ERROR DAX Function
Raises a user specified error.
Syntax
| Parameter | Attributes | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ErrorText |
The text of the error to be raised. |
Return values
The function does not return any value.
Remarks
This function stops the execution raising an error with the description provided as argument.
The ERROR function can be placed in a DAX expression anywhere a scalar value is expected.
Because ERROR does not define a data type, use CONVERT around ERROR to control the expected data type and avoid the variant data type of the resulting expression.
Examples
-- ERROR produces an error to inform the users about a calculation
-- that needs to be aborted.
DEFINE MEASURE
Sales[Inflation Rate] =
CALCULATE (
SELECTEDVALUE (
'Rates'[InflationRate],
CONVERT ( ERROR ( "Missing inflation rate" ), DOUBLE )
),
TREATAS (
VALUES ( 'Date'[Calendar Year Number] ),
'Rates'[Year]
)
)
EVALUATE 'Rates'
EVALUATE
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS (
'Date'[Calendar Year],
"Rate%", [Inflation Rate]
)
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Last update: Apr 15, 2025 » Contribute » Show contributors
Contributors: Alberto Ferrari, Marco Russo, Pär Adeen
Microsoft documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/error-function