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ABMN
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Breaking ties in RANKX

I'm using the rank function and would like to basically assign a row number insted of a rank, to give a distinct rank instead of duplicate rankings for a tie.

 

I currently have

 

Department          Count            Rank        What I would like for the rank

A                           11                  1              1

B                           10                  2              2

C                           10                  2              3

D                           5                   4              4

E                            3                   5              5

F                            3                   5              6

 

Any help is appreciated.  

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CNENFRNL
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Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

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parry2k
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@andrew_k it is further ranking the department , dividing it by 100 to add decimal value to the count [CNT] measure  to break the ties.



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Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

After searching the internet for a few hours this solved my problem. Thanks.

Any chance you can explain what it's doing?

@CNENFRNL That worked!  Thanks a lot for the help!

parry2k
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@ABMN check at the bottom of this blog post (section called breaking ties) and see if that helps How to use RANKX in DAX (Part 2 of 3 – Calculated Measures) - RADACAD

 

 

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@parry2k That is still giving me the duplicate ranks.  Here is what I have.

 

Rank = RANKX(ALLSELECTED('servicedesk BIA_tickets'[department]),CALCULATE(COUNT('servicedesk BIA_tickets'[request_number])
+ INT(CALCULATE(MIN('servicedesk BIA_tickets'[creation_date])/100000))
),,DESC)

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