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rayinOz
Helper III
Helper III

COUNT and OR statement?

Hello PowerBI users

 

I'm wanting to use an OR function... ,not sure how to do it... here's the measure:

 

TotalBooked = CALCULATE(COUNT('Session Report'[Session Attendance]), FILTER('Session Report', 'Session Report'[Session Attendance]="Booked" OR "Attended"))
 
so we have a session status... of either Booked or Attended (as well as others, wait-listed, withdrawn, etc)... but I'm wanting to get a total of both booked or attended... 
 
How best to do this? 
 
Many thanks ahead of time. 
 
Kind regards
Ray
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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi there. Your formula does not adhere to Best Practices and hence may not be as fast as possible. Here's an optimized version:

 

TotalBooked =
CALCULATE(
    COUNT('Session Report'[Session Attendance]),
    KEEPFILTERS(
        TREATAS(
            {"Booked", "Attended"},
            'Session Report'[Session Attendance]
        )
    )
)

 

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AntrikshSharma
Super User
Super User

@rayinOz You can use this:

TotalBooked =
CALCULATE (
    COUNT ( 'Session Report'[Session Attendance] ),
    KEEPFILTERS ( 'Session Report'[Session Attendance] = "Booked"
        || 'Session Report'[Session Attendance] = "Attended" )
)

 Or

TotalBooked =
CALCULATE (
    COUNT ( 'Session Report'[Session Attendance] ),
    KEEPFILTERS ( 'Session Report'[Session Attendance] IN { "Booked", "Attended" } )
)

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AntrikshSharma
Super User
Super User

@rayinOz You can use this:

TotalBooked =
CALCULATE (
    COUNT ( 'Session Report'[Session Attendance] ),
    KEEPFILTERS ( 'Session Report'[Session Attendance] = "Booked"
        || 'Session Report'[Session Attendance] = "Attended" )
)

 Or

TotalBooked =
CALCULATE (
    COUNT ( 'Session Report'[Session Attendance] ),
    KEEPFILTERS ( 'Session Report'[Session Attendance] IN { "Booked", "Attended" } )
)
Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi there. Your formula does not adhere to Best Practices and hence may not be as fast as possible. Here's an optimized version:

 

TotalBooked =
CALCULATE(
    COUNT('Session Report'[Session Attendance]),
    KEEPFILTERS(
        TREATAS(
            {"Booked", "Attended"},
            'Session Report'[Session Attendance]
        )
    )
)

 

Hi Daxer! Thanks so much for this, it worked perfectly!

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@rayinOz , try like

TotalBooked = CALCULATE(COUNT('Session Report'[Session Attendance]), FILTER('Session Report', 'Session Report'[Session Attendance] in {"Booked" ,"Attended" }))
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Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
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@rayinOz - Either will work:

TotalBooked = CALCULATE(COUNT('Session Report'[Session Attendance]), FILTER('Session Report', 'Session Report'[Session Attendance]="Booked" || 'Session Report'[Session Attendance]="Attended"))


TotalBooked = CALCULATE(COUNT('Session Report'[Session Attendance]), FILTER('Session Report', OR('Session Report'[Session Attendance]="Booked",'Session Report'[Session Attendance]="Attended")))



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