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toneradeu
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Using COUNTROWS to find the amount of times the given [Code] appears in a table

Greetings, I started using Power BI recently, so I don't have experience in DAX, and i'm stuck in a problem that i can't really think of a solution.

 

  • I have this gigantic table called 'fResponsib' which have a Column named [Responsibility_Name].
  • I also have a Table called 'DimEnt', which has 2 columns: [Code] and [Flag].
  • I need to create an column called [Qty] in 'DimEnt, which is the sum of all the times [Code] has appeared in [Responsibility_Name].
  • Both [Code] and [Responsibility_Name] are text-values.

Here's what i had in mind:

 

CodeFlagQty
F4XX45Type-A813
F4XX06Type-B755
F4XX15Type-C9
F4XX87Type-D114
F4XX33Type-E887
 Other33133

 

What I tried to do:

Qty = COUNTROWS( CALCULATETABLE('fResponsib', CONTAINSSTRING('fResponsib'[Responsibility_Name],'DimEnt'[Code])))

 

What should I do in this situation?
Thanks in advance!

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Fowmy
Super User
Super User

@toneradeu 

Can you try this as a new column?

Qty = 
COUNTROWS( 
    FILTER(
        'fResponsib',
        CONTAINSSTRING('fResponsib'[Responsibility_Name],EARLIER([Code]))
    )
)

 

 

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Fowmy
Super User
Super User

@toneradeu 

Can you try this as a new column?

Qty = 
COUNTROWS( 
    FILTER(
        'fResponsib',
        CONTAINSSTRING('fResponsib'[Responsibility_Name],EARLIER([Code]))
    )
)

 

 

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