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idontknowy
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Aggregate

Hi, I have encountered a scenario wherein initial aggregate is SUM but after creating a relationship with another table the aggregate changed to COUNT. what could be possible reason for this. TIA.afterafterbeforebefore

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amitchandak
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@idontknowy , You can change Default aggegation in Column tools. Better to create a measure

 

Measure = Sum(Table[Column])

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danextian
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Hi @idontknowy 

 

Did you use an implicit measure? Write a measure instead that explicitly specifies the aggregation: SUM ('Table'[column] )





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amitchandak
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@idontknowy , You can change Default aggegation in Column tools. Better to create a measure

 

Measure = Sum(Table[Column])

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thank you so much for the help @amitchandak 

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