Business Intelligence Architect, Analysis Services Maestro, and author Bill Pearson introduces the DAX DATEADD() function, discussing its syntax, uses and operation. He then provides hands-on exposure to DATEADD(), focusing largely upon a popular use in creating prior-period values at multiple Date hierarchy levels.
2026-04-15 (first published: 2021-06-04)
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Business Intelligence Architect, Analysis Services Maestro, and author Bill Pearson introduces the DAX ALLEXCEPT() function, discussing its syntax, uses and operation. He then provides hands-on exposure to ALLEXCEPT(), focusing largely upon its most popular use in removing filters from all columns in a table - except the filters we specify.
2026-04-15 (first published: 2020-10-14)
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Business Intelligence Architect, Analysis Services Maestro, eight-year Microsoft Data Platform MVP and author Bill Pearson introduces the DAX CALCULATE() function, discussing its syntax, basic uses and operation. He then provides hands-on exposure to CALCULATE(), focusing largely upon its most basic uses in evaluating an expression in a context that is modified by specified filters.
2026-04-15 (first published: 2020-08-12)
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By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
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This is a blog that I am writing for future me and hopefully it’ll...
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
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