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Anonymous
5 years agoNot applicable
Count a value in multiple columns
Hi guys! After I search all community to get help, I decided to write here. (sorry but I can't send the files) Basically I need to count every single value in OPT column from twenty (20) multip...
- 5 years ago
Hi, Anonymous
Based on your description, I created data to reproduce your scenario. The pbix file is attached in the end.
Base:
Table:
You may create a calculated column or a measure as below.
Calculated column:
Count Column = COUNTROWS( FILTER( UNION( SELECTCOLUMNS(Base,"Option Code 1",Base[Option Code 1]), SELECTCOLUMNS(Base,"Option Code 2",Base[Option Code 2]), SELECTCOLUMNS(Base,"Option Code 3",Base[Option Code 3]) ), [Option Code 1]=EARLIER('Table'[OPT]) ) )Measure:
Count Measure = COUNTROWS( FILTER( UNION( SELECTCOLUMNS(Base,"Option Code 1",Base[Option Code 1]), SELECTCOLUMNS(Base,"Option Code 2",Base[Option Code 2]), SELECTCOLUMNS(Base,"Option Code 3",Base[Option Code 3]) ), [Option Code 1]=SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[OPT]) ) )Result:
Best Regard
Allan
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Anonymous
5 years agoNot applicable
Do the 20 column names differ each time the system makes an excel file? Else you could let Power BI put it all the columns under eachother to make one column and count that.