topic Re: "LOOKUP" as on Excel ??? in DAX Commands and Tips

"LOOKUP" as on Excel ???

akfir — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:46:26 GMT

Hello everyone,
i wish to use a formula, as on Excel, that does "LOOKUP" (not lookupvalue).
my need is to determine whether x is between 2 specific numbers and return the value in the RESULT column that refers to it.

for example: if x=5 return 10
if x=130 return 150 etc.

my lookup table:

Thanks in advance!

Re: "LOOKUP" as on Excel ???

vivran22 — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:09:34 GMT

Hello akfir ,

Try the solution offered in a community post earlier:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Add-a-column-to-a-Data-table-from-another-lookup-table/m-p/977270#M466990

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Re: "LOOKUP" as on Excel ???

akfir — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:22:43 GMT

Thanks for your quick reply.
In your given case - the values were unique dates, and probabely it has a relationship in the model.
In my case, the values may repeat themselves and no relationship can be made.

thanks again,
Amit

Re: "LOOKUP" as on Excel ???

vivran22 — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:59:18 GMT

akfir

Following is the sample lookup table I have created:

and this is what you can get using the DAX calculated column:

There is no relationship between these two tables and the values are not unique

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Re: "LOOKUP" as on Excel ???

akfir — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:18:37 GMT

perfect! thanks!
i was just miswriting your command.

thanks again!

Re: "LOOKUP" as on Excel ???

akfir — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 06:58:47 GMT

Hi vivran22

Thanks to your solution i managed to get the desired result, but i still have on issue regarding the SUM of these values in a matrix.
it does not show the correct sum of the per row measures.

i think it is something to do with "IF(HASONEFILTER(.....))" but i can not generate the SUM condition that will show me correct result.

Thanks again in advance,
Amit

Re: "LOOKUP" as on Excel ???

vivran22 — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 10:33:49 GMT

akfir

Can you share the sample pbix file?

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Re: "LOOKUP" as on Excel ???

akfir — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 10:55:56 GMT

vivran22

unfortunately no. anything else may help? maybe a snapshot:

Re: "LOOKUP" as on Excel ???

vivran22 — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 11:22:02 GMT

akfir

This is not helpful in understanding the issue.

Can you create a excel file with sample values of table Loading and Rounding Rules, along with the expected output?

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Re: "LOOKUP" as on Excel ???

akfir — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 11:30:32 GMT

can i maybe send you my pbix privately?
afterwards please delete it from your pc.

thanks

Re: "LOOKUP" as on Excel ???

akfir — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 07:38:54 GMT

vivran22
i think the issue is that it is taking the sum (which i expect) and goes to lookup table and tries to find a result within the range.

i want the sum to just sum regularly the values underneath.