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Top 20 Advanced Power BI DAX Questions and Answers

This document provides a comprehensive list of 20 advanced DAX questions and answers for data analysts using Power BI. Key topics include calculating running totals, year-over-year growth, cumulative sales, and creating dynamic measures. Each question is accompanied by a DAX formula to illustrate the solution.

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Top 20 Advanced Power BI DAX Questions and Answers

This document provides a comprehensive list of 20 advanced DAX questions and answers for data analysts using Power BI. Key topics include calculating running totals, year-over-year growth, cumulative sales, and creating dynamic measures. Each question is accompanied by a DAX formula to illustrate the solution.

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Data Analyst

Top 20 Advanced Power BI DAX Questions and Answers

1. How do you calculate Running Total using DAX?


Answer:
Running Total =
CALCULATE(
SUM(Sales[SalesAmount]),
FILTER(
ALLSELECTED(Sales[Date]),
Sales[Date] <= MAX(Sales[Date])
)
)

2. How do you calculate Year-over-Year (YoY) Growth?


Answer:
YoY Growth =
DIVIDE(
[Total Sales] - CALCULATE([Total Sales],
SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('Date'[Date])),
CALCULATE([Total Sales], SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('Date'[Date]))
)

3. How do you calculate Sales of Previous Month?


Answer:
Previous Month Sales =
CALCULATE(
[Total Sales],
PREVIOUSMONTH('Date'[Date])
)
4. How do you get the Second Highest Sales using DAX?
Answer:
Second Highest Sales =
CALCULATE(
MAX(Sales[SalesAmount]),
FILTER(
Sales,
Sales[SalesAmount] < CALCULATE(MAX(Sales[SalesAmount]))
)
)

5. What is the use of CALCULATE in DAX?


Answer:
CALCULATE modifies the context of a calculation. It's used to apply filters
and change evaluation context.

6. How to calculate Cumulative Sales with dynamic slicers (e.g., Region,


Segment)?
Answer:
Cumulative Sales =
CALCULATE(
[Total Sales],
FILTER(
ALLSELECTED('Date'[Date]),
'Date'[Date] <= MAX('Date'[Date])
)
)

7. How to calculate Percentage of Total?


Answer:
% of Total Sales =
DIVIDE(
[Total Sales],
CALCULATE([Total Sales], ALL(Sales))
)

8. How to find Top N Products by Sales?


Answer:
Create a measure:
Top N Sales = [Total Sales]
Then apply Top N filter in visual-level filters or use RANKX for more
control:
Rank by Sales =
RANKX(
ALL(Product[ProductName]),
[Total Sales],
,
DESC
)

9. How to calculate Sales Difference from Previous Year?


Answer:
Sales Diff YoY =
[Total Sales] - CALCULATE([Total Sales],
SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('Date'[Date]))

10. How to use USERELATIONSHIP to work with inactive relationships?


Answer:
Sales by Ship Date =
CALCULATE(
[Total Sales],
USERELATIONSHIP(Sales[ShipDate], 'Date'[Date])
)

11. How to calculate Profit Margin %?


Answer:
Profit Margin % =
DIVIDE([Total Profit], [Total Sales]) * 100

12. How to create a Dynamic Measure based on slicer selection?


Answer:
Using a disconnected table (e.g., MeasureSelector) and SWITCH:
Selected Measure =
SWITCH(
SELECTEDVALUE(MeasureSelector[Measure]),
"Sales", [Total Sales],
"Profit", [Total Profit],
"Quantity", [Total Quantity]
)

13. How do you calculate average sales per customer?


Answer:
Avg Sales per Customer =
DIVIDE([Total Sales], DISTINCTCOUNT(Sales[CustomerID]))

14. How to calculate Rolling 3-Month Average Sales?


Answer:
Rolling 3 Month Avg Sales =
AVERAGEX(
DATESINPERIOD('Date'[Date], MAX('Date'[Date]), -3, MONTH),
[Total Sales]
)
15. How to create a KPI indicator using DAX?
Answer:
KPI Status =
SWITCH(
TRUE(),
[Sales Growth %] > 10, "Good",
[Sales Growth %] > 0, "Average",
"Poor"
)

16. How to calculate Last Non-Blank value (e.g., latest stock price)?
Answer:
Latest Sales =
CALCULATE(
LASTNONBLANKVALUE('Date'[Date], [Total Sales]),
[Total Sales]
)

17. How to compare sales of current month vs. same month last year?
Answer:
Sales Same Month LY =
CALCULATE(
[Total Sales],
SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR('Date'[Date])
)

18. How to rank customers based on total sales?


Answer:
Customer Rank =
RANKX(
ALL(Customer[CustomerName]),
[Total Sales],
,
DESC
)

19. How to create a Dynamic Title in a Card Visual using DAX?


Answer:
Dynamic Title =
"Sales Report for " & SELECTEDVALUE('Region'[RegionName])

20. How to filter a table using a DAX measure (virtual table)?


Answer:
Top Customers Table =
TOPN(
5,
SUMMARIZE(Sales, Customer[CustomerName], "Sales", [Total Sales]),
[Total Sales],
DESC
)

(Dipankar pal)
([email protected])
(www.linkedin.com/in/dipankar-data-analyst)

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