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edcdcpowerbi
Helper I
4 years ago
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Nested IF statement

I am needing to add a third if statement below, which replaces blank values with a 0.  On its own it works fine, the other two if statements work without this third being added.    How do i correc...
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    goncalogeraldes
    4 years ago

    The way DAX handles BLANKS can be somewhat confusing so in this case it can be something related to DAX never considering the value to be blank and evaluating it as FALSE everytime. A possible workaround can be:

     

    SWITCH(
TRUE(),
SliderValue = BLANK(), 0,
SliderValue = 0, Actual,
SliderValue > 0, ProjRR,
SliderValue
)

     

    Check out this article as it may help you in this case or in a similar one in the future!

     

    Hope this answer solves your problem! If you need any additional help please tag me in your reply.
    If my reply provided you with a solution, pleased mark it as a solution ✔️ or give it a kudoe 👍
    Thanks!

    Best regards,
    Gonçalo Geraldes

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goncalogeraldes
Super User
4 years ago

The way DAX handles BLANKS can be somewhat confusing so in this case it can be something related to DAX never considering the value to be blank and evaluating it as FALSE everytime. A possible workaround can be:

 

SWITCH(
TRUE(),
SliderValue = BLANK(), 0,
SliderValue = 0, Actual,
SliderValue > 0, ProjRR,
SliderValue
)

 

Check out this article as it may help you in this case or in a similar one in the future!

 

Hope this answer solves your problem! If you need any additional help please tag me in your reply.
If my reply provided you with a solution, pleased mark it as a solution ✔️ or give it a kudoe 👍
Thanks!

Best regards,
Gonçalo Geraldes

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edcdcpowerbi
Helper I
4 years ago

that worked perfectly, thank you! 

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    goncalogeraldes
    Super User
    4 years ago

    Glad to be of help!