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Change multiple measure definitions at once
Updating a measure definition is easy but what happens when you have 200 to update? This blog guides you through using the Dax Query View to achieve this.

Posted by Sam Lowrie on 30 September 2024

There are times when a data source change may lead to many of your measure references becoming incorrect.

You can update them one by one or do a mass find and replace. To update a single measure is easy, click on the measure in the Data pane to see the DAX.

Highlight a measures text

Highlight the old reference and overtype it with the new table and column name.

When you have multiple measures to update this can become a chore.

Clicking a measure to edit it

You have to edit each measure!

There is a much easier way to do this within the DAX Query View.

Clicking on DAX Query View

This is the 4th icon down on the left beneath your Model View.

On the right hand side you can see all your measures listed out under the Model tab.

Measure List

You can also see your model's Tables and Relationships.

Right click on any measure and choose Quick queries | Define all measures in this model.

Define your measures

You can choose any Define option to see the selected measure's DAX.

The middle window now shows all the DAX for each measure, click Run to see the output of your measures.

Run the measures to see the output

Your measures will run by default without any filters on them.

Highlight the column reference you want to change and use Ctrl + H to display the find and replace options.

Enter the value you want to replace the highlighted text with

Enter the new column name and click the Replace All button, or press Ctrl + Alt + Enter

You can test your new code by clicking Run. When you're happy that it works, click Update model with changes to save the changes.

Save changes to the model

The number of changes are listed in brackets, here we have (3)

Switch back to Report view and click on your original measure to see the saved update.

Enjoy your updated measure

All your measures will have their new definitions applied.

Beware you cannot use Ctrl + Z to undo any mistakes. Either perform another update or open a previously saved version of the report!

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