CALENDAR Function (DAX)

Sam McKay January 27, 2020 No Comments

How does the CALENDAR function (DAX) work?

The CALENDAR function (DAX) returns a table with a single column named “Date” that contains a contiguous set of dates. The range of dates is from the specified start date to end date.

CALENDAR Formula Syntax

CALENDAR(
<start_date>, <end_date>
)

How do you use the CALENDAR function?

This Power BI function returns a date range defined by its two parameters: the start and end date.

Considerations when using the CALENDAR function

An error is returned if the start date is greater than its end date.

Formula examples using the CALENDAR function

=CALENDAR (DATE (2005, 1, 1), DATE (2015, 12, 31))

=CALENDAR (MINX (Sales, [Date]), MAXX (Forecast, [Date]))

CALENDAR ( DATE ( 2005, 1, 1 ), DATE ( 2015, 12, 31 ) )

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