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DAX Debugger

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Ronen Portnoy on 07 May 2017 19:31:12

Add capability to debug DAX code i.e. being able to step through DAX code, add Watch for expressions and variables and most importantly, be able to view the table/DATA change according to the current row/filter context in the code step

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Philip Seamark on 05 Jul 2020 23:20:25

RE: DAX Debugger

What would be useful in Power BI Desktop would be to enable "Debug mode" and then click any data value point on a visual, or grid cell and invoke a graphical debug that shows what tables are involved and what filtering is being applied (step by step)

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:27

RE: DAX Debugger

Definitely needed!! Because we are blind when things do not work as expected...

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:59

RE: DAX Debugger

Certainly required as debugging a DAX is a painstaking adventure consuming high cost of resources.

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Carlos Kynäslahti on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:47

RE: DAX Debugger

This would be incredibly helpful.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:48:43

RE: DAX Debugger

This would be very helpful.
I tend to have to break the DAX expression up into separate parts when debugging, but that sometimes changes the context or creates an intermediate value that I can't directly see (ex tables).

It would be nice to be able to step through a DAX expression and see the results.