Marco Russo on 20 Mar 2019 01:59:47
Support the creation of DAX calculation groups in Power BI Desktop - otherwise Power BI can only consume calculation groups created in Analysis Services, whereas it would be very useful to have this feature in any Power BI model.
Even just a simple text window with a script would be fine. You can clean up the UI later.
Thanks.
Zoe Douglas (administrator) on 22 Nov 2023 16:53:24
Released for public preview with Model Explorer in October 2023. https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/transform-model/calculation-groups
- Comments (45)
RE: Support creating calculation groups in Power BI Desktop
I was looking for it, thanks
RE: Support creating calculation groups in Power BI Desktop
@ here
"Field Parameters" (a May 2022 preview feature) may address everyone's need for calculation groups.
RE: Support creating calculation groups in Power BI Desktop
Yes, please! Ability to apply the same measure to multiple different columns/measures is an efficiency that users of "standard" Excel are familiar with and is one thing the structured data model/measures currently makes difficult.
Calcularion Groups is a great solution here.
Tabular Editor seems like a powerful tool but feels intimidating as an intermediate user, with fears of potentially introducing error by using an unfamiliar tool.
Bringing Calculation Groups into native DAX in Power BI Desktop would be a HUGE lift for clean, understandable data models and powerful interactivity within reports.
RE: Support creating calculation groups in Power BI Desktop
Hi all,
this was acutally solved with PowerBI August 2020 version.
It now allows you to use external tools and you are able to create calculation groups with the external tool "Tabular Editor".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4zYT-N-zsU
RE: Support creating calculation groups in Power BI Desktop
Although the current Calculation Group solution is great and offers many opportunities there are some important updates needed for Calculation Groups:
- KPI support (symbol and color support)
- data bar support in Powerbi matrix on selected calculation group item(s) while having 1 measure with multiple calculation group items on columns.
RE: Support creating calculation groups in Power BI Desktop
please prioritise this as it's an amazing tool
RE: Support creating calculation groups in Power BI Desktop
Please prioritize!
RE: Support creating calculation groups in Power BI Desktop
This really needed since workaround switching measures have serious performance issues.
RE: Support creating calculation groups in Power BI Desktop
This function would help a lot all kind of measures like budget deviation forecast deviation i financial reporting. It would save us a lot of measures
RE: Support creating calculation groups in Power BI Desktop
looks like we are getting this via XMLA endpoints which will allow 3rd party tool connectivity for tabular editor which will allow you to create calculation groups (also the new Enhanced Metadata preview feature). Exciting! This also solved the not being able to graph custom formatted numbers!