Creating a Profit Column in the Sales Table

Your request seems to be incomplete. However, I assume that you're asking for a DAX function that creates a column in an existing table. Let's call this table 'Sales' and intend to create a new column called 'Profit', assuming that Sales and Cost are existing columns.

Sample DAX function is:

Sales[Profit] = Sales[SalesAmount] - Sales[CostAmount]

Function Explanation

A column is being created in the 'Sales' table with the name 'Profit'. The calculation is subtracting the 'CostAmount' from 'SalesAmount'.

Please be aware that you must replace 'SalesAmount' and 'CostAmount' with the exact column names in your data model. If the columns are in different tables, you might have to manage the relationships between those tables first.

Code Usage Example

Suppose you have a retail store business with multiple branches. You want to analyze your profit across different branches, products, and over time. After adding this column, you can now easily aggregate your profit, analyze its trend and identify the most and least profitable product lines or branches.

This function is written in Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), a formula expression language used to create custom calculated fields (columns or measures) in Power BI, Analysis Services, and Power Pivot in Excel.

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