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GuilhermeDias
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DISTINCTCOUNT calculates wrong with filter

Guys!

I'm having some difficulty in the filter context for the DISTINCTCOUNT expression. When I apply a filter to the measurements, it presents incorrect data, but when I use SUM or COUNT, the data is presented correctly. Could anyone tell me why it doesn't work just for DISTINCTCOUNT.

If I add the distinct counts, I don't get the total of 2,523 but rather 2,582. This difference only happens when I use the DISTINCTCOUNT expression. If you look at the second line of data, the sum is correct at 8,070, which I used COUNT.

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HotChilli
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Thanks for the pbix.

Can you explain a bit more about what we need to investigate? I see 2 rows of visuals.  Where is the error or wrong data displayed?

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HotChilli
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Super User

There are 2523 distinct values in the whole dataset for COD.  There is overlap of COD in the different Filter categories.

One example is for COD = 106.  There are rows for Filter = LT and rows for Filter = Na e LT.

So these values will be included in the distinctcount for [Total Count LT] and [Total Count NA e LT]

but they will only count as 1 in the [Total].

So the [Total] measure is accurate and the individual distinctcount measures are also accurate but the [Total] will be less

than adding up the individual measures.

HotChilli
Super User
Super User

Thanks for the pbix.

Can you explain a bit more about what we need to investigate? I see 2 rows of visuals.  Where is the error or wrong data displayed?

If I add the distinct counts, I don't get the total of 2,523 but rather 2,582. This difference only happens when I use the DISTINCTCOUNT expression. If you look at the second line of data, the sum is correct at 8,070, which I used COUNT.

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