DAX FORMAT() eating all my capacity memory

[dom99]

Hi,

I have a measure I'm using to switch between various measures for a matrix, using a drop down slicer

Selected KPI = 
    SWITCH(
        FIRSTNONBLANK('Dim Selected Measure'[Selected_Measure], 1),
            "Number of Sales", [Number of Sales],
            "Number of Products", [Number of Products],
            "Cost", FORMAT([Cost],"£#,##0")
        )

The last measure I want to format as a currency, so have used the FORMAT() function.

This works well for small datasets but as my data is rather big it runs out of memory. Is there a way for format the measure dynamically using another method? The Cost measure itself is formatted as a currency but the formatting gets lost when used as part of another measure.

The first two measures in the list work perfectly, so it is definitly the FORMAT() function eating all the memory in my Power BI capacity.

Any help or advice appreciated.

Many Thanks

[v-eachen-msft]

Hi @dom99 ,

I am afraid that Power BI doesn't support it currently. You could vote for these ideas to improve Power BI and make the feature coming sooner.

https://ideas.powerbi.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=e43536bc-a67a-4462-8f9a-197074a669ee

https://ideas.powerbi.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=5682bf97-fa54-4530-b616-84307186819c

[amitchandak]

@dom99 , as of now dynamic formatting of measure if not available.

Try the code in this -https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Slicer-MTD-QTD-YTD-to-filter-dates-using-the-slicer/td-p/50...

Avoid first non blank and see