MDX in Power BI tutorial
Learn a bit about MDX and how you can incorporate it into your Power BI reports.
2022-11-07
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MDX
Stairway to DAX and Power BI - Level 15: The DAX ALLSELECTED() Function
Business Intelligence Architect, Analysis Services Maestro, and author Bill Pearson introduces the DAX ALLSELECTED() function, discussing its syntax, uses and operation. He then provides hands-on exposure to ALLSELECTED(), focusing largely upon its most popular use in supporting “visual totals” in Power BI.
2026-04-15 (first published: 2020-09-02)
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2017-05-23
939 reads
MDX Calculations Across Multiple Calendars Using Nested SCOPEs
A solution to the problem of multiple calendar calculations within SSAS Multimdimensional cubes using nested SCOPEs
2016-10-10
2,935 reads
2015-09-17
1,324 reads
MDX Guide for SQL Folks: Part III - Advanced Analysis
Learn everything about MDX drawing only on your T-SQL knowledge in this series. Frank Banin continues talking about Calculated Members, Named Sets, and more in part III.
2013-02-14
9,021 reads
Using MDX to Calculate Both Values and Percentages for Analysis Services
When creating pie charts using data from Analysis Services, having the MDX query calculate and return the percentages along with the counts or sums is extremely efficient. In this tip, we walk through an example of how this can be done.
2013-01-11
3,709 reads
MDX Guide for SQL Folks: Part II - Hierarchies and Functions
Learn everything about MDX by drawing only on your SQL knowledge.
2012-12-18
13,146 reads
MDX Guide for SQL Folks: Part I - Navigating The Cube
Learn all you need to know about MDX, by drawing only on your current SQL knowledge.
2014-06-13 (first published: 2012-11-01)
28,436 reads
Custom Rounding and Truncation of Numbers in MDX
MDX applies "bankers' rounding" algorithm in its ROUND() function. This article shows you how to avoid that and round like in T-SQL and Excel.
2009-10-06
4,757 reads
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BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers