Tabular Editor (TE), I have heard this name before. Yes, you probably had it if you work closely with Power BI, then Tabular Editor (TE)is the parallel lead to your PBIX reports. If you haven't explored Tabular Editor (TE), then this blog is for you. With this blog, we will give you all the basic use cases that get ignored in Power BI, but with TE, you can do it seamlessly. There are tons of articles and videos explaining the UI of TE, so we won't be touching it. We will be focusing on different use cases that I normally do with all my Power BI reports. First things first, we will be focusing on the TE version 2 since it's a free tool. You can also opt for version 3, which is a much-improved version than version 2, but I would recommend starting with version 2 and seeing if it suits your needs. Version 3 is a paid version. To download TE Version 2 from this very well known git hub page . Also, do check a small comparison done between the two versions on the TE official webs...
Another week, another blog! This week, we will cover something very basic. If you are a BI developer and work with Power BI, you will be familiar with DAX functions - Values, Value, and Distinct. This blog will cover all the common pitfalls and practical use cases for each of them. Before we start, let's start with a small question. Are distinct and unique means the same? For a very long time, I used to think they were just synonyms, but they aren't. Wait what?? How are they different? Okay, let's understand it. Distinct means each value in a specific column appeared once. In other words, you can say to count all values as 1. If you are a fan of SQL, then you already know that distinct is used to remove duplicates. While unique means you only consider the values that aren't repeated in a column. There's a subtle difference between the 2 that gets ignored easily. Okay, since you are aware of the difference between distinct and unique, we can now start the real acti...