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mgils24
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1 year ago
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Removing blanks from a defined variable in DAX/Power Query

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.

 

  • johnt75's avatar
    johnt75
    1 year ago

    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

4 Replies

  • johnt75's avatar
    johnt75
    Super User
    1 year ago

    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
  • dharmendars007's avatar
    dharmendars007
    Memorable Member
    1 year ago

    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)))

    If you find this helpful , please mark it as solution which will be helpful for others and Your Kudos/Likes 👍 are much appreciated!

     

    Thank You

    Dharmendar S

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  • FreemanZ's avatar
    FreemanZ
    Super User
    1 year ago

    hi mgils24 ,

     

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