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1 year ago
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How can I use RANBETWEEN formula, but make it more stable, as everytime i open the report , it varies too much.   Eg: I am using RANDBETWEEN(90,210) but the variation should be minimum each time i ...
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    Anonymous
    1 year ago

    Hi Anonymous 

     

    Thank you very much dharmendars007 for your prompt reply.

     

    The generation of random numbers focuses on randomness, so you want the RANDBETWEEN function to be more stable, which may defeat the meaning of randomness.

     

    However, you might consider pre-generating a table of random numbers and using it in your report so that the random numbers are within the range of the pre-generated table on every refresh. For example:

     

    "RandomNumbers"

     

     

    Create a measure.

     

    RandomNumber = 
    VAR Index = RANDBETWEEN(1, COUNTROWS('RandomNumbers'))
    RETURN
    CALCULATE(
        FIRSTNONBLANK('RandomNumbers'[RandomValue], 1),
        FILTER('RandomNumbers', 'RandomNumbers'[Index] = Index)
    )
    

     

    Here is the result.

     

     

    Regards,

    Nono Chen

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