UNICODE DAX Function (Text)

Returns the number (code point) corresponding to the first character of the text.

Syntax

UNICODE ( <Text> )
Parameter Attributes Description
Text

Text is the character for which you want the Unicode value.

Return values

Scalar A single integer value.

A numeric code for the first character in a text string.

Remarks

The Unicode encoding used by DAX is UTF-16.

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Examples

--  UNICHAR returns a character given the unicode value.
--  UNICODE returns the Unicode value for a character
--      The example uses UNICODE ( "━" ) = 9473
EVALUATE 
{ 
    ( "UNICODE ( ""━"" )", UNICODE ( "━" ) ), 
    ("UNICHAR ( 9473 )",   UNICHAR ( 9473 ) ) 
}

EVALUATE
ADDCOLUMNS (
    VALUES ( 'Product'[Color] ),
    "Histogram", REPT ( UNICHAR ( 9473 ), [Sales Amount] / 1000000 )
)

Value1 Value2
UNICODE ( “━” ) 9473
UNICHAR ( 9473 )
Color Histogram
Silver ━━━━━━━
Blue ━━
White ━━━━━━
Red
Black ━━━━━━
Green
Orange
Pink
Yellow
Purple
Brown
Grey ━━━━
Gold
Azure
Silver Grey
Transparent

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Last update: Mar 13, 2024   » Contribute   » Show contributors

Contributors: Alberto Ferrari, Marco Russo, Kenneth Barber

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

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Context Transition

This function performs a Context Transition if called in a Row Context. Click to read more.

Row Context

This expression is executed in a Row Context. Click to read more.

Iterator

Not recommended

The use of this function is not recommended. See Remarks and Related functions for alternatives.

Not recommended

The use of this parameter is not recommended.

Deprecated

This function is deprecated. Jump to the Alternatives section to see the function to use.

Volatile

A volatile function may return a different result every time you call it, even if you provide the same arguments. Click to read more.

Deprecated

This parameter is deprecated and its use is not recommended.

DirectQuery compatibility

Limitations are placed on DAX expressions allowed in measures and calculated columns.
The state below shows the DirectQuery compatibility of the DAX function.

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