Which DAX function should you use to provide a measure that shows total sales for the year 2022, regardless of the year selected in the report?

Using the CALCULATE function in DAX allows you to modify the filter context of a calculation while performing aggregations. It is particularly useful when you want to create a measure that needs to adhere to specific filter conditions, such as returning total sales for a specific year while ignoring other filters applied in the report.

In this scenario, to show total sales specifically for the year 2022, regardless of any other year selections in the report, CALCULATE is the ideal function to employ. It enables you to specify that the filter for the year should always revert to 2022. This is achieved by defining a filter condition within the CALCULATE function that sets the year to 2022 explicitly.

For instance, you could use a formula like this:

Total Sales 2022 = CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[SalesAmount]), Sales[Year] = 2022)

In this formula, CALCULATE is applying an additional filter (that for the year 2022) to the measure of total sales, ensuring that it only sums the sales values for that particular year regardless of any other year filters set in the visualizations or reports.

The other options do not serve the same purpose. FILTER can