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Anonymous
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Measure to get distinct countries from column holding a list of countries for each row

Hi,
Could someone help with the below scenario:
I have a table similar to below which holds a list of countries for each row:

IDGroupCountry
1011AINDIA;CHINA
1038AINDIA;CHINA;ENGLAND;SRILANKA
5052BSWEDEN;FINLAND
3033CSRILANKA
9800BSWEDEN;NORWAY
6500BNORWAY;FINLAND

 

Now I need to create a measure that gives me the distinct country based on the filters applied for 'ID' or 'Group' columns.

For example, if i apply the filter "Group = B", it should consider the 3 rows for group B and measure should give me the distinct  count as 3. It will get the 3 distinct countries from the combination of those 3 rows (SWEDEN,NORWAY,FINLAND)

Could you please help me here.
In the real scenario the list is much longer.

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

Hi,

 

Below are the results as expected..

Firstly ., Need to Split the country column with a delimiter in power query editor.

 

Subash_Govind1_1-1700823369330.png

Then create a measure..

Subash_Govind1_0-1700822145649.png

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Rupak_bi
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Super User

Hi , Please see below

 

Rupak_bi_1-1700889521541.png

 

if you are looking for this then follow @Subash_Govind1 answer.

 



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Rupak
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Rupak_bi
Super User
Super User

Is this something you are looking for?

 

Rupak_bi_0-1700820162944.png

 

 

 



Regards
Rupak
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Anonymous
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Thanks.
But I want to get the distinct count of the countries from the column 'Country' for the selected filters.
It has to be "3" when Group B is selected (SWEDEN,NORWAY,FINLAND) ,
"4"  for Group A (INDIA, CHINA, ENGLAND, SRILANKA)
and "1" for Group C (Only SRILANKA).

Hi,

 

Below are the results as expected..

Firstly ., Need to Split the country column with a delimiter in power query editor.

 

Subash_Govind1_1-1700823369330.png

Then create a measure..

Subash_Govind1_0-1700822145649.png

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