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Hi,
I want to create a calculated table based on a dimension table.
The dimension table has several rows and some of the rows share the same value in the first column.
In the calculated table, I want to only have the distinct values of the first column of the dimension table.
The command that I am now using looks like the below and works fine.
GENERATE(DISTINCT('DimensionTable'[FirstColumn]),SUMMARIZE('DimensionTable', "Count", CALCULATE(COUNT('DimensionTable'[SecondColumnn]))))
The dimension table has a column called IsActive=True/False, that I want to use for filtering out all inactive rows in the dimension table. In other words, I want the calculated table with distinct values to not include the values that are set as inactive in the dimension table.
How should I use the Generate command for achieving this type of filtering?
Thanks in advance,
Akis
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @lafakios
It doesn't look like a use case of GENERATE. Simply use
NewTable =
SUMMARIZE (
FILTER ( 'DimensionTable', 'DimensionTable'[IsActive] = "True" ),
'DimensionTable'[FirstColumn],
"Count", COUNT ( 'DimensionTable'[SecondColumnn] )
)
Hi @lafakios
It doesn't look like a use case of GENERATE. Simply use
NewTable =
SUMMARIZE (
FILTER ( 'DimensionTable', 'DimensionTable'[IsActive] = "True" ),
'DimensionTable'[FirstColumn],
"Count", COUNT ( 'DimensionTable'[SecondColumnn] )
)
This worked, thanks a lot for your help!
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