NAMEOF

A column's or a measure's full name as text: 'Table'[Name].

Group: Information. Compatible with DAX.

Syntax

NAMEOF ( <value> )

Parameter	Type	Description
`value`	Column or measure	A reference to a column or a measure of the model, or a measure the query defines.

Returns

Text. The full name: the table's name in single quotes, then the column's or measure's in brackets.

Remarks

A measure's name comes with its home table: NAMEOF ( [Liters sold] ) is 'Sales'[Liters sold].
The table's name is always quoted, so the text can be used as it is in a formula; a closing bracket in a name is doubled, as a formula writes it.
A table or a variable is not taken: give a column or a measure.

Compared with DAX

Newer DAX also takes a table or a calendar, and two more arguments: which part of the name to give (the table's, the column's, the whole) and how to quote it. OpenBI takes a column or a measure alone and always gives the whole name, quoted.

Examples

A column and a measure

EVALUATE
ROW (
    "Column", NAMEOF ( Products[Price per liter] ),
    "Measure", NAMEOF ( [Liters sold] )
)

Column	Measure
'Products'[Price per liter]	'Sales'[Liters sold]

A measure the query defines

DEFINE
    MEASURE Products[Liters per product] = DIVIDE ( [Liters sold], COUNTROWS ( Products ) )
EVALUATE
ROW (
    "Name", NAMEOF ( [Liters per product] ),
    "Value", [Liters per product]
)

Name	Value
'Products'[Liters per product]	451615.75

SELECTEDMEASURENAME, ISSELECTEDMEASURE, FORMAT, CONCATENATE.

Last updated 3 November 2026 · OpenBI Studio 0.3.74