How To Add Dax Studio To Power Bi

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How to Add DAX Studio to Power BI

Adding DAX Studio to Power BI allows you to enhance your data analysis capabilities by utilizing advanced DAX functions and features. DAX Studio is a free tool provided by the SQLBI team that enables you to write and run DAX queries against Power BI models.

Step 1: Download DAX Studio

Firstly, you need to download DAX Studio from the official SQLBI website. The tool is available for both Windows and Mac operating systems. Visit https://daxstudio.org/ and click on the “Download” button to get the latest version of DAX Studio.

Step 2: Install DAX Studio

Once the download is complete, locate the installation file and run it to start the installation process. Follow the on-screen instructions to install DAX Studio on your computer.

Step 3: Connect DAX Studio to Power BI

  1. Open Power BI Desktop.
  2. Under the “External Tools” menu, click on “Options”.
  3. In the “Options” dialog box, go to the “External Tools” tab.
  4. Click on the “Add” button to add a new external tool.
  5. Provide a name for the tool, for example, “DAX Studio”.
  6. In the “Command” field, browse and select the DAX Studio executable file you installed in the previous step.
  7. Leave the “Arguments” field empty.
  8. Click on the “OK” button to save the changes.

Step 4: Launch DAX Studio

Now that you have added DAX Studio as an external tool in Power BI, you can launch it directly from the Power BI Desktop.

  1. Open Power BI Desktop.
  2. Under the “External Tools” menu, you will find the “DAX Studio” option.
  3. Select “DAX Studio” to launch the tool.

Step 5: Connect DAX Studio to Power BI Model

Once DAX Studio is launched, you need to connect it to your Power BI model to execute DAX queries against it.

  1. In the DAX Studio toolbar, click on the “Connect” button.
  2. In the “Connect to Power BI Desktop” dialog box, select the Power BI model you want to connect to.
  3. Click on the “OK” button to establish the connection.

Step 6: Write and Run DAX Queries

After connecting DAX Studio to your Power BI model, you can start writing and executing DAX queries.

  1. In the DAX Studio query editor, write your DAX query.
  2. Click on the “Run” button to execute the query.

Example:

Suppose you have a Power BI model with a sales table containing columns like “Product”, “Category”, “Quantity”, and “Revenue”. You can use DAX Studio to write queries like:

EVALUATE
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS(
    'Sales'[Category],
    "Total Quantity", SUM('Sales'[Quantity]),
    "Total Revenue", SUM('Sales'[Revenue])
)

This DAX query will summarize the sales data by category and calculate the total quantity and revenue.

DAX Studio provides a powerful environment for testing and optimizing DAX formulas, measuring query performance, and troubleshooting Power BI models.

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