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ADITYAGEDAM
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Filter context change in Summarize and defined measure

I am learning DAX, Observed something weird,help me to understand -

I defined the measure as -

fIRSTYEAR MEASURE =
CALCULATE (
MIN ( 'Noble Prizes'[nobelPrizes.awardYear] ),
ALL ( 'Noble Prizes'[nobelPrizes.category.en] )
)

so when I make the table with the defined measure and Categories results to -

 

ADITYAGEDAM_0-1707155702575.png

which I understand completely.

but when I try to use the same measure in SUMMARIZECOLUMNS as -

 

Table 2 =
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS (
'Noble Prizes'[nobelPrizes.category.en],
'Noble Prizes'[nobelPrizes.categoryFullName.en],
"first year", [fIRSTYEAR MEASURE]
)

I get the following result when I make a table with first year -

ADITYAGEDAM_1-1707155937277.png

How do we justify the Economics Sciences First year, it's 1969 and 1901?

 Am I missing something?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

you forgot the CALCULATE around the measure.

 

I recommend you install and use DAXDebugOutput.  Read about EVALUATEANDLOG, it is a fantastic tool to understand what DAX is doing on each step.

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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

you forgot the CALCULATE around the measure.

 

I recommend you install and use DAXDebugOutput.  Read about EVALUATEANDLOG, it is a fantastic tool to understand what DAX is doing on each step.

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