Tabular Editor 3.2.0

If you haven't used Tabular Editor 3 before, you are eligible to a 30 day trial, which can be requested after installation. You can also purchase a license.

Improvements in 3.2.0

  • We are proud to introduce the DAX debugger in this update of Tabular Editor 3. Check out this article to get started.
  • Application startup time and footprint has been greatly improved.
  • We have overhauled the layout customizations engine to address various issues (disappearing expression editors, missing toolbar buttons, etc.) Please be aware that any layout customizations you have previously made will no longer work in v. 3.2.0.
  • Updated TOM to 19.32.0.

Bugfixes in 3.2.0

  • Fixed an issue with the CallDaxFormatter method not respecting short/long formatting default, see #324.
  • Fixed an issue with formatting of calculation item properties in a DAX script.
  • 3rd party assemblies can now be loaded from locations other than the installation folder, see #340.
  • Fixes an issue with automatic formula fixup when a column that was referenced in a CROSSFILTER or USERELATIONSHIP function call was renamed.

Coming from Tabular Editor 2.x?

Watch this video to get an idea of the new features in Tabular Editor 3. Also, make sure to check our onboarding guide.

Tabular Editor 3 major features overview:

  • Fully customizable IDE, with multi-monitor, Hi-DPI support and themes
  • New powerful DAX code editor with auto-complete, syntax checking, code folding and much, much more
  • *Workspace mode, allowing you to save your changes to disk and synchronise model metadata to Analysis Services simultaneously
  • *Preview table data with infinite scrolling, create PivotGrids or write DAX queries to browse the model or test calculation logic
  • *Schedule data refreshes
  • Update Table Schemas on both Provider and Structured Data Sources (yes, even for M queries!)
  • Create data model diagrams
  • Create DAX scripts that allow you to edit multiple measures or other calculated objects in a single document
  • Record C# scripts and save as macros (formerly known as "Custom Actions")
  • VertiPaq Analyzer integration
  • *DAX debugger

*=Only while connected to an instance of Analysis Services or Power BI