DAX Function Guide

DATATABLE
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How does the DATATABLE work?
The DATATABLE function (DAX) creates a table. The syntax allows you to define each column name and data type, and add data values to it.
DATATABLE Formula Syntax

DATATABLE(
     ColumnName1, DataType1, ColumnName2, Datatype2 … , {{Value1, Value2…}, {ValueN, ValueN+1…}…}
)

How do you use the DATATABLE?

Used Datatable function to give flexibility in defining each column name and data type specifically while the table constructor is just an easy and fast way of creating a data table with no specific metadata setup.

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Considerations when using the DATATABLE?

If you want to add expression-based columns to your table, The best would be using other functions such as SelectColumns, AddColumns, or SummarizeColumns.

If you use Table Constructor to build a table, you can use any expression as the value.

Unlike DATATABLE, Table Constructor allows any scalar expressions as input values. The syntax used by DATATABLE is different from that used by Table Constructor.

The value in each cell can be only constant, not any scalar expression.
An alternative for that would be using SelectColumns, AddColumns or any other methods to get an expression-based column added to the table.

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Formula examples using the DATATABLE

=DataTable(“Name”, STRING, “Region”, STRING ,{ {” User1″,”East”}, {” User2″,”East”}, {” User3″,”West”}, {” User4″,”West”}, {” User4″,”East”} } )

= DATATABLE ( “Price Range”, STRING, “Min Price”, CURRENCY, “Max Price”, CURRENCY, { { “Low”, 0, 10 }, { “Medium”, 10, 100 }, { “High”, 100, 9999999 } } )

DATATABLE ( “Quarter”, STRING, “StartDate”, DATETIME, “EndDate”, DATETIME, { { “Q1”, “2015-01-01”, “2015-03-31” }, { “Q2”, “2015-04-01”, “2015-06-30” }, { “Q3”, “2015-07-01”, “2015-09-30” }, { “Q4”, “2015-010-01”, “2015-12-31” } } )

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