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(Updated this as my sample matrix was incorrect)
Hi,
I am still learning DAX and hope someone can help with this. I am looking for a way to create a measure that counts the number of entries in a lookup table that do NOT have a corresponding entry in a related fact table that matches specific criteria (based on a third, unrelated reference/slicer table).
As a much simplified illustration, let's say this is my lookup table:
Registration Table:
RegistrationID | RegistrationYear | TotalNoOfSessions |
143_END | 2012 | 5 |
148_NOS | 2012 | 5 |
145_ACH | 2013 | 6 |
150_CCC | 2013 | 6 |
And this is my fact table:
Attendance Table:
RegistrationID | SessionNumberAttended |
143_END | 1 |
143_END | 2 |
143_END | 3 |
143_END | 4 |
143_END | 5 |
148_NOS | 1 |
148_NOS | 3 |
148_NOS | 4 |
148_NOS | 5 |
145_ACH | 1 |
145_ACH | 2 |
145_ACH | 5 |
150_CCC | 1 |
150_CCC | 2 |
150_CCC | 3 |
150_CCC | 4 |
150_CCC | 5 |
150_CCC | 6 |
My third unrelated table will be used as matrix column headers for the sessions:
Sessions Table:
SessionNumber |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
In my matrix, I would like to get a result something like this (Note: Column headers are drawn from the Slicer table.):
Registration Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
2012 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2013 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Normally, I would simply subtract the number of attendees for each session from the total registrations. However, in this case, I will later need to apply specific criteria to the registrations which are missing records (e.g. to differentiate between isolated absences and full withdrawals), so I need to somehow POSITIVELY identify the missing records by session and registration. Is there a measure that could be used to identify these "missing" records?
Thanks.
Solved! Go to Solution.
You should be able to use a measure like this to get your desired result in your matrix visual.
Missing Registrations =
COUNTROWS (
FILTER (
VALUES ( Registration[RegistrationID] ),
ISBLANK (
CALCULATE (
COUNTROWS ( Attendance ),
TREATAS (
VALUES ( Sessions[Session Number] ),
Attendance[SessionNumberAttended]
)
)
)
)
)
If this works for you, please mark it as the solution. Kudos are appreciated too. Please let me know if not.
Regards,
Pat
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You should be able to use a measure like this to get your desired result in your matrix visual.
Missing Registrations =
COUNTROWS (
FILTER (
VALUES ( Registration[RegistrationID] ),
ISBLANK (
CALCULATE (
COUNTROWS ( Attendance ),
TREATAS (
VALUES ( Sessions[Session Number] ),
Attendance[SessionNumberAttended]
)
)
)
)
)
If this works for you, please mark it as the solution. Kudos are appreciated too. Please let me know if not.
Regards,
Pat
To learn more about Power BI, follow me on Twitter or subscribe on YouTube.
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