Do you know the difference between Calculated Columns and Measures in Power BI?

Last updated by Brook Jeynes [SSW] 8 months ago.See history

When you run into a wall in Power BI and feel like you've exhausted the out of the box functionality, that when it's time to investigate what a bit of DAX can do for you. 

There are 2 different things you can do with DAX, create a Measure or a Calculated Column.

Calculated columns:

  • Stored in the database
  • Often used to filter/group data

Measures:

  • Computed on aggregates of values
  • Computed at query time
  • Often used to give a numerical metric
GroupingColumn = if (value<x, small, if(value<y, medium, large))

Figure - Good Example: Nested if statements are a great way to split up your data into groups

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