EVALUATEANDLOG - Daxplained

EVALUATEANDLOG is a DAX function that returns the value of the first argument and logs it in the DAX evaluation log.

Syntax

EVALUATEANDLOG(
   Value,
   Label,
   MaxRows
)

Argument	Properties	Description
Value		A scalar or table expression.
Label	Optional	A string that will be shown in the log.
MaxRows	Optional	The maximum number of rows to output to the DAX evaluation log when the first argument is a table expression. Default is 10.

Example 1

The following DAX query:

EVALUATE
SUMMARIZE(
    EVALUATEANDLOG(FILTER(Sales, [ProductKey] = 528)),
    Sales[SalesTerritoryKey],
    "sum",
    sum(Sales[Sales Amount])
)

Returns the following DAX Evaluation Log event:

{
    "expression": "FILTER(Sales, [ProductKey] = 528)",
    "inputs": [],
    "outputs": ["'Sales'[SalesOrderLineKey]", "'Sales'[ResellerKey]", "'Sales'[CustomerKey]", "'Sales'[ProductKey]", "'Sales'[OrderDateKey]", "'Sales'[DueDateKey]", "'Sales'[ShipDateKey]", "'Sales'[SalesTerritoryKey]", "'Sales'[Order Quantity]", "'Sales'[Unit Price]", "'Sales'[Extended Amount]", "'Sales'[Product Standard Cost]", "'Sales'[Total Product Cost]", "'Sales'[Sales Amount]", "'Sales'[Unit Price Discount Pct]"],
    "data": [
        {
            "input": [],
            "rowCount": 3095,
            "output": [
                [52174001, -1, 23785, 528, 20190707, 20190717, 20190714, 1, 1, 4.99, 4.99, 1.8663, 1.8663, 4.99, 0.0],
                [52173001, -1, 26278, 528, 20190707, 20190717, 20190714, 1, 1, 4.99, 4.99, 1.8663, 1.8663, 4.99, 0.0],
                [52082001, -1, 23831, 528, 20190705, 20190715, 20190712, 1, 1, 4.99, 4.99, 1.8663, 1.8663, 4.99, 0.0],
                [52054002, -1, 11207, 528, 20190704, 20190714, 20190711, 1, 1, 4.99, 4.99, 1.8663, 1.8663, 4.99, 0.0],
                [52036001, -1, 25337, 528, 20190704, 20190714, 20190711, 1, 1, 4.99, 4.99, 1.8663, 1.8663, 4.99, 0.0],
                [51939002, -1, 23670, 528, 20190702, 20190712, 20190709, 1, 1, 4.99, 4.99, 1.8663, 1.8663, 4.99, 0.0],
                [51911002, -1, 11746, 528, 20190701, 20190711, 20190708, 1, 1, 4.99, 4.99, 1.8663, 1.8663, 4.99, 0.0],
                [51379003, -1, 13745, 528, 20190612, 20190622, 20190619, 1, 1, 4.99, 4.99, 1.8663, 1.8663, 4.99, 0.0],
                [51264002, -1, 11282, 528, 20190605, 20190615, 20190612, 1, 1, 4.99, 4.99, 1.8663, 1.8663, 4.99, 0.0],
                [51184003, -1, 11263, 528, 20190531, 20190610, 20190607, 1, 1, 4.99, 4.99, 1.8663, 1.8663, 4.99, 0.0]
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Example 2

The following DAX query with a scalar argument and varying attributes:

EVALUATE
SELECTCOLUMNS(
    TOPN(5, Customer),
    [Customer],
    "Customer",
    EVALUATEANDLOG([Customer] & ", " & [Country-Region], "customerLog")
)

Returns the following DAX Evaluation Log event:

{
    "expression": "[Customer] & \", \" & [Country-Region]",
    "label": "customerLog",
    "inputs": ["'Customer'[Customer]", "'Customer'[Country-Region]"],
    "data": [
        {
            "input": ["Russell Xie", "United States"],
            "output": "Russell Xie, United States"
        },
        {
            "input": ["Savannah Baker", "United States"],
            "output": "Savannah Baker, United States"
        },
        {
            "input": ["Maurice Tang", "United States"],
            "output": "Maurice Tang, United States"
        },
        {
            "input": ["Emily Wood", "United States"],
            "output": "Emily Wood, United States"
        },
        {
            "input": ["Meghan Hernandez", "United States"],
            "output": "Meghan Hernandez, United States"
        }
    ]
}

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Microsoft documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/evaluateandlog-function-dax