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Anonymous
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Circular depenedency error when using IF statement

Hi All,

 

I have two tables with Many to Many relations, I have created two calculated column on Table A, I have written a condition where I am comparing the values between an existing column and a calculated column in Table A by using IF statements, for which I am getting the circular dependency error.

 

TABLE A

ID ||  Start_Time ||  End_Time ||  15_Min_Time   Customer_Value  
1 ||   2020-01-02 10:01:00 ||  2020-01-02 10:08:00  ||  2020-01-02 10:00:00 ||    3
2 ||  2020-01-02 10:01:00 ||  2020-01-02 10:08:00 ||  2020-01-02 10:00:00 ||    1
3 ||  2020-01-02 10:06:00 ||  2020-01-02 10:12:00 ||  2020-01-02 10:00:00 ||    4
4 ||  2020-01-02 10:18:00 ||  2020-01-02 10:30:00 ||  2020-01-02 10:15:00 ||    1

 

TABLE B

TimeIn  ||  Info_Value ||   15_Min_Time
2020-01-02 10:00:00 ||  2  || 2020-01-02 10:00:00
2020-01-02 10:01:00 ||  1  || 2020-01-02 10:00:00
2020-01-02 10:02:00 ||  3  || 2020-01-02 10:00:00
2020-01-02 10:03:00 ||  4  || 2020-01-02 10:00:00
2020-01-02 10:04:00 ||  5  || 2020-01-02 10:00:00
2020-01-02 10:05:00 ||  1  || 2020-01-02 10:00:00

 

TABLE A and TABLE B are having M:M relation on 15_Min_Time

 

Calculated_Col_1 = AVERAGEX(

FILTER(Table B, Table B[timeIN] >= Table A[start_time] && Table B[timeIN] <= Table A[End_time]), Table B[Info_Value])

 

Calculated_Col_2 = 

CALCULATE(DISTINCTCOUNT(Table A[Id]),GROUPBY(Table A,Table A[start_time], Table A[End_time]),ALLEXCEPT(Table A,Table A[Calculated_Col_1]))

Calculated_Col_3 = IF( Table A[Customer_Value] <= Table A[Calculated_Col_2], 1, IF ( Table A[Customer_Value] > Table A[Calculated_Col_2], 1,3))
 
Error:-
Circular dependency was detected: Table A[Customer_Value], Table A[Calculated_Col_3], Table A[Customer_Value] 
 
I tried SWITCH() as well and got the same error.

 

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v-kelly-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

M:M relationship may cause multiple problems in calculation,you'd create a relationship between other fields which is a 1:M relationship.

BTW,could you pls advise me what your expected output is?

 


Best Regards,
Kelly

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