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I am struggling to get my head around the basic layout of DAX, even a simple COUNTIF formula. I have two tables in my data model connected by a field called System. I just wanted to calculate in this table how many rows are in Table 1 where the two row values for System are the same.
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@JollyRoger01
I guess you have a one-to-many relationship from this table to table1. Add the following calculated column to the table on the one side
Count System =
CALCULATE(
COUNTA(Table1[System]),
RELATEDTABLE(Table1)
)
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@JollyRoger01
I guess you have a one-to-many relationship from this table to table1. Add the following calculated column to the table on the one side
Count System =
CALCULATE(
COUNTA(Table1[System]),
RELATEDTABLE(Table1)
)
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Thank you, that seems to work. Though I am a little confused as to what the function is actually doing. How does it know that I am trying to match the two columns? Is that implied from the one to many relationship already?
@JollyRoger01
Yes, since you already have a valid relationship, CALCULATE activates it here.
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Okay, I understand that. But how would I do this if I didn't have a relationship?
@JollyRoger01
You can do it this way:
Count System =
VAR __system = [System]
RETURN
COUNTROWS ( FILTER ( ALL ( Table1[System] ), Table1[System] = __system ) )
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I can't seem to make that one work. Are you sure that is in the right format?
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