MS EXCEL
ESSENTIAL
TRAINING FOR THE
70-779 EXAM
ADVANCED
DAX/MDX FORMULAS
CALCULATE FUNCTION
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MeasureName := CALCULATE( <expression>, <filter1>, <filter2>,…)
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1 Name of your measure; ex. TotalSales
2 CALCULATE function, used for calculating measures in a different context
3 Expression you want calculated in a different context; ex. SUM(mortgages[Cost])
4 Filters used to set the context for the expression in the CALCULATE function
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FILTER EXAMPLES
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MeasureName := CALCULATE( <expression>, <filter1>, <filter2>,…)
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4 mortgages[LoanConsultant]=“David Michigan”, units[UnitType]=“Double”
4 ALL(mortgages)
4 USERELATIONSHIP(customers[OfferDate], Calendar[Date])
4 SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR(Calendar[Date]) – and others!
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PERCENT OF TOTAL EXAMPLE
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PercentOfTotalMargin := DIVIDE( [TotalMargin],
CALCULATE( [TotalMargin], ALL(mortgages) )
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1 Name of our new measure
2 Safe divide function to account for zeros, if any
3 Previously created measure/expression; SUMX(mortgages,mortgages[Cost]*mortgages[Margin])
4 Forces context to be the entire table, regardless of implicit context from the Pivot Table
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PREVIOUS YEAR EXAMPLE
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SalesLastYear := CALCULATE( [TotalCost], DATEADD(Calendar[Date],-1,YEAR))
:= CALCULATE( [TotalCost], SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR(Calendar[Date]))
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1 Name of our new measure
2 CALCULATE function to set a new context
3 Previously created measure/expression; SUM(mortgages[Cost])
4 Equivalent filters using different functions; both reference our calendar table
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YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH EXAMPLE
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YOYGrowth := IF( ISBLANK([SalesLastYear]) , BLANK(), [TotalCost]/[SalesLastYear])
YOYGrowth := DIVIDE( [TotalCost] , [SalesLastYear])
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1 ISBLANK() function returns TRUE if the field/expression returns a blank value
2 BLANK() function returns a blank rather than a divide by zero error
3 Safe DIVIDE() function saves the extra IF comparison
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RUNNING TOTAL EXAMPLE
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RunningTotalSales := CALCULATE( [TotalCost], FILTER( ALL(Calendar[Date]),
Calendar[Date] <= MAX(Calendar[Date]) ) )
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1 FILTER() function returns a table that is filtered for each filter condition you provide
2 ALL() function gets every date possible to act as your base table
3 Date comparison (current date to maximum date) filters down the entire table from ALL() to return only the values leading
up to the date of the current row in context
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BASIC CUBE FUNCTION (MDX) EXAMPLE
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=CUBEVALUE(“ThisWorkbookDataModel”, $A23, B$14, Slicer_Date_Hierarchy)
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1 CUBEVALUE() tells Excel to get the value associated with parameters/members you pass
2 References the data model you want to pull from
3 References to cells to pass member expressions to the function
4 Slicer reference that is still used as a Filter
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ADVANCED CUBE FUNCTION EXAMPLE
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=CUBEVALUE("ThisWorkbookDataModel",CUBEMEMBER("ThisWorkbookDataModel“
,"[mortgages].[LoanConsultant].[Ricky Zobrist]"), B$1, Slicer_Year)
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1 Rather than a cell reference, you can hard-code the value you want with CUBEMEMBER
2 Declare a table or Measures in your model first; ex. [mortgages]; ex. [Measures]
3 Declare the column or Measure second; ex. [LoanConsultant]; ex. [TotalCost]
4 Declare a specific value you’re looking for; ex. [Ricky Zobrist]
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