Check if record exists

[PowerBI87]

Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone had a solution for identifying new companies that have been added to my report?

For example, i would like a script to check the "Comapny" column to see if any exisitng record exists, then output either renewal or new in the furthest right column(new if no record exists) Then if a new opp comes into the table with the same company, change the output to renewal.

Company	Opp	Year	Renewal or New
X	XY	2017	Renewal
X	AB	2018	Renewal
X	CD	2019	Renewal
Y	EF	2019	New

Any help would be greatl

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @PowerBI87，

If there is one field  that can identify new records (such as the date field in the below screen shot) in your table, it may be easier to obtain which companies are new or renewed. Just create a calculated column with the following formula:

Renewal or New = 
VAR _countofC =
    CALCULATE (
        COUNT ( Company[Company] ),
        FILTER (
            ALL ( 'Company' ),
            'Company'[Company] = EARLIER ( 'Company'[Company] )
        )
    )
RETURN
    IF ( 'Company'[Date] = TODAY () && _countofC = 1, "New", "Renewal" )

Best Regards

Rena

[Greg_Deckler]

Saving state is not a strong suit of Power BI. You could load the "company" table twice and turn off refresh for one of them. Then you could compare.