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edhans
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Convert boolean to scalar value?

This might be a simple question but it is eluding me, short of a longer measure (which I have already created), is there a single function to convert boolean field to a scalar value?

 

For example, MIN and MAX can be used to convert text and number fields to a scalar value, and FIRSTDATE and LASTDATE will do the same for a date field, but MIN/MAX cannot be use on boolean (TRUE/FALSE) columns.

 

Scanning through the DAX functions isn't revealing anything.

 

I don't need a measure to do this. I've already done that. I just wondered if there was a single function to do this like there is for text, numbers, and dates.



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Hi @edhans ,

 

You can use SELECTEDVALUE() function instead of MAX() function.

Last Date Is Validated = CALCULATE(SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[Validated] ),FILTER('Table',LASTDATE('Table'[Date])=DATE(2018,2,1)))

 

Best Regards,

Jay

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FrankAT
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Hi,

try:

TRUE() + 0 evaluates to 1
FALSE() + 0 evaluates to 0.
 
Regards FrankAT

INT ( TRUE() )

 

Hi @FrankAT 

 

I have a table that looks like this:

DateValidated
1/1/2018True
2/1/2018False

 

If [Validated] was a text field, I could convert it to a scalar value by using the following measure:

 

Last Date Is Validated =
CALCULATE(
    MAX( TableName[Validated] ),
    LASTDATE( TableName[Date] )
        = DATE( 2018, 2, 1 )
)

 


That measure would evaluate to True() so I could do something else with that - an IF statement for example. MAX() converted the single record table for that field to a scalar value - or would if [Validated] was a numeric or alphanumeric field.

 

But MAX doesn't work on a boolean column, so that doesn't work. Trying to see if there is a single function that does work with boolean fields.



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Anonymous
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Hi @edhans ,

 

You can use SELECTEDVALUE() function instead of MAX() function.

Last Date Is Validated = CALCULATE(SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[Validated] ),FILTER('Table',LASTDATE('Table'[Date])=DATE(2018,2,1)))

 

Best Regards,

Jay

Community Support Team _ Jay Wang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

Thank you Jay. SELECTEDVALUE() seems to be exactly what I was looking for in this instance.



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