DAX

Reza Rad over at http://radacad.com/dateadd-vs-parallelperiod-vs-sameperiodlastyear-dax-time-intelligence-question explains the differences and provides easy usage scenarios for DateAdd, ParallelPeriod and SamePeriodLastYear DAX functions. Read his blog post to see how he reached to below conclusion: DateAdd and SamePeriodLastYear both work based on the DYNAMIC period in the filter context. ParallelPeriod is working STATICALLY based on the interval selected in the…

Error: “Expressions that yield variant data-type cannot be used to define calculated columns.“ Cause: IF based Calculated Columns in Power BI or Power Pivot with 2 different data types is not allowed. Solution: Format one data type as needed using FORMAT() function. [code language=”sql”] Age = IF ( TableName[Birthday] < TODAY(), FORMAT ( Year (…