Daily DAX : Day 60 EXERNALMEASURE

 A function that invokes a DAX measure from an external Data Model


Syntax


EXTERNALMEASURE(<MeasureName>,<DataType>,<Connection>)


https://dax.guide/externalmeasure/

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