RELATED in Calculated Column or Calcualted Field?

Dear Team,
1] If I use the REALTED function to lookup a price in a Calculated Column like:
RetailPrice =RELATED(dProducts[RetailPrice])
and there are only 30 different prices (unique values) in a total of 39,000 rows, here are my questions:
Because the column has only 30 unique values, does this mean that it does not take up much RAM memory storage space?
Do the values get stored in the columnar data base in RAM memory the same as if the values were not from a Calculated Column, i.e. they were hard coded values?
Once I use this RELATED to lookup price, would it be more efficient to create a second Calculated Column to calculate Revenue like:
Revenue =ROUND(fSales[Units]*fSales[RetailPrice]*(1-fSales[RevenueDiscount]),2)
which I would then use in a Total Revenue Calculated Field.
Or would it be more efficient to NOT have second Calculated Column (Revenue) but instead to create a Calculated Field like this:
TotalRevenue:=SUMX(fSales,ROUND(fSales[Units]*fSales[RetailPrice]*(1-fSales[RevenueDiscount]),2))
On a side note, I have to say that trying to learn PowerPivot is really hard. It is so much different than Excel…
Sincerely, Mike Girvin

Hey Mike,
first of all I cannot agree to your comment that PowerPivot is really hard :-)
But regarding your questions:
1. Space in RAM or on your hard drive depends mainly on the amount of distinct items in a column. You could have 10 billlion rows, if there are only 2 unique values you'll probably won't have any impact on performance or memory. Regarding your 30 unique
items: I think you won't have a problem with these.
2. Calculated columns are treated the same way as columns coming from other sources. They are calculated during processing of the table. Simple answer to your questions: Yes
3. SUMX is generally better than calculating a new column and then running a SUM over that one. I'm not really sure, but I think it's because one is processed in RAM and the other on your CPU (don't ask me which one is which).
I hope I could answer your questions.
Kind regards
Please mark helpful posts and answers! :)

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