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Anonymous
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Creating a new column that counts values from another column

I want to create new columns from values from one column in power bi. How do I do that? Let's say for instance from the table below, I want to create new columns for different states from the state column that will count the number of companies that are headquartred in that state, how will I do that in power bi

Company IdCompany Name StatesAlabamaTexasIllinoisMichiganOhio
1XtechAlabama24123
2ColiqTexas     
3FimtecIllinois      
4WitnogMichigan     
5GnamewOhio     
6ZenithTexas     
7LeverMichigan     
9GumTexas     
10HunlecOhio     
11GirthlowOhio     
12TetlowAlabama     
13DoughlasTexas     
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Jihwan_Kim
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New Table =
ROW (
"Alabama", COUNTROWS ( FILTER ( Data, Data[States] = "Alabama" ) ),
"Texas", COUNTROWS ( FILTER ( Data, Data[States] = "Texas" ) ),
"Illinois", COUNTROWS ( FILTER ( Data, Data[States] = "Illinois" ) ),
"Michigan", COUNTROWS ( FILTER ( Data, Data[States] = "Michigan" ) ),
"Ohio", COUNTROWS ( FILTER ( Data, Data[States] = "Ohio" ) )
)

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lr6vx7fu3fv8m1j/joparaugo.pbix?dl=0 

 

 


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