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Circular Reference in COUNTA
Hello,
I have a column filled with values of 2 types "Dated" and "Recent"
Skills[Review Status]
the following is working
Reviews Total Dated = CALCULATE(COUNTA(Skills[Review Status]),Skills[Review Status]="Dated")
I wanted to create another calculated column for the Recent values
Reviews Total Recent = CALCULATE(COUNTA(Skills[Review Status]),Skills[Review Status]="Recent")
But it returns the error
"A circular dependency was detected: Skills[Reviews Total Recent], Skills[Reviews Total Dated], Skills[Reviews Total Recent]."
Why is this happening and how can I fix it? And hopefully how to learn not to do it wrong next time?
Thank you
Anonymous
Perhaps you should change it slightly.
Total Reviews = COUNTA(Skills[Review Status])
Reviews Total Dated = CALCULATE([Total Reviews], Skills[Review Status] = "Dated")
Reviews Total Recent =CALCULATE([Total Reviews], Skills[Review Status] = "Recent")
That way you are building on the first measure by filtering instead of doing different measures.
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Anonymous
Perhaps you should change it slightly.
Total Reviews = COUNTA(Skills[Review Status])
Reviews Total Dated = CALCULATE([Total Reviews], Skills[Review Status] = "Dated")
Reviews Total Recent =CALCULATE([Total Reviews], Skills[Review Status] = "Recent")
That way you are building on the first measure by filtering instead of doing different measures.
Anonymous
This should work, because I have a similar situation and I don't get that error.
Usually a "circular dependency" means you are referencing something that you are trying to change.
Are you sure you should be using a calculated column for this? Wouldn't a measure be more appropriate since it's returning a number?
In my case, I have them both as measures and NOT calculated columns.
