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Custom (Reusable) DAX Function

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Omaer Khan on 2017-03-01 02:06:50

I'd like to be able to create reusable functions in DAX, instead of using the same DAX code in multiple measures.

Example: I have some complicated DAX code, which calculates the no of working seconds between two date-times. This excludes holidays, weekends, and only counts seconds from the start of the work-day, to the end of the work-day.

I use this DAX code a lot, for many measures which need to be in "Working Time" (working hours/minutes).

I would love to not have to copy-paste a bunch of code into all of my measures, but to be able to create a reusable function instead.

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on 2017-09-27 15:29:53

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Custom DAX Functions with Variables

Would be useful if you had the ability to create your own DAX functions that allows for variables to be inserted into the function. I find that quite often I require a Base Measure that only subtly needs changing. Eg, Groups by a different dimension in a SUMMARIZE formula, or alternately uses a ...

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