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krisstok
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Measure extremely slow in matrix

Hi, 

 

I need help optimization in dax measure. 

 

I'm counting customers who had turnover greater than 10. The sales table has customers, document numbers, products, so I to group the turnover by customer and then filter the total above 10.

 

Here is the formula:

 

Customers Qty Turnover > 10 =
VAR _group =
ADDCOLUMNS (
VALUES ( Sales[CustomerNameGrouped] ),
"Turnover", [Turnover]
)
VAR _filter =
FILTER ( _group, [Turnover] > 10 )
VAR _result =
CALCULATE (
DISTINCTCOUNT(Sales[CustomerNameGrouped]),
_filter
)
RETURN _result

 

When I put this in matrix (customers in rows, months in columns), table is very slow. Performance analyzer shows me after scrolling that dax measure took more than 6 seconds. So I don't know how to perform it better.

 

Sales table has about 150k rows.

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Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
Community Champion

@krisstok Try this:

Customers Qty Turnover > 10 =
VAR __Table = CALCULATETABLE('Sales',KEEPFILTERS(DISTINCT('Sales'[CustomerNameGrouped)),[Turnover] > 10)
RETURN
COUNTROWS(DISTINCT(SELECTCOLUMNS(__Table,"__Group",[CustomerNameGrouped)))

or maybe:
Customers Qty Turnover > 10 =
VAR __Table = FILTER(SUMMARIZE('Sales',[CustomerNameGrouped],"__Turnover",[Turnover]),[__Turnover] > 10)
RETURN
COUNTROWS(DISTINCT(SELECTCOLUMNS(__Table,"__Group",[CustomerNameGrouped)))


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Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
Community Champion

@krisstok Try this:

Customers Qty Turnover > 10 =
VAR __Table = CALCULATETABLE('Sales',KEEPFILTERS(DISTINCT('Sales'[CustomerNameGrouped)),[Turnover] > 10)
RETURN
COUNTROWS(DISTINCT(SELECTCOLUMNS(__Table,"__Group",[CustomerNameGrouped)))

or maybe:
Customers Qty Turnover > 10 =
VAR __Table = FILTER(SUMMARIZE('Sales',[CustomerNameGrouped],"__Turnover",[Turnover]),[__Turnover] > 10)
RETURN
COUNTROWS(DISTINCT(SELECTCOLUMNS(__Table,"__Group",[CustomerNameGrouped)))


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DAX For Humans

DAX is easy, CALCULATE makes DAX hard...

Hey, thanks for respond. 

 

Second solution works, now performance analyzer shows 800ms :).

 

First solution doesn't, it says:

 

A function 'PLACEHOLDER' has been used in a True/False expression that is used as a table filter expression. This is not allowed.

 

Thanks for help!

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