Quick Measures

Lesson in the Power BI Roadmap · Stage 12: Advanced DAX

Last updated 14 September 2026

What is Quick Measures?

Quick measures are pre-built DAX calculations generated automatically through a dialog interface, covering common patterns like running totals, year-over-year change, or weighted averages. They are useful for users who need a common calculation without writing DAX from scratch, and the generated formula can be viewed and edited afterward. They serve as a learning tool as well, since users can see how the underlying DAX for that pattern is structured.

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Free resources to learn Quick Measures

Official docsUse quick measures for common calculations
VideoGet started with DAX using QUICK MEASURES in Power BI

Quick Measures: common questions

Can I learn Quick Measures in Hindi?

This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain Quick Measures in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.

Is this Quick Measures tutorial for beginners?

It is lesson 67 of 131 in the free Power BI roadmap, in stage 12, Advanced DAX. If you are new to Power BI, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.