topic Re: sum by mainItem in DAX Commands and Tips

sum by mainItem

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 06:48:30 GMT

Hi,

What I thought would be an easy tasked proved more complex then I thought

Table A

itemSK	count
a	5
b	5
c	6
d	6
a	7
b	6
b	1
d	3

Item table

ItemSK	Mainitemid
a	o
b	o
c	p
d	p

Result

Item	Count by mainitem
a	24
b	24
c	15
d	15

Help me write dax for "Count by mainitem" please 🙂

I could give you all my filed attempts but i don't think it will help(?)

regards

Re: sum by mainItem

OwenAuger — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 07:14:50 GMT

Hi Anonymous

See the attached PBIX.

First, you should ensure the model is set up like this (which I imagine it already is):

Then create this measure:

Count by mainitem = CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Table A'[count] ), REMOVEFILTERS ( 'Item' ), VALUES ( 'Item'[Mainitemid] ) )

This measure sums 'Table A'[count] for the values of 'Item'[Mainitemid] corresponding to the visible rows of 'Item', but removing any other filters on the 'Item' table.

Regards

Re: sum by mainItem

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 07:31:32 GMT

Hi OwenAuger,

Thanks for your quick reply.
I am getting an error on REMOVEFILTERS,

"Cannot find name 'REMOVEFILTERS'
'REMOVEFILTERS' is not a function."

I am using direct query to access data and there is a connection between the tabels like you describe (My model is more complex then this but I scaled down to only highlight the importnat parts.

I replaced REMOVEFILTER with ALL and from what i can se this is giving me the deciered result.

Thanks

Re: sum by mainItem

OwenAuger — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 08:38:06 GMT

Glad to hear it's working (using ALL rather than REMOVEFILTERS).

These functions are indeed equivalent when used in this way.

If REMOVEFILTERS is unavailable, I'm guessing you are connecting to an older version of Analysis Services Tabular.

For reference, the compatibility for DAX functions can be found on dax.guide:

https://dax.guide/removefilters/