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akhaliq7
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calculated column with 1 in each row

I have 1 table where I need to add 1 to each row of a column which will be a unit count column such as the following

 

column 1      unit count

aaa                    1

abc                    1

abb                   1

acb                   1

acc                    1

etc...

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akhaliq7
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Answered my own question. really simple to do. create calculated column type: Unit Count = 1

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Jihwan_Kim
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Hi,

I am not sure if I understood your question correctly, but please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.

It is for creating a new column.

 

Picture1.png

 

Unit Count CC =
VAR currentitem = Data[Column1]
RETURN
    COUNTROWS ( FILTER ( Data, Data[Column1] = currentitem ) )

 


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akhaliq7
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Answered my own question. really simple to do. create calculated column type: Unit Count = 1

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