Re: COUNT Function Behavior

Anonymous · ‎03-25-2019

According to the answer to this previous post: COUNT vs COUNTA Dax Function, COUNT function which previously only takes in numeric columns can now also be used the same way as COUNTA for date and string/ text data types. Their main difference is that COUNTA can take in logical values (TRUE/ FALSE) wherein COUNT cannot.

Given this, COUNT can now also work with non-numeric types. What I'm getting confused at is the documentation of COUNT Function which says that "If the row contains text that cannot be translated into a number, the row is not counted". What does this mean? How is a text supposed to be translated into a number? Can someone explain this remark in the documentation?

Thanks!

parry2k · ‎03-25-2019

@Anonymous

dax.guide has better explanation on this. I already cross refer this.

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Anonymous · ‎03-25-2019

Hi @parry2k,

Thanks for the response! I already saw the DAX guide explanation before and I agree that it explains it better than the official documentation. Just to confirm, are we implying that what is written in the official one is wrong? (Particularly, the one I highlighted)