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Applicable88
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5 years ago
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Grouped count vs. Grouped Sum

Hello,

I'm a former qlik user. I have a grouping function which reats differently to the one from qlik. I have a sample table with unique serialnumbers, but only two different dates:

SerialnumberTimestamp
BF3333306.05.20
BF3333406.05.20
BF3333506.05.20
BF3333606.05.20
BF3333706.05.20
BF3333807.05.20
BF3333907.05.20
BF3334007.05.20
BF3334107.05.20
BF3334207.05.20

So when I'm grouping them with a count functions I should get  5 counts per date, means two rows.  In qlik the gouping function aggr() is a virtual table:

aggr(count(Serialnumber),Timestamp))

If I just want the count of how many different rows I get from that virtual table I just add another count there:

count(aggr(count(Serialnumber),Timestamp)) which returns a 2 (count of the grouped rows=2)

 

If I want to sum up the amount of counts in that virtual table I add a sum there:

sum(aggr(count(Serialnumber),Timestamp)) which returns a 10 (5+5 Serialnumbers per Date)

 

I tried to emulat this behaviour in PowerBi:

Measure2 = COUNTX(summarize(Table,Tabelle1[Serialnumber],Tabelle1[Timestamp]),Distinctcount(Table1[Serialnumber]))
returns 10
and
Measure = SUMX(summarize(Table1,Tabelle1[Serialnumber],Tabelle1[Timestamp]),Distinctcount(Table1[Serialnumber])) 
returns 100.

 

What does DAX compute here and how to get the same result like in Qlik?
Thank you very much in advance.
 
Best. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • v-kkf-msft's avatar
    v-kkf-msft
    5 years ago

    Hi Applicable88 ,

     

    The result returned by the DAX formula depends on its context. Try the following formula:

     

    Measure = 
var Per_Group_Rows = 
    CALCULATE(
        COUNT('Table'[Serialnumber]),
        FILTER(
            ALL('Table'),
            'Table'[Timestamp] = MAX('Table'[Timestamp])
        )
    )
return 
    IF(
        ISFILTERED('Table'[Timestamp]),
        Per_Group_Rows,
        DISTINCTCOUNT('Table'[Timestamp])
    )
    Measure 2 = COUNT('Table'[Serialnumber])

     

    If the problem is still not resolved, please provide detailed error information or the expected result you expect. Let me know immediately, looking forward to your reply.

    Best Regards,
    Winniz

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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  • amitchandak's avatar
    amitchandak
    Icon for Super User rankSuper User
    5 years ago

    Applicable88 , Not pretty sure I got it. Try a measure like

     

    sumx(values(Table[Timestamp]), calculate(DistinctCount(Table[Serialnumber])))

    • Applicable88's avatar
      Applicable88
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      5 years ago

      Hi amitchandak ,

       

      I just tried with yours. I get also 10. (Measure 3) The Value() function doesn't solve this. I dont understand why the distinct part  doesn't work out. Values is also distinct but it still counts ever row. 

       

      I also double checked this with dax editor. Shouldn't the summarize function and also the values function part of the function group the timestamp date to only two rows?

      I tried with group by as well in DaxEditor and it still counts every row:

       

      EVALUATE
      GROUPBY(Tabelle1,Tabelle1[Serialnumber],Tabelle1[Timestamp],"name",COUNTx(CURRENTGROUP(),1))

       

       

       

       

      • v-kkf-msft's avatar
        v-kkf-msft
        Icon for Community Support rankCommunity Support
        5 years ago

        Hi Applicable88 ,

         

        The result returned by the DAX formula depends on its context. Try the following formula:

         

        Measure = 
var Per_Group_Rows = 
    CALCULATE(
        COUNT('Table'[Serialnumber]),
        FILTER(
            ALL('Table'),
            'Table'[Timestamp] = MAX('Table'[Timestamp])
        )
    )
return 
    IF(
        ISFILTERED('Table'[Timestamp]),
        Per_Group_Rows,
        DISTINCTCOUNT('Table'[Timestamp])
    )
        Measure 2 = COUNT('Table'[Serialnumber])

         

        If the problem is still not resolved, please provide detailed error information or the expected result you expect. Let me know immediately, looking forward to your reply.

        Best Regards,
        Winniz

        If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.