New function and the importance of variables in DAX #dax
I recently wrote a few articles about a new function in DAX and the use of variables. For those of you using Power BI or Azure Analysis Services, you always have access to the latest version of the language. Well, in reality I see that new features appears in Power BI Desktop first, and shortly after in Azure Analysis Services. I’m also working on something that will make it easy to recognize which functions is available in each product/version, but this will still require a few months…
So, what is new in DAX? The SELECTEDVALUE function! It’s only syntax sugar, so you can write: