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Lwpro
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2 years ago
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SUMX STRING

Hello everyone, how are you? I would like to ask for your help because I am facing a problem. I need to SUM the values from a column that is of type String. The values I need to sum are those r...
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    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Hi Lwpro 

     

    Please try this:

    First of all, a table created:

    Then add a measure:

    MEASURE =
    VAR _number =
        ADDCOLUMNS (
            ALLSELECTED ( 'Table' ),
            "Num",
                IF (
                    MID ( 'Table'[value], 1, 1 ) = "$",
                    VALUE ( MID ( 'Table'[value], 2, 5 ) )
                )
        )
    RETURN
        SUMX ( _number, [Num] )

    The reslut is as follow:

    If the above one can't help you, could you please provide more raw data in your tables (exclude sensitive data) with Text format and your expected result with backend logic and special examples? It would be helpful to find out the solution. You can refer the following links to share the required info:

    How to provide sample data in the Power BI Forum

    How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly

    And It is better if you can share a simplified pbix file. You can refer the following link to upload the file to the community. Thank you.

    How to upload PBI in Community

    Best Regards

    Zhengdong Xu
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