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Using Dynamic Format Strings for Measures in Power BI

Meagan Longoria shows off a new preview feature:

The April 2023 release of Power BI desktop introduced a new preview feature called dynamic format strings for measures. This allows us to return values with different formats from the same measure. Previously, we needed to create calculation groups (usually by using Tabular Editor) to accomplish this. But now it is built in to Power BI Desktop.

Read on to learn good use cases for this feature, as well as a few important notes on operation and limitations.