Removing blanks from a defined variable in DAX/Power Query

[mgils24]

Hi all,

This is driving me crazy. In my calculated table I want to remove the rows which contain a blank. A very simple task but I can't get it working. Any help is appreciated! 

I combine to columns and filter out the duplicates. This works fine but the column contains still 1 blank which I want to get rid off. The code looks very simple. As example I tried FILTER which doesn't work.

[FreemanZ]

hi @mgils24 ,

Could you try to replace both VALUES with DISTINCT? Will it also get what you expect?

[mgils24]

Thanks @johnt75 ! This works.

[dharmendars007]

Hello @mgils24 , 

The issue likely arises because FILTER expects a table and you're passing a column expression. By wrapping the column in FILTER directly within the RETURN statement, this will resolve the problem

BridgeSO =
VAR MWSO = VALUES(mn_rcp[ServiceOrderNumber])
VAR PUSO = VALUES('Parts Usage frequency report + Raw data'[Service Order])
VAR CombinedSO = UNION(MWSO, PUSO)
VAR CombinedSO2 = DISTINCT(CombinedSO)
RETURN
FILTER(CombinedSO2, NOT(ISBLANK(CombinedSO2)))

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[johnt75 · Accepted solution]

You can use

Bridge SO =
VAR MNSO =
    FILTER (
        DISTINCT ( mn_rcpl[ServiceOrderNumber] ),
        NOT ISBLANK ( mn_rcpl[ServiceOrderNumber] )
    )
VAR PUSO =
    FILTER (
        DISTINCT ( 'Parts Usage Frequency Report - Raw Data'[Service Order] ),
        NOT ISBLANK ( 'Parts Usage Frequency Report - Raw Data'[Service Order] )
    )
VAR CombinedSO =
    DISTINCT ( UNION ( MNSO, PUSO ) )
RETURN
    CombinedSO