topic Re: Measure not recognizing columns in DAX Commands and Tips

Measure not recognizing columns

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 14:38:17 GMT

I am very inexperienced with DAX and I get confused when I try to create a measure and I cant reference a coulmn from a table that I want.

For example if i want to use an "If" Statement with a date it wont let me reference the date column or the date table.

Re: Measure not recognizing columns

Greg_Deckler — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:50:32 GMT

If you reference a column in a measure, you must wrap the column in an aggregation function like MIN, MAX, SUM, AVERAGE, etc.

Re: Measure not recognizing columns

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 20:18:24 GMT

Thanks for the reply, that makes a lot of sense now

Re: Measure not recognizing columns

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 10:45:05 GMT

Any idea if there's a similar solution for string/text values?

I'm having a lot of trouble with creating logical expressions based on text in measure fields.

Re: Measure not recognizing columns

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 14:01:47 GMT

Why bother having a DAX function named TRIM() if it cannot find any text column that you supply? What is the point?

Re: Measure not recognizing columns

equity7252 — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:50:17 GMT

Where is the solution to this? Having the same problem.

Re: Measure not recognizing columns

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:26:10 GMT

What does it mean to wrap them? I am having this issue as well.

Re: Measure not recognizing columns

Aymane — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:22:34 GMT

Greg_Deckler I have the same issue but I'm not sure I understand your solution.

I'm trying to use Switch(True() to have conditions on a date column before some calculations, but it's not working as you can see below:

Re: Measure not recognizing columns

WulfieWolf — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 11:20:47 GMT

you have to do it like that:

Measure = sume(table[column])

Re: Measure not recognizing columns

Anna123456 — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:10:21 GMT

Hello,

I have a question concerning your solution. I want to get the value of "visit24hrs" for today for each title in my report. I now used this formula:

result = CALCULATE(SUM(AnalyticsView[Visits24h]), FILTER(ALL( AnalyticsView), (Date(2023,03,02) = AnalyticsView[Date])))

In my chart I use for Y Title and for X result. BUT then I get the same number (the summed result) for each Title.
Question: How can I display the result for an Item in my chart? Without the "sum" in the formula I am not able to use Visits24hrs in the measure (it says it can not regognize the column)