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jackj
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5 years ago
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Calculating a count across disconnected tables

Hi,   I am struggling to do what I think should be a very simple calculation.  I have two disconnected tables, Orders and Visits.  Each of them shares a similar UserID column.  It's called 'Custome...
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    parry2k
    5 years ago

    jackj usually in scenarios like this you should have a common dimension table with a unique user id and link these two together, anyhow try the following expression to get the count:

     

    Count = 
CALCULATE (
COUNTROWS ( Customer ),
TREATAS ( VALUES ( Visits[UserId] ), Customer[CustomerId] )
)

     

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parry2k
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5 years ago

jackj same thing, just use different calculation

 

Count = 
CALCULATE (
SUM ( Customers[Sales] ),
TREATAS ( VALUES ( Visits[UserId] ), Customer[CustomerId] )
)