).
Remarks
xxxxx
Example
=SQRTPI(1) Square root of pi. 1.772454
=SQRTPI(2) Square root of 2 * pi. 2.506628

SUMMARIZE
Returns a summary table for the requested totals over a set of groups.
Syntax
SUMMARIZE(<table>, <groupBy_columnName>[, <groupBy_columnName>]…[, <name>, <expression>]…)
Parameters
groupBy_columnName (Optional) The qualified name of an existing column to be

used to create summary groups based on the values found in
it. This parameter cannot be an expression.
name The name given to a total or summarize column, enclosed in

double quotes.
row/context).
Return value
A table with the selected columns for the groupBy_columnName arguments and the summarized columns
designed by the name arguments.
Remarks
1. Each column for which you define a name must have a corresponding expression; otherwise, an error is
returned. The first argument, name, defines the name of the column in the results. The second argument,
expression, defines the calculation performed to obtain the value for each row in that column.
2. groupBy_columnName must be either in table or in a related table to table.
3. Each name must be enclosed in double quotation marks.
4. The function groups a selected set of rows into a set of summary rows by the values of one or more
groupBy_columnName columns. One row is returned for each group.
Example
The following example returns a summary of the reseller sales grouped around the calendar year and the product
category name, this result table allows you to do analysis over the reseller sales by year and product category.
SUMMARIZE(ResellerSales_USD
, DateTime[CalendarYear]
, ProductCategory[ProductCategoryName]
, "Sales Amount (USD)", SUM(ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD])
, "Discount Amount (USD)", SUM(ResellerSales_USD[DiscountAmount])
)
table:
P RO DUC TC AT EGO RY [ P RO DU [ DISC O UN T A M O UN T

DAT ET IM E[ C A L EN DA RY EA R] C TC AT EGO RY N A M E] [ SA L ES A M O UN T ( USD) ] ( USD) ]
2008 Bikes 12968255.42 36167.6592
2005 Bikes 6958251.043 4231.1621
2006 Bikes 18901351.08 178175.8399
2007 Bikes 24256817.5 276065.992
2008 Components 2008052.706 39.9266
2005 Components 574256.9865 0
2006 Components 3428213.05 948.7674
2007 Components 5195315.216 4226.0444
2008 Clothing 366507.844 4151.1235
2005 Clothing 31851.1628 90.9593
2006 Clothing 455730.9729 4233.039
2007 Clothing 815853.2868 12489.3835
2008 Accessories 153299.924 865.5945
2005 Accessories 18594.4782 4.293
2006 Accessories 86612.7463 1061.4872
2007 Accessories 275794.8403 4756.6546
Advanced SUMMARIZE options

SUMMARIZE with ROLLUP
The addition of the ROLLUP() syntax modifies the behavior of the SUMMARIZE function by adding roll-up rows to
the result on the groupBy_columnName columns.
SUMMARIZE(<table>, <groupBy_columnName>[, <groupBy_columnName>]…[, ROLLUP(<groupBy_columnName>[,<
groupBy_columnName>…])][, <name>, <expression>]…)
ROLLUP parameters
groupBy_columnName
The qualified name of an existing column to be used to create summary groups based on the values found in it.
This parameter cannot be an expression.
Note : All other SUMMARIZE parameters are explained before and not repeated here for brevity.
Remarks
The columns mentioned in the ROLLUP expression cannot be referenced as part of a groupBy_columnName
columns.
Example
The following example adds roll-up rows to the Group-By columns of the SUMMARIZE function call.
, ROLLUP( DateTime[CalendarYear], ProductCategory[ProductCategoryName])
)
table:

2008 Bikes 12968255.42 36167.6592
2005 Bikes 6958251.043 4231.1621
2006 Bikes 18901351.08 178175.8399
2007 Bikes 24256817.5 276065.992
2008 Components 2008052.706 39.9266
2005 Components 574256.9865 0
2006 Components 3428213.05 948.7674
2007 Components 5195315.216 4226.0444
2008 Clothing 366507.844 4151.1235
2005 Clothing 31851.1628 90.9593
2006 Clothing 455730.9729 4233.039
2007 Clothing 815853.2868 12489.3835
2008 Accessories 153299.924 865.5945

2005 Accessories 18594.4782 4.293
2006 Accessories 86612.7463 1061.4872
2007 Accessories 275794.8403 4756.6546
2008 15496115.89 41224.3038
2005 7582953.67 4326.4144
2006 22871907.85 184419.1335
2007 30543780.84 297538.0745
76494758.25 527507.9262
ROLLUPGROUP
ROLLUPGROUP() can be used to calculate groups of subtotals. If used in-place of ROLLUP, ROLLUPGROUP will
yield the same result by adding roll-up rows to the result on the groupBy_columnName columns. However, the
addition of ROLLUPGROUP() inside a ROLLUP syntax can be used to prevent partial subtotals in roll-up rows.
The following example shows only the grand total of all years and categories without the subtotal of each year
with all categories:
, ROLLUP(ROLLUPGROUP( DateTime[CalendarYear], ProductCategory[ProductCategoryName]))
)
table:

2008 Bikes 12968255.42 36167.6592
2005 Bikes 6958251.043 4231.1621
2006 Bikes 18901351.08 178175.8399
2007 Bikes 24256817.5 276065.992
2008 Components 2008052.706 39.9266
2005 Components 574256.9865 0
2006 Components 3428213.05 948.7674

2007 Components 5195315.216 4226.0444
2008 Clothing 366507.844 4151.1235
2005 Clothing 31851.1628 90.9593
2006 Clothing 455730.9729 4233.039
2007 Clothing 815853.2868 12489.3835
2008 Accessories 153299.924 865.5945
2005 Accessories 18594.4782 4.293
2006 Accessories 86612.7463 1061.4872
2007 Accessories 275794.8403 4756.6546
76494758.25 527507.9262
SUMMARIZE with ISSUBTOTAL

Enables the user to create another column, in the Summarize function, that returns True if the row contains sub-
total values for the column given as argument to ISSUBTOTAL, otherwise returns False.
SUMMARIZE(<table>, <groupBy_columnName>[, <groupBy_columnName>]…[, ROLLUP(<groupBy_columnName>[,<

groupBy_columnName>…])][, <name>, {<expression>|ISSUBTOTAL(<columnName>)}]…)
ISSUBTOTAL parameters
columnName
The name of any column in table of the SUMMARIZE function or any column in a related table to table.
Return value
A True value if the row contains a sub-total value for the column given as argument, otherwise returns False
Remarks
ISSUBTOTAL can only be used in the expression part of a SUMMARIZE function.
ISSUBTOTAL must be preceded by a matching name column.
Example
The following sample generates an ISSUBTOTAL() column for each of the ROLLUP() columns in the given
SUMMARIZE() function call.
, ROLLUP( DateTime[CalendarYear], ProductCategory[ProductCategoryName])
, "Is Sub Total for DateTimeCalendarYear", ISSUBTOTAL(DateTime[CalendarYear])
, "Is Sub Total for ProductCategoryName", ISSUBTOTAL(ProductCategory[ProductCategoryName])
)
table:
[ IS SUB TOTA L [ IS SUB TOTA L

FOR FOR P RO DUC TC AT EG
DAT ET IM EC A L EN P RO DUC TC AT EG DAT ET IM E[ C A L E O RY [ P RO DUC TC [ SA L ES A M O UN T [ DISC O UN T
DA RY EA R] O RY N A M E] N DA RY EA R] AT EGO RY N A M E] ( USD) ] A M O UN T ( USD) ]
FALSE FALSE
FALSE FALSE 2008 Bikes 12968255.42 36167.6592
FALSE FALSE 2008 Components 2008052.706 39.9266
FALSE FALSE 2005 Components 574256.9865 0
FALSE FALSE 2008 Clothing 366507.844 4151.1235
FALSE FALSE 2008 Accessories 153299.924 865.5945
FALSE TRUE
FALSE TRUE 2008 15496115.89 41224.3038
FALSE TRUE 2005 7582953.67 4326.4144
FALSE TRUE 2006 22871907.85 184419.1335
FALSE TRUE 2007 30543780.84 297538.0745
TRUE TRUE 76494758.25 527507.9262

T.DIST
Returns the Student's left-tailed t-distribution.
Syntax
T.DIST(X,Deg_freedom,Cumulative)
Parameters
X The numeric value at which to evaluate the distribution.
Deg_freedom An integer indicating the number of degrees of freedom.
Cumulative A logical value that determines the form of the function. If

cumulative is TRUE, T.DIST returns the cumulative distribution
function; if FALSE, it returns the probability density function.
Return value
The Student's left-tailed t-distribution.
Example
EVALUATE { T.DIST(60, 1, TRUE) }
Returns
[ VA L UE]
0.994695326367377
See also
T.DIST.2T function
T.DIST.RT function
T.INV function
T.INV.2t function
T.DIST.2T
Returns the two-tailed Student's t-distribution.
Syntax
T.DIST.2T(X,Deg_freedom)
Parameters
Return value
The two-tailed Student's t-distribution.
Example
EVALUATE { T.DIST.2T(1.959999998, 60) }
Returns
[ VA L UE]
0.054644929975921
See also
T.DIST function
T.DIST.RT function
T.INV function
T.INV.2t function
T.DIST.RT
Returns the right-tailed Student's t-distribution.
Syntax
T.DIST.RT(X,Deg_freedom)
Parameters
Return value
The right-tailed Student's t-distribution.
Example
EVALUATE { T.DIST.RT(1.959999998, 60) }
Returns
[ VA L UE]
0.0273224649879605
See also
T.DIST function
T.DIST.2T function
T.INV function
T.INV.2t function
T.INV
Returns the left-tailed inverse of the Student's t-distribution.
Syntax
T.INV(Probability,Deg_freedom)
Parameters
Probability The probability associated with the Student's t-distribution.
Deg_freedom The number of degrees of freedom with which to characterize

the distribution.
Return value
The left-tailed inverse of the Student's t-distribution.
Example
EVALUATE { T.INV(0.75, 2) }
Returns
[ VA L UE]
0.816496580927726
See also
T.INV.2T function
T.DIST function
T.DIST.2T function
T.DIST.RT function
T.INV.2T
Returns the two-tailed inverse of the Student's t-distribution.
Syntax
T.INV.2T(Probability,Deg_freedom)
Parameters
Probability The probability associated with the Student's t-distribution.
Deg_freedom The number of degrees of freedom with which to characterize

the distribution.
Return value
The two-tailed inverse of the Student's t-distribution.
Example
EVALUATE { T.INV.2T(0.546449, 60) }
Returns
[ VA L UE]
0.606533075825759
See also
T.INV function
T.DIST function
T.DIST.2T function
T.DIST.RT function
TAN
Returns the tangent of the given angle.
Syntax
TAN(number)
Parameters
number Required. The angle in radians for which you want the tangent.
Return value
Returns the tangent of the given angle.
Remarks
If your argument is in degrees, multiply it by PI()/180 or use the RADIANS function to convert it to radians.
Example
=TAN(0.785) Tangent of 0.785 radians (0.99920) 0.99920
=TAN(45*PI()/180) Tangent of 45 degrees (1) 1
=TAN(RADIANS(45)) Tangent of 45 degrees (1) 1

TANH
Returns the hyperbolic tangent of a number.
Syntax
TANH(number)
Parameters
number Required. Any real number.
Return value
Returns the hyperbolic tangent of a number.
Remarks
The formula for the hyperbolic tangent is:
Example
=TANH(-2) Hyperbolic tangent of -2 (-0.96403) -0.964028
=TANH(0) Hyperbolic tangent of 0 (0) 0
=TANH(0.5) Hyperbolic tangent of 0.5 (0.462117) 0.462117

TOPN
Returns the top N rows of the specified table.
Syntax
TOPN(<n_value>, <table>, <orderBy_expression>, [<order>[, <orderBy_expression>, [<order>]]…])
Parameters
n_value
The number of rows to return. It is any DAX expression that returns a single scalar value, where the expression is to
be evaluated multiple times (for each row/context).
See the remarks section to understand when the number of rows returned could possible be larger than n_value.
See the remarks section to understand when an empty table is returned.
table
Any DAX expression that returns a table of data from where to extract the top ‘n’ rows.
orderBy_expression
Any DAX expression where the result value is used to sort the table and it is evaluated for each row of table.
order
(Optional) A value that specifies how to sort orderBy_expression values, ascending or descending:
0 (zero) FALSE Sorts in descending order of values of

order_by.

1 TRUE Ranks in ascending order of order_by.
Return value
A table with the top N rows of table or an empty table if n_value is 0 (zero) or less. Rows are not necessarily sorted
in any particular order.
Remarks
If there is a tie, in order_by values, at the N-th row of the table, then all tied rows are returned. Then, when
there are ties at the N-th row the function might return more than n rows.
If n_value is 0 (zero) or less then TOPN returns an empty table.
TOPN does not guarantee any sort order for the results.
Example
The following sample creates a measure with the sales of the top 10 sold products.
=SUMX(TOPN(10, SUMMARIZE(Product, [ProductKey], “TotalSales”,

SUMX(RELATED(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]) +
SUMX(RELATED(ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]), ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]))
VAR.S
Returns the variance of a sample population.
Syntax
VAR.S(<columnName>)
Parameters

Return value
A number with the variance of a sample population.
Exceptions
Remarks
1. VAR.S assumes that the column refers to a sample of the population. If your data represents the entire
population, then compute the variance by using VAR.P.
2. VAR.S uses the following formula:
∑(x - x̃)²/(n-1)
Example
The following example shows the formula for a measure that calculates the variance of the SalesAmount_USD
column from the InternetSales_USD for a sample population.
=VAR.S(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD])
VAR.P
Returns the variance of the entire population.
Syntax
VAR.P(<columnName>)
Parameters

Return value
A number with the variance of the entire population.
Remarks
1. VAR.P assumes that the column refers the entire population. If your data represents a sample of the
population, then compute the variance by using VAR.S.
2. VAR.P uses the following formula:
∑(x - x̃)²/n
Example
The following example shows the formula for a measure that estimates the variance of the SalesAmount_USD
column from the InternetSales_USD table, for the entire population.
=VAR.P(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD])
VARX.S
Returns the variance of a sample population.
Syntax
VARX.S(<table>, <expression>)
Parameters
row/context).
Return value
A number that represents the variance of a sample population.
Exceptions
Remarks
1. VARX.S evaluates expression for each row of table and returns the variance of expression; on the
assumption that table refers to a sample of the population. If table represents the entire population, then
you should compute the variance by using VARX.P.
2. VAR.S uses the following formula:
∑(x - x̃)²/(n-1)
Example
The following example shows the formula for a calculated column that estimates the variance of the unit price per
product for a sample population, when the formula is used in the Product table.
=VARX.S(InternetSales_USD, InternetSales_USD[UnitPrice_USD] –
VARX.P
Returns the variance of the entire population.
Syntax
VARX.P(<table>, <expression>)
Parameters
row/context).
Return value
A number with the variance of the entire population.
Exceptions
Remarks
1. VARX.P evaluates <expression> for each row of <table> and returns the variance of <expression>
assuming that <table> refers to the entire population.. If <table> represents a sample of the population,
then compute the variance by using VARX.S.
2. VARX.P uses the following formula:
∑(x - x̃)²/n
Example
The following example shows the formula for a calculated column that calculates the variance of the unit price per
product, when the formula is used in the Product table
=VARX.P(InternetSales_USD, InternetSales_USD[UnitPrice_USD] –
XIRR
Returns the internal rate of return for a schedule of cash flows that is not necessarily periodic.
Syntax
XIRR(<table>, <values>, <dates>, [guess])
Parameters
table A table for which the values and dates expressions should be
calculated.
values An expression that returns the cash flow value for each row of
the table.
dates An expression that returns the cash flow date for each row of
the table.
guess (Optional) An initial guess for the internal rate of return. If

omitted, the default guess of 0.1 is used.
Return value
Internal rate of return for the given inputs. If the calculation fails to return a valid result, an error is returned.
Remarks
The value is calculated as the rate that satisfies the following function:
The series of cash flow values must contain at least one positive number and one negative number.
Example
The following calculates the internal rate of return of the CashFlows table:
Rate of return := XIRR( CashFlows, [Payment], [Date] )

DAT E PAY M EN T
1/1/2014 -10000
3/1/2014 2750
10/30/2014 4250
2/15/2015 3250
4/1/2015 2750
Rate of return = 37.49%

XNPV
Returns the present value for a schedule of cash flows that is not necessarily periodic.
Syntax
XNPV(<table>, <values>, <dates>, <rate>)
Parameters
table A table for which the values and dates expressions should be
calculated.
values An expression that returns the cash flow value for each row of
the table.
dates An expression that returns the cash flow date for each row of
the table.
rate The discount rate to apply to the cash flow for each row of the
table.
Return value
Net present value.
Remarks
The value is calculated as the following summation:
The series of cash flow values must contain at least one positive number and one negative number.
Example
The following calculates the present value of the CashFlows table:
Present value := XNPV( CashFlows, [Payment], [Date], 0.09 )

DAT E PAY M EN T
1/1/2014 -10000
3/1/2014 2750
10/30/2014 4250
2/15/2015 3250
4/1/2015 2750
Present value = 2086.65

Text functions
Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) includes a set of text functions based on the library of string functions in Excel,
but which have been modified to work with tables and columns in tabular models. This section describes text
functions available in the DAX language.
In this category
BLANK Returns a blank.
CODE Returns a numeric code for the first character in a text string.
CONCATENATE Joins two text strings into one text string.
CONCATENATEX Concatenates the result of an expression evaluated for each

row in a table.
CONTAINSSTRING Returns TRUE or FALSE indicating whether one string

contains another string.
CONTAINSSTRINGEXACT Returns TRUE or FALSE indicating whether one string

contains another string.
EXACT Compares two text strings and returns TRUE if they are
exactly the same, FALSE otherwise.
FIND Returns the starting position of one text string within

another text string.
FIXED Rounds a number to the specified number of decimals and

returns the result as text.
FORMAT Converts a value to text according to the specified format.
LEFT Returns the specified number of characters from the start of

a text string.
LEN Returns the number of characters in a text string.
LOWER Converts all letters in a text string to lowercase.
MID Returns a string of characters from the middle of a text

string, given a starting position and length.
REPLACE REPLACE replaces part of a text string, based on the number

of characters you specify, with a different text string.
REPT Repeats text a given number of times.
RIGHT RIGHT returns the last character or characters in a text string,

based on the number of characters you specify.
SEARCH Returns the number of the character at which a specific

character or text string is first found, reading left to right.
SUBSTITUTE Replaces existing text with new text in a text string.
TRIM Removes all spaces from text except for single spaces
between words.
UNICHAR Returns the Unicode character referenced by the numeric

value.
UNICODE Returns the numeric code corresponding to the first

character of the text string.
UPPER Converts a text string to all uppercase letters.
VALUE Converts a text string that represents a number to a number.

BLANK
Returns a blank.
Syntax
BLANK()
Return value
A blank.
Remarks
Blanks are not equivalent to nulls. DAX uses blanks for both database nulls and for blank cells in Excel.
Some DAX functions treat blank cells somewhat differently from Microsoft Excel. Blanks and empty strings ("") are
not always equivalent, but some operations may treat them as such.
Example
The following example illustrates how you can work with blanks in formulas. The formula calculates the ratio of
sales between the Resellers and the Internet channels. However, before attempting to calculate the ratio the
denominator should be checked for zero values. If the denominator is zero then a blank value should be returned;
otherwise, the ratio is calculated.
=IF( SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD])= 0 , BLANK() ,

SUM(ResellerSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD])/SUM(InternetSales_USD[SalesAmount_USD]) )
The table shows the expected results when this formula is used to create a PivotTable.
RESEL L ER TO
IN T ERN ET SA L ES
RAT IO C O L UM N L A B EL S
2005 2.65 2.89
2006 3.33 4.03
2007 1.04 2.92 6.63 3.51
2008 0.41 1.53 2.00 1.71
Grand Total 0.83 2.51 5.45 2.94
In the original data source, the column evaluated by the BLANK function might have included text, empty strings, or
nulls. If the original data source was a SQL Server database, nulls and empty strings are different kinds of data.
However, for this operation an implicit type cast is performed and DAX treats them as the same.
See also
Text functions (DAX)
ISBLANK function (DAX)
CODE
Returns a numeric code for the first character in a text string. The returned code corresponds to the character set
used by your computer.
O P ERAT IN G EN VIRO N M EN T C H A RA C T ER SET
Macintosh Macintosh character set
Windows ANSI
Syntax
CODE(text)
Parameters
text The text for which you want the code of the first character.
Return value
A numeric code for the first character in a text string.
Example
=CODE("A") Displays the numeric code for A 65
=CODE("!") Displays the numeric code for ! 33

COMBINEVALUES
The COMBINEVALUES function joins two or more text strings into one text string. The primary purpose of this
function is to support multi-column relationships in DirectQuery models. See Remarks for details.
Syntax
COMBINEVALUES(<delimiter>, <expression>, <expression>[, <expression>]…)
Parameters
delimiter A separator to use during concatenation. Must be a constant

value.
expression A DAX expression whose value will be be joined into a single

text string.
Return value
The concatenated string.
Remarks
The COMBINEVALUES function assumes, but does not validate, that when the input values are different, the output
strings are also different. Based on this assumption, when COMBINEVALUES is used to create calculated columns in
order to build a relationship that joins multiple columns from two DirectQuery tables, an optimized join condition
is generated at query time. For example, if users want to create a relationship between Table1(Column1, Column2)
and Table2(Column1, Column2), they can create two calculated columns, one on each table, as:
Table1[CalcColumn] = COMBINEVALUES(",", Table1[Column1], Table1[Column2])
and
Table2[CalcColumn] = COMBINEVALUES(",", Table2[Column1], Table2[Column2]) ,
And then create a relationship between Table1[CalcColumn] and Table2[CalcColumn] . Unlike other DAX functions
and operators, which are translated literally to the corresponding SQL operators and functions, the above
relationship generates a SQL join predicate as:
(Table1.Column1 = Table2.Column1 OR Table1.Column1 IS NULL AND Table2.Column1 IS NULL)
and
(Table1.Column2 = Table2.Column2 OR Table1.Column2 IS NULL AND Table2.Column2 IS NULL) .
The join predicate can potentially deliver much better query performance than one that involves complex SQL
operators and functions.
The COMBINEVALUES function relies on users to choose the appropriate delimiter to ensure that unique
combinations of input values produce distinct output strings but it does not validate that the assumption is true. For
example, if users choose "| " as the delimiter, but one row in Table1 has Table1[Column1] = "| " and
Table2 [Column2] = " " , while one row in Table2 has Table2[Column1] = " " and Table2[Column2] = "| " , the two
concatenated outputs will be the same "|| " , which seem to indicate that the two rows are a match in the join
operation. The two rows are not joined together if both tables are from the same DirectQuery source although they
are joined together if both tables are imported.
Example
EVALUATE DISTINCT(SELECTCOLUMNS(DimDate, "Month", COMBINEVALUES(",", [MonthName], [CalendarYear])))
Returns the following single column table:
[MONT H ]
January,2007
February,2007
March,2007
April,2007
May,2007
June,2007
July,2007
August,2007
September,2007
October,2007
November,2007
December,2007
January,2008
January,2008
February,2008
March,2008
April,2008
May,2008
[MONT H ]
June,2008
July,2008
August,2008
September,2008
October,2008
November,2008
December,2008
CONCATENATE
Joins two text strings into one text string.
Syntax
CONCATENATE(<text1>, <text2>)
Parameters
text1, text2 The text strings to be joined into a single text string. Strings
can include text or numbers.
You can also use column references.
Return value
The concatenated string.
Remarks
The CONCATENATE function joins two text strings into one text string. The joined items can be text, numbers or
Boolean values represented as text, or a combination of those items. You can also use a column reference if the
column contains appropriate values.
The CONCATENATE function in DAX accepts only two arguments, whereas the Excel CONCATENATE function
accepts up to 255 arguments. If you need to concatenate multiple columns, you can create a series of calculations
or, better, use the concatenation operator (& ) to join all of them in a simpler expression.
If you want to use text strings directly, rather than using a column reference, you must enclose each string in
double quotation marks.
Example: Concatenation of Literals

Description
The sample formula creates a new string value by combining two string values that you provide as arguments.
Code
=CONCATENATE("Hello ", "World")
Example: Concatenation of Strings in Columns

Description
The sample formula returns the customer's full name as listed in a phone book. Note how a nested function is used
as the second argument. This is one way to concatenate multiple strings, when you have more than two values that
you want to use as arguments.
Code
=CONCATENATE(Customer[LastName], CONCATENATE(", ", Customer[FirstName]))
Example: Conditional Concatenation of Strings in Columns

Description
The sample formula creates a new calculated column in the Customer table with the full customer name as a
combination of first name, middle initial, and last name. If there is no middle name, the last name comes directly
after the first name. If there is a middle name, only the first letter of the middle name is used and the initial letter is
followed by a period.
Code
=CONCATENATE( [FirstName]&" ", CONCATENATE( IF( LEN([MiddleName])>1, LEFT([MiddleName],1)&" ", ""),
[LastName]))
Comments
This formula uses nested CONCATENATE and IF functions, together with the ampersand (&) operator, to
conditionally concatenate three string values and add spaces as separators.
Example: Concatenation of Columns with Different Data Types

The following example demonstrates how to concatenate values in columns that have different data types. If the
value that you are concatenating is numeric, the value will be implicitly converted to text. If both values are
numeric, both values will be cast to text and concatenated as if they were strings.
P RO DUC T A B B REVIAT IO N P RO DUC T N UM B ER

( C O L UM N 1 O F C O M P O SIT E ( C O L UM N 2 O F C O M P O SIT E N EW GEN ERAT ED K EY
P RO DUC T DESC RIP T IO N K EY ) K EY ) C O L UM N
Mountain bike MTN 40 MTN40
Mountain bike MTN 42 MTN42
Code
=CONCATENATE('Products'[Product abbreviation],'Products'[Product number])
Comments
The CONCATENATE function in DAX accepts only two arguments, whereas the Excel CONCATENATE function
accepts up to 255 arguments. If you need to add more arguments, you can use the ampersand (&) operator. For
example, the following formula produces the results, MTN-40 and MTN-42.
=[Product abbreviation] & "-" & [Product number]
See also
CONCATENATEX
Concatenates the result of an expression evaluated for each row in a table.
Syntax
CONCATENATEX(<table>, <expression>, [delimiter])
Parameters
evaluated.
delimiter (optional) A separator to use during concatenation.
Return value
A text string.
Remarks
This function takes as its first argument a table or an expression that returns a table. The second argument is a
column that contains the values you want to concatenate, or an expression that returns a value.
Example
Employees table
F IRST N A M E L A ST N A M E
Alan Brewer
Michael Blythe
CONCATENATEX(Employees, [FirstName] & “ “ & [LastName], “,”)

Returns "Alan Brewer, Michael Blythe"
EXACT
Compares two text strings and returns TRUE if they are exactly the same, FALSE otherwise. EXACT is case-sensitive
but ignores formatting differences. You can use EXACT to test text being entered into a document.
Syntax
EXACT(<text1>,<text2>)
Parameters
text1 The first text string or column that contains text.
text2 The second text string or column that contains text.

True or false. (Boolean)
Example
The following formula checks the value of Column1 for the current row against the value of Column2 for the
current row, and returns TRUE if they are the same, and returns FALSE if they are different.
=EXACT([Column1],[Column2])
See also
FIND
Returns the starting position of one text string within another text string. FIND is case-sensitive.
Syntax
FIND(<find_text>, <within_text>[, [<start_num>][, <NotFoundValue>]])
Parameters
find_text The text you want to find. Use double quotes (empty text) to
match the first character in within_text .
within_text The text containing the text you want to find.
start_num (optional) The character at which to start the search; if

omitted, star t_num = 1. The first character in within_text is
character number 1.
NotFoundValue (optional) The value that should be returned when the

operation does not find a matching substring, typically 0, -1,
or BLANK().

Number that shows the starting point of the text string you want to find.
Remarks
Whereas Microsoft Excel has multiple versions of the FIND function to accommodate single-byte character set
(SBCS) and double-byte character set (DBCS) languages, DAX uses Unicode and counts each character the same
way; therefore, you do not need to use a different version depending on the character type.
FIND does not support wildcards. To use wildcards, use SEARCH.
Example
The following formula finds the position of the first letter of the product designation, BMX, in the string that
contains the product description.
=FIND("BMX","line of BMX racing goods")

See also
FIXED
Rounds a number to the specified number of decimals and returns the result as text. You can specify that the result
be returned with or without commas.
Syntax
FIXED(<number>, <decimals>, <no_commas>)
Parameters
number The number you want to round and convert to text, or a

column containing a number.
decimals (optional) The number of digits to the right of the decimal

point; if omitted, 2.
no_commas (optional) A logical value: if 1, do not display commas in the

returned text; if 0 or omitted, display commas in the returned
text.

A number represented as text.
Remarks
If the value used for the decimals parameter is negative, number is rounded to the left of the decimal point.
If you omit decimals , it is assumed to be 2.
If no_commas is 0 or is omitted, then the returned text includes commas as usual.
The major difference between formatting a cell containing a number by using a command and formatting a
number directly with the FIXED function is that FIXED converts its result to text. A number formatted with a
command from the formatting menu is still a number.
Example
The following example gets the numeric value for the current row in column, PctCost, and returns it as text with 4
decimal places and no commas.
=FIXED([PctCost],3,1)
Numbers can never have more than 15 significant digits, but decimals can be as large as 127.
See also
FORMAT
Converts a value to text according to the specified format.
Syntax
FORMAT(<value>, <format_string>)
Parameters
value A value or expression that evaluates to a single value.
format_string A string with the formatting template.
Return value
A string containing value formatted as defined by format_string .
IMPORTANT
If value is BLANK() the function returns an empty string.
If format_string is BLANK(), the value is formatted with a "General Number" or "General Date" format (according to value
type).
Remarks
For information on how to use the format_string parameter, see the appropriate topic listed below:
TO F O RM AT F O L LO W T H ESE IN ST RUC T IO N S
Numbers Use predefined numeric formats or create user-defined

numeric formats.
Dates and times Use predefined date/time formats or create user-defined

date/time formats.
All predefined formatting strings use the current user locale when formatting the result.
Cau t i on
The format strings supported as an argument to the DAX FORMAT function are based on the format strings used
by Visual Basic (OLE Automation), not on the format strings used by the .NET Framework. Therefore, you might get
unexpected results or an error if the argument does not match any defined format strings. For example, “p” as an
abbreviation for “Percent” is not supported. Strings that you provide as an argument to the FORMAT function that
are not included in the list of predefined format strings are handled as part of a custom format string, or as a
string literal.
See also
Pre-Defined Numeric Formats for the FORMAT function
Custom Numeric Formats for the FORMAT function
Pre-defined date and time formats for the FORMAT function
Custom date and time formats for the FORMAT function
VALUE function (DAX)
Pre-Defined Numeric Formats for the FORMAT
function
The following table identifies the predefined numeric format names. These may be used by name as the style
argument for the Format function.
F O RM AT SP EC IF IC AT IO N DESC RIP T IO N
"General Number" Displays number with no thousand separators.
"Currency" Displays number with thousand separators, if appropriate;

displays two digits to the right of the decimal separator.
Output is based on system locale settings.
"Fixed" Displays at least one digit to the left and two digits to the
right of the decimal separator.
"Standard" Displays number with thousand separators, at least one digit

to the left and two digits to the right of the decimal separator.
"Percent" Displays number multiplied by 100 with a percent sign (%)

appended immediately to the right; always displays two digits
to the right of the decimal separator.
"Scientific" Uses standard scientific notation, providing two significant

digits.
"Yes/No" Displays No if number is 0; otherwise, displays Yes.
"True/False" Displays False if number is 0; otherwise, displays True.
"On/Off" Displays Off if number is 0; otherwise, displays On.
Remarks
Note that format strings are based on Visual Basic (OLE Automation) and therefore might have slightly different
behavior than the format strings used by the .NET Framework. Abbreviations such as “P” and “x” are not
supported. Any other strings that you provide as an argument to the FORMAT function are interpreted as defining
a custom format.
IMPORTANT
If format_string is BLANK(), the value is formatted with a "General Number" format.
Example
The following samples show the usage of different predefined formatting strings to format a numeric value.
FORMAT( 12345.67, "General Number")

FORMAT( 12345.67, "Currency")
FORMAT( 12345.67, "Fixed")
FORMAT( 12345.67, "Standard")
FORMAT( 12345.67, "Percent")
FORMAT( 12345.67, "Scientific")
The above expressions return the following results:

12345.67 "General Number" displays the number with no formatting.
$12,345.67 "Currency" displays the number with your currency locale formatting. The sample here shows the
default United States currency formatting.
12345.67 "Fixed" displays at least one digit to the left of the decimal separator and two digits to the right of the
decimal separator.
12,345.67 " Standard " displays at least one digit to the left of the decimal separator and two digits to the right of
the decimal separator, and includes thousand separators. The sample here shows the default United States number
formatting.
1,234,567.00 % "Percent" displays the number as a percentage (multiplied by 100) with formatting and the
percent sign at the right of the number separated by a single space.
1.23E+04 "Scientific" displays the number in scientific notation with two decimal digits.
See also
FORMAT function (DAX)
Custom Numeric Formats for the FORMAT function
Custom numeric formats for the FORMAT function
This article describes custom, user-defined formats for numeric values in a FORMAT expression.
Different formats for different numeric values

A user-defined format expression for numbers can have from one to four sections separated by semicolons. If the
format argument contains one of the named numeric formats, only one section is allowed.
IF Y O U USE T H E RESULT IS
One section only The format expression applies to all values.
Two sections The first section applies to positive values and zeros, the
second to negative values.
Three sections The first section applies to positive values, the second to
negative values, and the third to zeros.
Four sections The first section applies to positive values, the second to
negative values, the third to zeros, and the fourth to Null
values.
"$#,##0;($#,##0)"
If you include semicolons with nothing between them, the missing section is defined using the format of the
positive value. For example, the following format displays positive and negative values using the format in the first
section and displays "Zero" if the value is zero.
"$#,##0
User-defined numeric formats

The following table identifies characters you can use to create user-defined number formats.
C H A RA C T ER DESC RIP T IO N
None Display the number with no formatting.

(0 ) Digit placeholder. Display a digit or a zero. If the expression

has a digit in the position where the 0 appears in the format
string, display it; otherwise, display a zero in that position.If
the number has fewer digits than there are zeros (on either
side of the decimal) in the format expression, display leading
or trailing zeros. If the number has more digits to the right of
the decimal separator than there are zeros to the right of the
decimal separator in the format expression, round the number
to as many decimal places as there are zeros. If the number
has more digits to the left of the decimal separator than there
are zeros to the left of the decimal separator in the format
expression, display the extra digits without modification.
(# ) Digit placeholder. Display a digit or nothing. If the expression

has a digit in the position where the # appears in the format
string, display it; otherwise, display nothing in that position.
This symbol works like the 0 digit placeholder, except that
leading and trailing zeros aren't displayed if the number has
the same or fewer digits than there are # characters on either
side of the decimal separator in the format expression.
(. ) Decimal placeholder. In some locales, a comma is used as the

decimal separator. The decimal placeholder determines how
many digits are displayed to the left and right of the decimal
separator. If the format expression contains only number signs
to the left of this symbol, numbers smaller than 1 begin with a
decimal separator. To display a leading zero displayed with
fractional numbers, use 0 as the first digit placeholder to the
left of the decimal separator. The actual character used as a
decimal placeholder in the formatted output depends on the
Number Format recognized by your system.
(%) Percentage placeholder. The expression is multiplied by 100.

The percent character (%) is inserted in the position where it
appears in the format string.
(, ) Thousand separator. In some locales, a period is used as a

thousand separator. The thousand separator separates
thousands from hundreds within a number that has four or
more places to the left of the decimal separator. Standard use
of the thousand separator is specified if the format contains a
thousand separator surrounded by digit placeholders (0 or # ).
Two adjacent thousand separators or a thousand separator
immediately to the left of the decimal separator (whether or
not a decimal is specified) means "scale the number by
dividing it by 1000, rounding as needed." For example, you
can use the format string "##0,," to represent 100 million as
100. Numbers smaller than 1 million are displayed as 0. Two
adjacent thousand separators in any position other than
immediately to the left of the decimal separator are treated
simply as specifying the use of a thousand separator. The
actual character used as the thousand separator in the
formatted output depends on the Number Format recognized
by your system.
(: ) Time separator. In some locales, other characters may be used

to represent the time separator. The time separator separates
hours, minutes, and seconds when time values are formatted.
The actual character used as the time separator in formatted
output is determined by your system settings.
(/) Date separator. In some locales, other characters may be used

to represent the date separator. The date separator separates
the day, month, and year when date values are formatted. The
actual character used as the date separator in formatted
(E- E+ e- e+ ) Scientific format. If the format expression contains at least one

digit placeholder (0 or # ) to the right of E-, E+, e-, or e+, the
number is displayed in scientific format and E or e is inserted
between the number and its exponent. The number of digit
placeholders to the right determines the number of digits in
the exponent. Use E- or e- to place a minus sign next to
negative exponents. Use E+ or e+ to place a minus sign next
to negative exponents and a plus sign next to positive
exponents.
- + $ () Display a literal character. To display a character other than

one of those listed, precede it with a backslash ( \ ) or enclose
it in double quotation marks (" ").
(\ ) Display the next character in the format string. To display a

character that has special meaning as a literal character,
precede it with a backslash ( \ ). The backslash itself isn't
displayed. Using a backslash is the same as enclosing the next
character in double quotation marks. To display a backslash,
use two backslashes ( \\ ). Examples of characters that can't
be displayed as literal characters are the date-formatting and
time-formatting characters (a, c, d, h, m, n, p, q, s, t, w, y, /,
and :), the numeric-formatting characters (#, 0, %, E, e,
comma, and period), and the string-formatting characters (@,
&, <, >, and !).
("ABC") Display the string inside the double quotation marks (" ").
Remarks
If you include semicolons with nothing between them, the missing section is printed using the format of the
positive value.
See also
Pre-Defined Numeric Formats for the FORMAT function
Pre-defined date and time formats for the FORMAT
function
The following table identifies the predefined date and time format names. If you use strings other than these
predefined strings, they will be interpreted as a custom date and time format.
F O RM AT SP EC IF IC AT IO N DESC RIP T IO N
"General Date" Displays a date and/or time. For example, 3/12/2008 11:07:31
AM. Date display is determined by your application's current
culture value.
"Long Date" or "Medium Date" Displays a date according to your current culture's long date
format. For example, Wednesday, March 12, 2008.
"Short Date" Displays a date using your current culture's short date format.
For example, 3/12/2008.
"Long Time" or Displays a time using your current culture's long time format;
typically includes hours, minutes, seconds. For example,
11:07:31 AM.
"Medium Time" Displays a time in 12 hour format. For example, 11:07 AM.
"Short Time" Displays a time in 24 hour format. For example, 11:07.
Remarks
The formatting strings are based on Visual Basic (OLE Automation) and not the .NET Framework formatting
strings; therefore, your results might be slightly different than what you expect from .NET format strings. Note that
abbreviations such as “D” for Long Date and “t” for Short Time are not supported.
IMPORTANT
If format_string is BLANK(), the value is formatted with a "General Date" format.
See also
Custom date and time formats for the FORMAT
function
The following tables describe characters used to create user-defined date/time formats.
User-defined date/time formats

(: ) Time separator. In some locales, other characters may be used

to represent the time separator. The time separator separates
hours, minutes, and seconds when time values are formatted.
The actual character used as the time separator in formatted
(/) Date separator. In some locales, other characters may be used

to represent the date separator. The date separator separates
the day, month, and year when date values are formatted. The
actual character used as the date separator in formatted
c Display the date as ddddd and display the time as ttttt ,

in that order. Display only date information if there is no
fractional part to the date serial number; display only time
information if there is no integer portion.
d Display the day as a number without a leading zero (1–31).
dd Display the day as a number with a leading zero (01–31).
ddd Display the day as an abbreviation (Sun–Sat). Localized.
dddd Display the day as a full name (Sunday–Saturday). Localized.
ddddd Display the date as a complete date (including day, month,

and year), formatted according to your system's short date
format setting. The default short date format is m/d/yy .
dddddd Display a date serial number as a complete date (including

day, month, and year) formatted according to the long date
setting recognized by your system. The default long date
format is mmmm dd, yyyy .
w Display the day of the week as a number (1 for Sunday

through 7 for Saturday).
ww Display the week of the year as a number (1–54).

m Display the month as a number without a leading zero (1–12).

If m immediately follows h or hh , the minute rather than
the month is displayed.
mm Display the month as a number with a leading zero (01–12). If

m immediately follows h or hh , the minute rather than
the month is displayed.
mmm Display the month as an abbreviation (Jan–Dec). Localized.
mmmm Display the month as a full month name (January–December).

Localized.
q Display the quarter of the year as a number (1–4).
y Display the day of the year as a number (1–366).
yy Display the year as a 2-digit number (00–99).
yyyy Display the year as a 4-digit number (100–9999).
h Display the hour as a number without a leading zero (0–23).
hh Display the hour as a number with a leading zero (00–23).
n Display the minute as a number without a leading zero (0–

59).
nn Display the minute as a number with a leading zero (00–59).
s Display the second as a number without a leading zero (0–

59).
ss Display the second as a number with a leading zero (00–59).
ttttt Display a time as a complete time (including hour, minute, and

second), formatted using the time separator defined by the
time format recognized by your system. A leading zero is
displayed if the leading zero option is selected and the time is
before 10:00 A.M. or P.M. The default time format is
h:mm:ss .
AM/PM Use the 12-hour clock and display an uppercase AM with any
hour before noon; display an uppercase PM with any hour
between noon and 11:59 P.M.
am/pm Use the 12-hour clock and display a lowercase AM with any
hour before noon; display a lowercase PM with any hour
A/P Use the 12-hour clock and display an uppercase A with any
hour before noon; display an uppercase P with any hour
a/p Use the 12-hour clock and display a lowercase A with any
hour before noon; display a lowercase P with any hour
AMPM Use the 12-hour clock and display the AM string literal as
defined by your system with any hour before noon; display
the PM string literal as defined by your system with any hour
between noon and 11:59 P.M. AMPM can be either uppercase
or lowercase, but the case of the string displayed matches the
string as defined by your system settings. The default format
is AM/PM. If your system is set to 24-hour clock, the string is
typical set to a zero-length string.
Remarks
Date/Time formatting uses the current user locale to determine the ultimate format of the string. For example, to
format the date March 18, 1995, with the following format string "m/d/yyyy", if the user locale is set to the United
States of America (en-us) the result is '3/12/1995', but if the user locale is set to Germany (de-de) the result is
'18.03.1995'.
See also
Custom numeric formats for the FORMAT function
LEFT
Returns the specified number of characters from the start of a text string.
Syntax
LEFT(<text>, <num_chars>)
Parameters
text The text string containing the characters you want to extract,
or a reference to a column that contains text.
num_chars (optional) The number of characters you want LEFT to extract;

if omitted, 1.

A text string.
Remarks
Whereas Microsoft Excel contains different functions for working with text in single-byte and double-byte character
languages, DAX works with Unicode and stores all characters as the same length; therefore, a single function is
enough.
Example
The following example returns the first five characters of the company name in the column [ResellerName] and the
first five letters of the geographical code in the column [GeographyKey] and concatenates them, to create an
identifier.
=CONCATENATE(LEFT('Reseller'[ResellerName],LEFT(GeographyKey,3))
If the num_chars argument is a number that is larger than the number of characters available, the function
returns the maximum characters available and does not raise an error. For example, the column [GeographyKey]
contains numbers such as 1, 12 and 311; therefore the result also has variable length.
See also
LEN
Returns the number of characters in a text string.
Syntax
LEN(<text>)
Parameters
text The text whose length you want to find, or a column that
contains text. Spaces count as characters.
Return value
A whole number indicating the number of characters in the text string.
Remarks
Whereas Microsoft Excel has different functions for working with single-byte and double-byte character languages,
DAX uses Unicode and stores all characters with the same length.
Therefore, LEN always counts each character as 1, no matter what the default language setting is.
If you use LEN with a column that contains non-text values, such as dates or Booleans, the function implicitly casts
the value to text, using the current column format.
Example
The following formula sums the lengths of addresses in the columns, [AddressLine1] and [AddressLine2].
=LEN([AddressLine1])+LEN([AddressLin2])
LOWER
Converts all letters in a text string to lowercase.
Syntax
LOWER(<text>)
Parameters
text The text you want to convert to lowercase, or a reference to a

column that contains text.

Text in lowercase.
Remarks
Characters that are not letters are not changed. For example, the formula =LOWER("123ABC") returns 123abc .
Example
The following formula gets each row in the column, [ProductCode], and converts the value to all lowercase.
Numbers in the column are not affected.
=LOWER('New Products'[ProductCode])
See also
MID
Returns a string of characters from the middle of a text string, given a starting position and length.
Syntax
MID(<text>, <start_num>, <num_chars>)
Parameters
text The text string from which you want to extract the characters,
or a column that contains text.
start_num The position of the first character you want to extract.

Positions start at 1.
num_chars The number of characters to return.

A string of text of the specified length.
Remarks
Whereas Microsoft Excel has different functions for working with single-byte and double-byte characters
languages, DAX uses Unicode and stores all characters with the same length.
Examples
The following expression,
MID("abcde",2,3))
Returns "bcd" .
The following expression,
MID('Reseller'[ResellerName],1,5))
Returns the same result as LEFT([ResellerName],5) . Both expressions return the first 5 letters of column,
[ResellerName] .
See also
REPLACE
REPLACE replaces part of a text string, based on the number of characters you specify, with a different text string.
Syntax
REPLACE(<old_text>, <start_num>, <num_chars>, <new_text>)
Parameters
old_text The string of text that contains the characters you want to
replace, or a reference to a column that contains text.
start_num The position of the character in old_text that you want to

replace with new_text .
num_chars The number of characters that you want to replace. Warning:

If the argument, num_chars, is a blank or references a column
that evaluates to a blank, the string for new_text is inserted at
the position, start_num, without replacing any characters. This
is the same behavior as in Excel.
new_text The replacement text for the specified characters in old_text .

A text string.
Remarks
Whereas Microsoft Excel has different functions for use with single-byte and double-byte character languages, DAX
uses Unicode and therefore stores all characters as the same length.
Example
The following formula creates a new calculated column that replaces the first two characters of the product code in
column, [ProductCode], with a new two-letter code, OB.
=REPLACE('New Products'[Product Code],1,2,"OB")
See also
SUBSTITUTE function (DAX)
REPT
Repeats text a given number of times. Use REPT to fill a cell with a number of instances of a text string.
Syntax
REPT(<text>, <num_times>)
Parameters
text The text you want to repeat.
num_times A positive number specifying the number of times to repeat

text.

A string containing the changes.
Remarks
If number_times is 0 (zero), REPT returns a blank.
If number_times is not an integer, it is truncated.
The result of the REPT function cannot be longer than 32,767 characters, or REPT returns an error.
Example: Repeating Literal Strings

Description
The following example returns the string, 85, repeated three times.
Code
=REPT("85",3)
Example: Repeating Column Values

Description
The following example returns the string in the column, [MyText], repeated for the number of times in the column,
[MyNumber]. Because the formula extends for the entire column, the resulting string depends on the text and
number value in each row.
Code
=REPT([MyText],[MyNumber])
Comments
M Y T EXT M Y N UM B ER C A L C UL AT EDC O L UM N 1
Text 2 TextText
Number 0
85 3 858585
See also
RIGHT
RIGHT returns the last character or characters in a text string, based on the number of characters you specify.
Syntax
RIGHT(<text>, <num_chars>)
Parameters
text The text string that contains the characters you want to
extract, or a reference to a column that contains text.
num_chars (optional) The number of characters you want RIGHT to

extract; is omitted, 1. You can also use a reference to a column
If the column reference does not contain text, it is implicitly cast as text.

A text string containing the specified right-most characters.
Remarks
RIGHT always counts each character, whether single-byte or double-byte, as 1, no matter what the default language
setting is.
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Example: Returning a Fixed Number of Characters

Description
The following formula returns the last two digits of the product code in the New Products table.
Code
=RIGHT('New Products'[ProductCode],2)
Example: Using a Column Reference to Specify Character Count

Description
The following formula returns a variable number of digits from the product code in the New Products table,
depending on the number in the column, MyCount. If there is no value in the column, MyCount, or the value is a
blank, RIGHT also returns a blank.
Code
=RIGHT('New Products'[ProductCode],[MyCount])
See also
LEFT function (DAX)
MID function (DAX)
SEARCH
Returns the number of the character at which a specific character or text string is first found, reading left to right.
Search is case-insensitive and accent sensitive.
Syntax
SEARCH(<find_text>, <within_text>[, [<start_num>][, <NotFoundValue>]])
Parameters
find_text The text that you want to find.
You can use wildcard characters — the question mark (?) and
asterisk (*) — in find_text . A question mark matches any
single character; an asterisk matches any sequence of
characters. If you want to find an actual question mark or
asterisk, type a tilde (~) before the character.
within_text The text in which you want to search for find_text , or a

column containing text.
start_num (optional) The character position in within_text at which you

want to start searching. If omitted, 1.
NotFoundValue (optional) The value that should be returned when the

operation does not find a matching substring, typically 0, -1,
or BLANK().
Return value
The number of the starting position of the first text string from the first character of the second text string.
Remarks
1. The search function is case insensitive. Searching for "N" will find the first occurrence of 'N' or 'n'.
2. The search function is accent sensitive. Searching for "á" will find the first occurrence of 'á' but no
occurrences of 'a', 'à', or the capitalized versions 'A', 'Á'.
3. By using this function, you can locate one text string within a second text string, and return the position
where the first string starts.
4. You can use the SEARCH function to determine the location of a character or text string within another text
string, and then use the MID function to return the text, or use the REPLACE function to change the text.
5. If the find_text cannot be found in within_text , the formula returns an error. This behavior is like Excel,
which returns #VALUE if the substring is not found. Nulls in within_text will be interpreted as an empty
string in this context.
Example: Search within a String

Description
The following formula finds the position of the letter "n" in the word "printer".
Code
=SEARCH("n","printer")
Comments
The formula returns 4 because "n" is the fourth character in the word "printer."
Example: Search within a Column

Description
You can use a column reference as an argument to SEARCH. The following formula finds the position of the
character "-" (hyphen) in the column, [PostalCode].
Code
=SEARCH("-",[PostalCode])
Comments
The return result is a column of numbers, indicating the index position of the hyphen.
Example: Error-Handling with SEARCH

Description
The formula in the preceding example will fail if the search string is not found in every row of the source column.
Therefore, the next example demonstrates how to use IFERROR with the SEARCH function, to ensure that a valid
result is returned for every row.
The following formula finds the position of the character "-" within the column, and returns -1 if the string is not
found.
Code
= IFERROR(SEARCH("-",[PostalCode]),-1)
Comments
Note that the data type of the value that you use as an error output must match the data type of the non-error
output type. In this case, you provide a numeric value to be output in case of an error because SEARCH returns an
integer value.
However, you could also return a blank (empty string) by using BLANK() as the second argument to IFERROR.
See also
MID function (DAX)
REPLACE function (DAX)
SUBSTITUTE
Replaces existing text with new text in a text string.
Syntax
SUBSTITUTE(<text>, <old_text>, <new_text>, <instance_num>)
Parameters
text The text in which you want to substitute characters, or a

reference to a column containing text.
old_text The existing text that you want to replace.
new_text The text you want to replace old_text with.
instance_num (optional) The occurrence of old_text you want to replace. If

omitted, every instance of old_text is replaced

A string of text.
Remarks
Use the SUBSTITUTE function when you want to replace specific text in a text string; use the REPLACE function
when you want to replace any text of variable length that occurs in a specific location in a text string.
The SUBSTITUTE function is case-sensitive. If case does not match between text and old_text , SUBSTITUTE will not
replace the text.
Example: Substitution within a String

Description
The following formula creates a copy of the column [Product Code] that substitutes the new product code NW for
the old product code PA wherever it occurs in the column.
Code
=SUBSTITUTE([Product Code], "NW", "PA")

See also
REPLACE function (DAX)
TRIM
Removes all spaces from text except for single spaces between words.
Syntax
TRIM(<text>)
Parameters
text The text from which you want spaces removed, or a column
that contains text.

The string with spaces removed.
Remarks
Use TRIM on text that you have received from another application that may have irregular spacing.
The TRIM function was originally designed to trim the 7-bit ASCII space character (value 32) from text. In the
Unicode character set, there is an additional space character called the nonbreaking space character that has a
decimal value of 160. This character is commonly used in Web pages as the HTML entity, . By itself, the TRIM
function does not remove this nonbreaking space character. For an example of how to trim both space characters
from text, see Remove spaces and nonprinting characters from text.
Example
The following formula creates a new string that does not have trailing white space.
=TRIM("A column with trailing spaces. ")
When you create the formula, the formula is propagated through the row just as you typed it, so that you see the
original string in each formula and the results are not apparent. However, when the formula is evaluated the string
is trimmed.
You can verify that the formula produces the correct result by checking the length of the calculated column created
by the previous formula, as follows:
=LEN([Calculated Column 1])
See also
UNICHAR
Returns the Unicode character referenced by the numeric value.
Syntax
UNICHAR(number)
Parameters
number The Unicode number that represents the character.
Return value
A character represented by the Unicode number
Remarks
If XML characters are not invalid, UNICHAR returns an error.
If Unicode numbers are partial surrogates and data types are not valid, UNICHAR returns an error.
If numbers are numeric values that fall outside the allowable range, UNICHAR returns an error.
If number is zero (0), UNICHAR returns an error.
The Unicode character returned can be a string of characters, for example in UTF-8 or UTF-16 codes.
Example
The following example returns the character represented by the Unicode number 66 (uppercase A).
=UNICHAR(65)
The following example returns the character represented by the Unicode number 32 (space character).
=UNICHAR(32)
The following example returns the character represented by the Unicode number 9733 (★ character).
=UNICHAR(9733)
UNICODE
Returns the number (code point) corresponding to the first character of the text.
Syntax
UNICODE( <Text> )
Parameters
Text Text is the character for which you want the Unicode value.
Return value
A numeric code for the first character in a text string.
UPPER
Converts a text string to all uppercase letters.
Syntax
UPPER (<text>)
Parameters
text The text you want converted to uppercase, or a reference to a

column that contains text.

Same text, in uppercase.
Example
The following formula converts the string in the column, [ProductCode], to all uppercase. Non-alphabetic
characters are not affected.
=UPPER(['New Products'[Product Code])
See also
LOWER function (DAX)
VALUE
Converts a text string that represents a number to a number.
Syntax
VALUE(<text>)
Parameters
text The text to be converted.
Return value
The converted number in decimal data type.
Remarks
The value passed as the text parameter can be in any of the constant, number, date, or time formats recognized by
the application or services you are using. If text is not in one of these formats, an error is returned.
You do not generally need to use the VALUE function in a formula because the engine implicitly converts text to
numbers as necessary.
You can also use column references. For example, if you have a column that contains mixed number types, VALUE
can be used to convert all values to a single numeric data type. However, if you use the VALUE function with a
column that contains mixed numbers and text, the entire column is flagged with an error, because not all values in
all rows can be converted to numbers.
Example
The following formula converts the typed string, "3", into the numeric value 3.
=VALUE("3")
See also
Statements
In this category
STAT EM EN T DESC RIP T IO N
DEFINE (Keyword) Defines entities that exist only for the duration of a
DAX query.
EVALUATE (Keyword) A statement required to execute a DAX query.
ORDER BY (Keyword) Defines one or more expressions used to sort

results of a DAX query.
VAR (Keyword) Stores the result of an expression as a named

variable, which can then be passed as an argument to other
measure expressions.
DEFINE
A keyword that defines entities that can be applied to one or more EVALUATE statements of a DAX query.
Syntax
DEFINE { <entity> [<name>] = <expression> }
Arguments
entity MEASURE, VAR, TABLE, or COLUMN.
name The name of an entity. It cannot be an expression.
expression Any DAX expression that returns a single scalar value. The
expression can use any of the defined entities. The expression
must return a table. If a scalar value is required, wrap the
scalar inside a ROW() function to produce a table.
Remarks
Entities can be variables, measures, tables, and columns.
Definitions typically precede the EVALUATE statement and are valid for all EVALUATE statements.
Definitions can reference other definitions that appear before or after the current definition.
Definitions exist only for the duration of the query.
See also
DAX queries
ORDER BY
VAR
EVALUATE
A statement containing a table expression required in a DAX query.
Syntax
EVALUATE <table>
Parameters
table A table expression
Return value
The result of a table expression.
Remarks
A query can contain multiple EVALUATE statements.
Example
EVALUATE(
'Internet Sales'
)
Returns all rows and columns from the Internet Sales table, as a table.
See also
DAX queries
DEFINE
ORDER BY
ORDER BY
Defines the sort order of query results returned by an EVALUATE statement in a DAX query.
Syntax
ORDER BY {<expression> [{ASC | DESC}]}
Arguments
expression Any DAX expression that returns a single scalar value.
ASC (default) Ascending sort order.
DESC Descending sort order.
Return value
The result of an EVALUATE statement in ascending (ASC) or descending (DESC) order.
Example
EVALUATE(
'Internet Sales'
)
ORDER BY
'Internet Sales'[Order Date]
Returns all rows and columns from the Internet Sales table, ordered by Order Date, as a table.
See also
DAX queries
EVALUATE
VAR
Stores the result of an expression as a named variable, which can then be passed as an argument to other measure
expressions. Once resultant values have been calculated for a variable expression, those values do not change,
even if the variable is referenced in another expression.
Syntax
VAR <name> = <expression>
Parameters
name The name of the variable (identifier).

Delimiters are not supported. For example, 'varName' or
[varName] will result in an error.
Supported character set: a-z, A-Z, 0-9.
0-9 are not valid as first character.
__ (double underscore) is allowed as a prefix to the identifier
name.
No other special characters are supported.
Reserved keywords not allowed.
Names of existing tables are not allowed.
Empty spaces are not allowed.
expression A DAX expression which returns a scalar or table value.
Return value
A named variable containing the result of the expression argument.
Exceptions
Remarks
An expression passed as an argument to VAR can contain another VAR declaration.
When referencing a variable:
Measures cannot refer to variables defined outside the measure expression, but can refer to functional
scope variables defined within the expression.
Variables can refer to measures.
Variables can refer to previously defined variables.
Columns in table variables cannot be referenced via TableName[ColumnName] syntax.
Example
To calculate a percentage of year-over-year growth without using a variable, you could create three separate
measures. This first measure calculates Sum of Sales Amount:
Sum of SalesAmount = SUM(SalesTable[SalesAmount])
A second measure calculates the sales amount for the previous year:
SalesAmount PreviousYear =
CALCULATE([Sum of SalesAmount],
SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR(Calendar[Date])
)
You can then create a third measure that combines the other two measures to calculate a growth percentage.
Notice the Sum of SalesAmount measure is used in two places; first to determine if there is a sale, then again to
calculate a percentage.
Sum of SalesAmount YoY%: =

IF([Sum of SalesAmount] ,
DIVIDE(([Sum of SalesAmount] – [SalesAmount PreviousYear]), [Sum of SalesAmount])
)
By using a variable, you can create a single measure that calculates the same result:
YoY% = VAR Sales = SUM(SalesTable[SalesAmount])
VAR SalesLastYear =
CALCULATE ( SUM ( SalesTable[SalesAmount] ), SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR ( 'Calendar'[Date] ) )
return if(Sales, DIVIDE(Sales – SalesLastYear, Sales))
By using a variable, you can get the same outcome, but in a more readable way. In addition, the result of the
expression is stored in the variable upon declaration. It doesn't have to be recalculated each time it is used, as it
would without using a variable. This can improve the measure's performance.
DAX syntax
This article describes syntax and requirements for the DAX formula expression language.
Syntax requirements
A DAX formula always starts with an equal sign (=). After the equals sign, you can provide any expression that
evaluates to a scalar, or an expression that can be converted to a scalar. These include the following:
A scalar constant, or expression that uses a scalar operator (+,-,*,/,>=,...,&&, ...)
References to columns or tables. The DAX language always uses tables and columns as inputs to functions,
never an array or arbitrary set of values.
Operators, constants, and values provided as part of an expression.
The result of a function and its required arguments. Some DAX functions return a table instead of a scalar,
and must be wrapped in a function that evaluates the table and returns a scalar; unless the table is a single
column, single row table, then it is treated as a scalar value.
Most DAX functions require one or more arguments, which can include tables, columns, expressions, and
values. However, some functions, such as PI, do not require any arguments, but always require parentheses
to indicate the null argument. For example, you must always type PI(), not PI. You can also nest functions
within other functions.
Expressions. An expression can contain any or all of the following: operators, constants, or references to
columns.
For example, the following are all valid formulas.
F O RM UL A RESULT
=3 3
="Sales " Sales
='Sales'[Amount] If you use this formula within the Sales table, you will get the
value of the column Amount in the Sales table for the current
row.
=(0.03 *[Amount]) Three percent of the value in the Amount column of the
current table.
=0.03 * [Amount]
Although this formula can be used to calculate a percentage,
the result is not shown as a percentage unless you apply
formatting in the table.
=PI() The value of the constant pi.

NOTE
Formulas can behave differently depending on whether they are used in a calculated column, or in a measure within a
PivotTable. You must always be aware of the context and how the data that you use in the formula is related to other data
that might be used in the calculation.
Naming requirements
A data model often contains multiple tables. Together the tables and their columns comprise a database stored in
the in-memory analytics engine (VertiPaq). Within that database, all tables must have unique names. The names of
columns must also be unique within each table. All object names are case-insensitive; for example, the names
SALES and Sales would represent the same table.
Each column and measure you add to an existing data model must belong to a specific table. You specify the table
that contains the column either implicitly, when you create a calculated column within a table, or explicitly, when
you create a measure and specify the name of the table where the measure definition should be stored.
When you use a table or column as an input to a function, you must generally qualify the column name. The fully
qualified name of a column is the table name, followed by the column name in square brackets: for examples, 'U.S.
Sales'[Products]. A fully qualified name is always required when you reference a column in the following contexts:
As an argument to the function, VALUES
As an argument to the functions, ALL or ALLEXCEPT
In a filter argument for the functions, CALCULATE or CALCULATETABLE
As an argument to the function, RELATEDTABLE
As an argument to any time intelligence function
An unqualified column name is just the name of the column, enclosed in brackets: for example, [Sales Amount]. For
example, when you are referencing a scalar value from the same row of the current table, you can use the
unqualified column name.
If the name of a table contains spaces, reserved keywords, or disallowed characters, you must enclose the table
name in single quotation marks. You must also enclose table names in quotation marks if the name contains any
characters outside the ANSI alphanumeric character range, regardless of whether your locale supports the
character set or not. For example, if you open a workbook that contains table names written in Cyrillic characters,
such as ‘Таблица’, the table name must be enclosed in quotation marks, even though it does not contain spaces.
NOTE
To make it easier to enter the fully qualified names of columns, use the AutoComplete feature in the formula editor.
Tables
Table names are required whenever the column is from a different table than the current table. Table names
must be unique within the database.
Table names must be enclosed in single quotation marks if they contain spaces, other special characters or
any non-English alphanumeric characters.
Measures
Measure names must always be in brackets.
Measure names can contain spaces.
Each measure name must be unique within a model. Therefore, the table name is optional in front of a
measure name when referencing an existing measure. However, when you create a measure you must
always specify a table where the measure definition will be stored.
Columns
Column names must be unique in the context of a table; however, multiple tables can have columns with the same
names (disambiguation comes with the table name).
In general, columns can be referenced without referencing the base table that they belong to, except when there
might be a name conflict to resolve or with certain functions that require column names to be fully qualified.
Reserved keywords
If the name that you use for a table is the same as an Analysis Services reserved keyword, an error is raised, and
you must rename the table. However, you can use keywords in object names if the object name is enclosed in
brackets (for columns) or quotation marks (for tables).
NOTE
Quotation marks can be represented by several different characters, depending on the application. If you paste formulas
from an external document or Web page, make sure to check the ASCII code of the character that is used for opening and
closing quotes, to ensure that they are the same. Otherwise DAX may be unable to recognize the symbols as quotation
marks, making the reference invalid.
Special characters
The following characters and character types are not valid in the names of tables, columns, or measures:
Leading or trailing spaces; unless the spaces are enclosed by name delimiters, brackets, or single
apostrophes.
Control characters
The following characters that are not valid in the names of objects:
.,;':/\*|?&%$!+=()[]{}<>
Examples of object names
The following table shows examples of some object names:
Object Types Examples Comment
Table name Sales If the table name does not contain

spaces or other special characters, the
name does not need to be enclosed in
quotation marks.
Table name ‘Canada Sales’ If the name contains spaces, tabs or

other special characters, enclose the
name in single quotation marks.
Fully qualified column name Sales[Amount] The table name precedes the column
name, and the column name is enclosed
in brackets.
Fully qualified measure name Sales[Profit] The table name precedes the measure
name, and the measure name is
enclosed in brackets. In certain
contexts, a fully qualified name is always
required.
Unqualified column name [Amount] The unqualified name is just the column
name, in brackets. Contexts where you
can use the unqualified name include
formulas in a calculated column within
the same table, or in an aggregation
function that is scanning over the same
table.
Fully qualified column in table with ‘Canada Sales’[Qty] The table name contains spaces, so it
spaces must be surrounded by single quotes.
Other restrictions
The syntax required for each function, and the type of operation it can perform, varies greatly depending on the
function. In general, however, the following rules apply to all formulas and expressions:
DAX formulas and expressions cannot modify or insert individual values in tables.
You cannot create calculated rows by using DAX. You can create only calculated columns and measures.
When defining calculated columns, you can nest functions to any level.
DAX has several functions that return a table. Typically, you use the values returned by these functions as
input to other functions, which require a table as input.
DAX operators and constants

The following table lists the operators that are supported by DAX. For more information about the syntax of
individual operators, see DAX operators.
O P ERATO R T Y P E SY M B O L A N D USE
Parenthesis operator () precedence order and grouping of arguments
Arithmetic operators + (addition)
- (subtraction/
sign)
* (multiplication)
/ (division)
^ (exponentiation)
O P ERATO R T Y P E SY M B O L A N D USE
Comparison operators = (equal to)
> (greater than)
< (less than)
>= (greater than or equal to)
<= (less than or equal to)
<> (not equal to)
Text concatenation operator & (concatenation)
Logic operators && (and)
|| (or)
Data types
You do not need to cast, convert, or otherwise specify the data type of a column or value that you use in a DAX
formula. When you use data in a DAX formula, DAX automatically identifies the data types in referenced columns
and of the values that you type in, and performs implicit conversions where necessary to complete the specified
operation.
For example, if you try to add a number to a date value, the engine will interpret the operation in the context of the
function, and convert the numbers to a common data type, and then present the result in the intended format, a
date.
However, there are some limitations on the values that can be successfully converted. If a value or a column has a
data type that is incompatible with the current operation, DAX returns an error. Also, DAX does not provide
functions that let you explicitly change, convert, or cast the data type of existing data that you have imported into a
data model.
IMPORTANT
DAX does not support use of the variant data type. Therefore, when you load or import data into a data model, it's expected
the data in each column is generally of a consistent data type.
Some functions return scalar values, including strings, whereas other functions work with numbers, both integers
and real numbers, or dates and times. The data type required for each function is described in the section, DAX
functions.
You can use tables containing multiple columns and multiple rows of data as the argument to a function. Some
functions also return tables, which are stored in memory and can be used as arguments to other functions.
DAX operators
The Data Analysis Expression (DAX) language uses operators to create expressions that compare values, perform
arithmetic calculations, or work with strings. This section describes the use of each operator.
Types of operators
There are four different types of calculation operators: arithmetic, comparison, text concatenation, and logical.
Arithmetic operators
To perform basic mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, or multiplication; combine numbers; and
produce numeric results, use the following arithmetic operators.
A RIT H M ET IC O P ERATO R M EA N IN G EXA M P L E
+ (plus sign) Addition 3+3
– (minus sign) Subtraction or sign 3–1–1
* (asterisk) Multiplication 3*3
/ (forward slash) Division 3/3
^ (caret) Exponentiation 16^4
NOTE
The plus sign can function both as a binary operator and as a unary operator. A binary operator requires numbers on both
sides of the operator and performs addition. When you use values in a DAX formula on both sides of the binary operator,
DAX tries to cast the values to numeric data types if they are not already numbers. In contrast, the unary operator can be
applied to any type of argument. The plus symbol does not affect the type or value and is simply ignored, whereas the
minus operator creates a negative value, if applied to a numeric value.
Comparison operators
You can compare two values with the following operators. When two values are compared by using these
operators, the result is a logical value, either TRUE or FALSE.
C O M PA RISO N O P ERATO R M EA N IN G EXA M P L E
= Equal to [Region] = "USA"
== Strict equal to [Region] == "USA"
> Greater than [Sales Date] > "Jan 2009"
< Less than [Sales Date] < "Jan 1 2009"
>= Greater than or equal to [Amount] >= 20000

C O M PA RISO N O P ERATO R M EA N IN G EXA M P L E
<= Less than or equal to [Amount] <= 100
<> Not equal to [Region] <> "USA"
All comparison operators except == treat BLANK as equal to number 0, empty string "", DATE(1899, 12, 30), or
FALSE. As a result, [Column] = 0 will be true when the value of [Column] is either 0 or BLANK. In contrast,
[Column] == 0 is true only when the value of [Column] is 0.
Text concatenation operator
Use the ampersand (&) to join, or concatenate, two or more text strings to produce a single piece of text.
T EXT O P ERATO R M EA N IN G EXA M P L E
& (ampersand) Connects, or concatenates, two values [Region] & ", " & [City]
to produce one continuous text value
Logical operators
Use logical operators (&&) and (||) to combine expressions to produce a single result.
T EXT O P ERATO R M EA N IN G EXA M P L ES
&& (double ampersand) Creates an AND condition between two ([Region] = "France") && ([BikeBuyer] =
expressions that each have a Boolean "yes"))
result. If both expressions return TRUE,
the combination of the expressions also
returns TRUE; otherwise the
combination returns FALSE.
|| (double pipe symbol) Creates an OR condition between two (([Region] = "France") || ([BikeBuyer] =
logical expressions. If either expression "yes"))
returns TRUE, the result is TRUE; only
when both expressions are FALSE is the
result FALSE.
IN Creates a logical OR condition between 'Product'[Color] IN { "Red", "Blue",

each row being compared to a table. "Black" }
Note: the table constructor syntax uses
curly braces.
Operators and precedence order

In some cases, the order in which calculation is performed can affect the Return value; therefore, it is important to
understand how the order is determined and how you can change the order to obtain the desired results.
Calculation order
An expression evaluates the operators and values in a specific order. All expressions always begin with an equal
sign (=). The equal sign indicates that the succeeding characters constitute an expression.
Following the equal sign are the elements to be calculated (the operands), which are separated by calculation
operators. Expressions are always read from left to right, but the order in which the elements are grouped can be
controlled to some degree by using parentheses.
Operator precedence
If you combine several operators in a single formula, the operations are ordered according to the following table.
If the operators have equal precedence value, they are ordered from left to right. For example, if an expression
contains both a multiplication and division operator, they are evaluated in the order that they appear in the
expression, from left to right.
O P ERATO R DESC RIP T IO N
^ Exponentiation
– Sign (as in –1)
* and / Multiplication and division
! NOT (unary operator)
+ and – Addition and subtraction
& Connects two strings of text (concatenation)
=,==,<,>,<=,>=,<> Comparison
Using parentheses to control calculation order

To change the order of evaluation, you should enclose in parentheses that part of the formula that must be
calculated first. For example, the following formula produces 11 because multiplication is calculated before
addition. The formula multiplies 2 by 3, and then adds 5 to the result.
=5+2*3
In contrast, if you use parentheses to change the syntax, the order is changed so that 5 and 2 are added together,
and the result multiplied by 3 to produce 21.
=(5+2)*3
In the following example, the parentheses around the first part of the formula force the calculation to evaluate the
expression (3 + 0.25) first and then divide the result by the result of the expression, ( 3 - 0.25) .
=(3 + 0.25)/(3 - 0.25)
In the following example, the exponentiation operator is applied first, according to the rules of precedence for
operators, and then the sign operator is applied. The result for this expression is -4.
=-2^2
To ensure that the sign operator is applied to the numeric value first, you can use parentheses to control operators,
as shown in the following example. The result for this expression is 4.
= (-2)^2
Compatibility
DAX easily handles and compares various data types, much like Microsoft Excel. However, the underlying
computation engine is based on SQL Server Analysis Services and provides additional advanced features of a
relational data store, including richer support for date and time types. Therefore, in some cases the results of
calculations or the behavior of functions may not be the same as in Excel. Moreover, DAX supports more data
types than does Excel. This section describes the key differences.
Coercing data types of operands
In general, the two operands on the left and right sides of any operator should be the same data type. However, if
the data types are different, DAX will convert them to a common data type to apply the operator in some cases:
1. First, both operands are converted to the largest possible common data type.
2. Next, the operator is applied if possible..
For example, suppose you have two numbers that you want to combine. One number results from a formula, such
as = [Price] * .20 , and the result may contain many decimal places. The other number is an integer that has been
provided as a string value.
In this case, DAX will convert both numbers to real numbers in a numeric format, using the largest numeric format
that can store both kinds of numbers. Then DAX will apply the multiplication.
Depending on the data-type combination, type coercion may not be applied for comparison operations. See Data
Types Supported (SSAS Tabular) for a complete list of data types supported by DAX in SSAS.
Integer, Real Number, Currency, Date/time and Blank are considered numeric for comparison purposes. Blank
evaluates to zero when performing a comparison. The following data-type combinations are supported for
comparison operations.
L EF T SIDE DATA T Y P E RIGH T SIDE DATA T Y P E
Numeric Numeric
Boolean Boolean
String String
Other mixed data-type comparisons will return an error. For example, a formula such as =”1” > 0 returns an error
stating that DAX comparison operations do not support comparing values of type Text with values of type Integer.
DATA T Y P ES USED IN DA X DATA T Y P ES USED IN EXC EL
Numbers (I8, R8) Numbers (R8)
Boolean Boolean
String String
DateTime Variant
Currency Currency
Differences in precedence order

The precedence order of operations in DAX formulas is basically the same as that used by Microsoft Excel, but
some Excel operators are not supported, such as percent. Also, ranges are not supported.
Therefore, whenever you copy and paste formulas from Excel, be sure to review the formula carefully, as some
operators or elements in the formulas may not be valid. When there is any doubt about the order in which
operations are performed, we recommend you use parentheses to control the order of operations and remove any
ambiguity about the result.
See also
DAX Syntax Reference
DAX queries
With DAX queries, you can query and return data defined by a table expression. Reporting clients construct DAX
queries whenever a field is placed on a report surface, or a whenever a filter or calculation is applied. DAX queries
can also be created and run in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and open-source tools like DAX Studio.
DAX queries run in SSMS and DAX Studio return results as a table.
Syntax
[DEFINE { MEASURE <tableName>[<name>] = <expression> }
{ VAR <name> = <expression>}]
EVALUATE <table>
[ORDER BY {<expression> [{ASC | DESC}]}[, …]
[START AT {<value>|<parameter>} [, …]]]
Keywords
EVALUATE (Required)
At the most basic level, a DAX query is an EVALUATE statement containing a table expression. However, a query
can contain multiple EVALUATE statements.
Syntax
EVALUATE <table>
Arguments
table A table expression.
Example
EVALUATE(
'Internet Sales'
)
Returns all rows and columns from the Internet Sales table, as a table.
ORDER BY (Optional)
The optional ORDER BY keyword defines one or more expressions used to sort query results. Any expression
that can be evaluated for each row of the result is valid.
Syntax
EVALUATE <table>
Arguments
expression Any DAX expression that returns a single scalar value.
ASC (default) Ascending sort order.
DESC Descending sort order.
Ex a m p l e
EVALUATE(
'Internet Sales'
)
ORDER BY
'Internet Sales'[Order Date]
Returns all rows and columns from the Internet Sales table, ordered by Order Date, as a table.
START AT (Optional)
The optional START AT keyword is used inside an ORDER BY clause. It defines the value at which the query
results begin.
Syntax
EVALUATE <table>
[START AT {<value>|<parameter>} [, …]]]
Arguments
value A constant value. Cannot be an expression.
parameter The name of a parameter in an XMLA statement prefixed

with an @ character.
START AT arguments have a one-to-one correspondence with the columns in the ORDER BY clause. There can be
as many arguments in the START AT clause as there are in the ORDER BY clause, but not more. The first argument
in the START AT defines the starting value in column 1 of the ORDER BY columns. The second argument in the
START AT defines the starting value in column 2 of the ORDER BY columns within the rows that meet the first
value for column 1.
Example
EVALUATE(
'Internet Sales'
)
ORDER BY
'Internet Sales'[Sales Order Number]
START AT "SO7000"
Returns all rows and columns from the Internet Sales table, ordered by Sales Order Number, beginning at
SO7000.
Multiple EVALUATE /ORDER BY /START AT clauses can be specified in a single query.
DEFINE (Optional)
The optional DEFINE keyword defines entities that exist only for the duration of the query. Definitions are valid
for all EVALUATE statements. Entities can be variables, measures, tables, and columns. Definitions can reference
other definitions that appear before or after the current definition. Definitions typically precede the EVALUATE
statement.
Syntax
[DEFINE { MEASURE <tableName>[<name>] = <expression> }

{ VAR <name> = <expression>}]
EVALUATE <table>
Arguments

name The name of a new measure. It cannot be an expression.
expression Any DAX expression that returns a single scalar value. The
expression can use any of the defined measures. The
expression must return a table. If a scalar value is required,
wrap the scalar inside a ROW() function to produce a table.
VAR An optional expression as a named variable. A VAR can be

passed as an argument to other expressions.
Example
DEFINE
MEASURE 'Internet Sales'[Internet Total Sales] = SUM('Internet Sales'[Sales Amount])
EVALUATE
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS
(
'Date'[Calendar Year],
TREATAS({2013, 2014}, 'Date'[Calendar Year]),
"Total Sales", [Internet Total Sales],
"Combined Years Total Sales", CALCULATE([Internet Total Sales], ALLSELECTED('Date'[Calendar Year]))
)
ORDER BY [Calendar Year]
Returns the calculated total sales for years 2013 and 2014, and combined calculated total sales for years 2013
and 2014, as a table. The measure in the DEFINE statement, Internet Total Sales, is used in both Total Sales and
Combined Years Total Sales expressions.
Parameters in DAX queries

A well-defined DAX query statement can be parameterized and then used over and over with just changes in the
parameter values.
The Execute Method (XMLA) method has a Parameters Element (XMLA) collection element that allows parameters
to be defined and assigned a value. Within the collection, each Parameter Element (XMLA) element defines the
name of the parameter and a value to it.
Reference XMLA parameters by prefixing the name of the parameter with an @ character. Hence, any place in the
syntax where a value is allowed it can be replaced with a parameter call. All XMLA parameters are typed as text.
IMPORTANT
Parameters defined in the parameters section and not used in the <STATEMENT> element generate an error response in
XMLA.
IMPORTANT
Parameters used and not defined in the <Parameters> element generate an error response in XMLA.
See also
FILTER
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS
TREATAS
VAR
DAX parameter-naming conventions
Parameter names are standardized in DAX reference to facilitate the usage and understanding of the functions.
Parameter names
PA RA M ET ER DESC RIP T IO N
row/context).
value Any DAX expression that returns a single scalar value where
the expression is to be evaluated exactly once before all other
operations.


name A string constant that will be used to provide the name of a

new object.
order An enumeration used to determine the sort order.
ties An enumeration used to determine the handling of tie values.
type An enumeration used to determine the data type for PathItem

and PathItemReverse.
Prefixing parameter names or using the prefix only

prefixing Parameter names may be further qualified with a prefix that is

descriptive of how the argument is used and to avoid
ambiguous reading of the parameters. For example:
Result_ColumnName - Refers to an existing column used to

get the result values in the LOOKUPVALUE() function.
Search_ColumnName - Refers to an existing column used to

search for a value in the LOOKUPVALUE() function.
omitting Parameter names will be omitted if the prefix is clear enough

to describe the parameter.
For example, instead of having the following syntax DATE

(Year_Value, Month_Value, Day_Value) it is clearer for the user
to read DATE (Year, Month, Day); repeating three times the
suffix value does not add anything to a better comprehension
of the function and it clutters the reading unnecessarily.
However, if the prefixed parameter is Year_columnName then

the parameter name and the prefix will stay to make sure the
user understands that the parameter requires a reference to
an existing column of Years.

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Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) Reference

Total Sales:=SUM([Sales Amount])

=[Calendar Year] & " Q" & [Calendar Quarter]

=TODAY() Inserts today's date in every row of a calculated column.

=3 Inserts the value 3 in every row of a calculated column.

Days in Current Quarter = COUNTROWS( DATESBETWEEN( 'Date'[Date], STARTOFQUARTER( LASTDATE('Date'[Date])),

Days in Current Quarter The name of the measure.

= The equals sign (=) begins the formula.

COUNTROWS COUNTROWS counts the number of rows in the Date table

() Open and closing parenthesis specifies arguments.

DATESBETWEEN The DATESBETWEEN function returns the dates between the

'Date' Specifies the Date table. Tables are in single quotes.

STARTOFQUARTER The STARTOFQUARTER function returns the date of the start

'Date' Specifies the Date table.

[Date] Specifies the Date column in the Date table.

ENDOFQUARTER The ENDOFQUARTER function

'Date' Specifies the Date table.

[Date] Specifies the Date column in the Date table.

Using formula AutoComplete

DATA T Y P E IN M O DEL DATA T Y P E IN DA X DESC RIP T IO N

Negative values from -1.79E +308

Positive values from 2.23E -308

However, the number of significant

Boolean Boolean Either a True or False value.

Text String A Unicode character data string. Can be

Date Date/time Dates and times in an accepted date-

Valid dates are all dates after March 1,

Currency Currency Currency data type allows values

N/A Blank A blank is a data type in DAX that

For a detailed example of this formula, see EARLIER.

Working with tables and columns

=SUM('New Sales'[Amount]) + SUM('Past Sales'[Amount])

Process and refresh

Apps and tools

COALESCE March. 2020

FIRSTNONBLANKVALUE Feb. 2020

LASTNONBLANKVALUE Feb. 2020

CONVERT Sept. 2019

REMOVEFILTERS Sept. 2019

SELECTEDMEASUREFORMATSTRING May 2019

ALLCROSSFILTERED April 2019

CALENDAR Returns a table with a single column named “Date” that

CALENDARAUTO Returns a table with a single column named “Date” that

DATE Returns the specified date in datetime format.

DATEDIFF Returns the count of interval boundaries crossed between

DATEVALUE Converts a date in the form of text to a date in datetime

DAY Returns the day of the month, a number from 1 to 31.

EDATE Returns the date that is the indicated number of months

HOUR Returns the hour as a number from 0 (12:00 A.M.) to 23

MINUTE Returns the minute as a number from 0 to 59, given a date

MONTH Returns the month as a number from 1 (January) to 12

NOW Returns the current date and time in datetime format.

QUARTER Returns the quarter as a number from 1 to 4.

SECOND Returns the seconds of a time value, as a number from 0 to

TIME Converts hours, minutes, and seconds given as numbers to

TIMEVALUE Converts a time in text format to a time in datetime

TODAY Returns the current date.

WEEKDAY Returns a number from 1 to 7 identifying the day of the