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Kbal
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ALLEXCEPT + USERELATIONSHIP

Hi,


I have the following model :
Model.PNG
In the table KM_Final, I have a circular dependancy between 2 calculated columns :

PFS2_Count = 
var records = CALCULATE(COUNT('treatments'[id]) ;USERELATIONSHIP('treatments'[PFS2_ProtoMonthsLine] ; KM_Final[ProtoMonthsLine]) ) RETURN IF(ISBLANK(records);0;records)

 

PFS2_Running = 
SUMX(
    FILTER(
        ALL(KM_Final)
        ;[ProtoMonthsLine] <= EARLIER([ProtoMonthsLine])
    )
;[PFS2_Count])

Circular.PNG

 

 

The PFS2_Running should cumulative SUM the PFS2_Count, in the same way as PFS_Running do it to PFS_Count :
Data.PNG

The following link, tell me to add an index (I did it in table treatment but no effect), or to use ALLEXCEPT :

https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/understanding-circular-dependencies/

So, in the first column PFS2_Count, I want to add : ALLEXCEPT(KM_Final ; KM_Final[PFS2_Running]) to avoid circular dependency.

But I don't know how to combine ALLEXCEPT and USERELATIONSHIP.

Doing this don't give me the good result in PFS2_Count:

TryPNG.PNG

Please someone have an idea?
Thank you,

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HI @v-piga-msft

 

Thank you for your reply, I need a column instead of measure to reuse it in another column.

But i have found my error : I was wrongly using ALLEXCEPT to remove filter context from the specified column.

The solution in my case is to use ALL(KM_Final[PFS2_Running]), and the circular dependency dissapears :

 

Solution.PNG

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v-piga-msft
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Hi @Kbal,

 

For your scenario, I'm afraid that if you add : ALLEXCEPT(KM_Final ; KM_Final[PFS2_Running]) to the first column PFS2_Count, it will still have the error.

 

For your case, I will suggest create PFS2_Running as a measure that should avoid the circular dependency.

 

Best  Regards,

Cherry

Community Support Team _ Cherry Gao
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

HI @v-piga-msft

 

Thank you for your reply, I need a column instead of measure to reuse it in another column.

But i have found my error : I was wrongly using ALLEXCEPT to remove filter context from the specified column.

The solution in my case is to use ALL(KM_Final[PFS2_Running]), and the circular dependency dissapears :

 

Solution.PNG

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