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NilR
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SUMMARIZECOLUMNS() is not working

The below measure working by itself, but If I refrence in another measure for calculation it will give me an error. here is the 

error: mdxscript(model) (1276, 1) calculation error in measure summarizecolumns() and add missing items

 

 

SUMMARIZECOLUMNS()

 

 

 

 

what do I need to change in this measure?

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tamerj1
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@NilR 

Using SUMMARIZECOLUMNS is not allowed for measures and calculated columns. You can use it only in queries and calculated tabl s. 
you can replace it with SUMMARIZE with some modifications. 

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tamerj1
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@NilR 

Also this is a table expression that outputs a table not a scalar value. 

tamerj1
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Super User

@NilR 

Using SUMMARIZECOLUMNS is not allowed for measures and calculated columns. You can use it only in queries and calculated tabl s. 
you can replace it with SUMMARIZE with some modifications. 

Thank you!

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