Indeed, Power BI's Smart Narrative feature allows for dynamic references to custom DAX measures within the narrative text and fully supports them. Because of this, it is an effective tool for emphasizing important business metrics that you have determined using your own computations. Using value placeholders, you can incorporate the results of any DAX measure—whether it's straightforward (like total sales) or intricate (like year-over-year growth or dynamic rank)—directly into the story.
To successfully incorporate custom DAX logic:
- As before, use DAX to create your custom measures in the data model.
- You can add a measure to the story in the Smart Narrative visual by using the "Add value" option or by manually typing text.
- The inserted measure is appropriate for interactive analysis since it will update dynamically depending on the slicers and filters that are currently in use in your report.
Among the best practices are:
- Clearly and descriptively naming your measures will make the narrative easier to read.
- In the Smart Narrative, measures for aggregations rather than calculated columns, which are row-level and not intended for summarization, are used.
- For more complex summaries, think about using DAX to precalculate KPIs or flags (like performance status) and then reference them throughout the narrative to produce more contextual, meaningful insights.
