Contribute to DAX Lib

A DAX library is deployed as a package in DAX Lib. A package is a ZIP file that includes a few files (TODO add package description).

You can follow these steps to add a new package to DAX Lib:

1. Clone the GitHub repository https://github.com/sql-bi/daxlib/.

2. Create a folder for your package in /packages/, for example by copying the DaxLib.Sample package, and follow the naming conventions for package, library, and function names.

3. Create the DAX functions in functions.tmdl

   a. The file lib/functions.tmdl contains the source code of the DAX functions in a TMDL createOrReplace command. For example, in test.functions the name is /packages/t/test.functions/lib/functions.tmdl

   b. The functions.tmdl file contains the function definition using the TMDL syntax following the createOrReplace statement

   c. Include mandatory annotations for each function of the library:

   ```
   annotation DAXLIB_PackageId = <name of library>
   annotation DAXLIB_PackageVersion = <version of library>
   ```
   

4. Create the manifest in the manifest.daxlib file

   a. For example, in test.functions the name is /packages/t/test.functions/manifest.daxlib

   b. The manifest.daxlib file contains the package properties in JSON format. See the DaxLib.Sample package for an example and refer to the JSON schema for the complete specification of available properties.

5. Create a pull request to publish the library on daxlib.org

   a. The pull request must be approved manually by DaxLib owners/maintainers.

   b. When the pull request is approved, the package is immediately published.