TOPNSKIP DAX Function (Table manipulation)

Retrieves a number of rows from a table efficiently, skipping a number of rows. Compared to TOPN, the TOPNSKIP function is less flexible, but much faster.

Syntax

TOPNSKIP ( <Rows>, <Skip>, <Table> [, <OrderByExpression> [, <Order>] ] )

Parameter	Attributes	Description
Rows		Number of rows to return
Skip		Number of rows to skip
Table Iterator		Table expression
OrderByExpression Row Context	Optional	Expression used to define the sort order of the result
Order	Optional	It can be ASC or 1 or TRUE to consider the OrderByExpression in an ascending order. It can be DESC or 0 or FALSE to consider the OrderByExpression in a descending order. If omitted, the default is descending (DESC).

Return values

Table An entire table or a table with one or more columns.

The table returned is not sorted, it is just filtered according to the required parameters.
The sort order of the result depends on the ORDER BY condition of EVALUATE.

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