SQRTPI DAX Function (Math and Trig)

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Returns the square root of (number * pi).

Syntax

SQRTPI ( <Number> )

Parameter	Attributes	Description
Number		The number by which pi is multiplied.

Return values

Scalar A single decimal value.

Returns the square root of (number * π).

Remarks

The Microsoft documentation and IntelliSense use “pi” as an alias for π.

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Examples

--  SQRTPI computes the square root of the value multiplied by Pi
--  PI returns the value of Pi with 15 digits of accuracy
DEFINE
    VAR Vals = GENERATESERIES ( 1, 25, 3 )
EVALUATE
ADDCOLUMNS ( 
    Vals,
    "SQRTPI",       SQRTPI ( [Value] ),
    "SQRT and PI",  SQRT   ( [Value] * PI () )
)

Value	SQRTPI	SQRT and PI
1	1.77	1.77
4	3.54	3.54
7	4.69	4.69
10	5.60	5.60
13	6.39	6.39
16	7.09	7.09
19	7.73	7.73
22	8.31	8.31
25	8.86	8.86

Related functions

Other related functions are:

• SQRT

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Microsoft documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/sqrtpi-function-dax