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Calculatetable showing the expression refers to multiple columns. Cannot be converted to scalar valu

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v-jingzhang
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Hi @Anonymous 

 

It seems you are creating a measure. For a measure, it should always return a scalar value rather than a table. You should use CALCULATE rather than CALCULATETABLE.

 

Try a measure like

sales = CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Sales'[sales] ), 'Sales'[Location] = "Bangalore" )

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Jing
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v-jingzhang
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Community Support

Hi @Anonymous 

 

It seems you are creating a measure. For a measure, it should always return a scalar value rather than a table. You should use CALCULATE rather than CALCULATETABLE.

 

Try a measure like

sales = CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Sales'[sales] ), 'Sales'[Location] = "Bangalore" )

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Jing
If this post helps, please Accept it as Solution to help other members find it. Highly appreciate your Kudos!

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