Analyst in Action

Let's consider a scenario where you have 10 fields and the request is to create all-the-time intelligence measures such as MTD, 3M, QTD, and YTD. So as a BI developer in total, you need 40 measures. What??? A long list of measures doesn't look good to me. So can we avoid it? Absolutely yes we can avoid it using calculation groups. How does calculation group? It is actually available in an external tool called "Tabular Editor". You can download it from here . Let's get our hands dirty. I am creating a table with Category and Total Sales. From time intelligence I need MTD and YTD. You can do it with simple measures but let's try calculation groups. Under external tools, you can find Tabular Editor. Once you open it you can see the tables you are using. To create a calculation group you can right-click on the table and under create you can find the calculation group or you can do the same with the help of the shortcut (Alt+7). I am naming the group Time Intellige