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Metric Views: Basic Syntax

In the last post, I introduced Databricks Metric Views and made the case for why Power BI developers should care. This post gets concrete: we’re going to write some YAML. If you’ve read the docs and felt a little unsure about what each field does or when to use it, this walkthrough is for you. We’ll start from the simplest possible definition and build it up step by step — adding a calculated dimension, then a window measure.

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Thursday, March 5, 2026 Read

Introduction to Metric Views for Power BI Developers

This blog post is for you: the Power BI Developer. If you’re reading this, perhaps you’ve already mastered Power BI semantic modeling. You know how to create Power BI data models with relationships, and understand how to use DAX to create calculated measures and calculated measures. I have some good news. Those semantic modeling skills are transferrable. The better news: Databricks Metric Views are simpler and more powerful than Power BI semantic models. If you haven’t taken a look at Metric Views for a while, I do believe now is the time to get ahead of this, because the calculation capabilities.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2026 Read