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luisc
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Count One to Many Relationship

Hi,

We recently started using Power Bi and while doing some tests i've come across unexpected results when aggregating data between 2 tables with One to Many Relationship.

 

This is a part of our model: 
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When creating a matrix with count of id_pessoa by segmento_valor, i get strange values per row, and a total row count equal to the total of rows from table pessoa.

We only get the correct results when we build a matrix with count of person_id (scoring table) by segmento_valor, but we can't accept this solution, since we want to hide the tables keys from the users.

 

When creating a table view, with the fields id_pessoa and segmento_valor, i can confirm that the relationship is working (id_pessoa is duplicated for each row of the scoring table).

 

Can someone explain what are we doing wrong?

 

Thanks.

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v-lili6-msft
Community Support
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hi, @luisc 

This is a measure totals problem. Very common. See this post about it
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/DAX-Commands-and-Tips/Dealing-with-Measure-Totals/td-p/63376

Also, this Quick Measure, Measure Totals, The Final Word should get you what you need:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Measure-Totals-The-Final-Word/m-p/547907

 

For your case, when you count of id_pessoa (pessoa table) It likes a measure as below:

Measure = CALCULATE(COUNTA(pessoa[id_pessoa]))
and when you count of person_id (scoring table), it likes a measure as below:
Measure 2 = CALCULATE(COUNTA(scoring[person_id]))
So for your case, just try to use this formula to create a measure
Output = var _table=ADDCOLUMNS(scoring,"_id_pessod",RELATED(pessoa[id_pessoa])) return
COUNTAX(_table,[_id_pessod])
Result:
for example:
2.JPG
and here is my sample pbix file, please try it.
 

Regards,

Lin

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

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v-lili6-msft
Community Support
Community Support

hi, @luisc 

This is a measure totals problem. Very common. See this post about it
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/DAX-Commands-and-Tips/Dealing-with-Measure-Totals/td-p/63376

Also, this Quick Measure, Measure Totals, The Final Word should get you what you need:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Measure-Totals-The-Final-Word/m-p/547907

 

For your case, when you count of id_pessoa (pessoa table) It likes a measure as below:

Measure = CALCULATE(COUNTA(pessoa[id_pessoa]))
and when you count of person_id (scoring table), it likes a measure as below:
Measure 2 = CALCULATE(COUNTA(scoring[person_id]))
So for your case, just try to use this formula to create a measure
Output = var _table=ADDCOLUMNS(scoring,"_id_pessod",RELATED(pessoa[id_pessoa])) return
COUNTAX(_table,[_id_pessod])
Result:
for example:
2.JPG
and here is my sample pbix file, please try it.
 

Regards,

Lin

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

Thanks for the help and the posts.

Was really hoping that this was a problem with the model, since this is something that the users used to do in our other BI.

 

 

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