Creating Calculation Groups in Power BI Desktop
Something really big is happening! The July 2020 version of Power BI Desktop allows you to create calculation groups in Power BI Desktop, thanks to the new “external tools” feature that enables the integration with Tabular Editor.
We had been waiting for this feature for almost two years!
Calculation groups can apply specific calculations on top of existing DAX measures. For example, calculation groups can implement time intelligence calculations like year-to-date, year-over-year, and currency conversion on any measure without having to write many different variations of the base measures. Another common use of calculation groups is to enable the selection of a measure in an existing report through a slicer.