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misul
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8 years ago
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Count based on another column

  Hi PBI Community, I am trying to solve the following issue. I want to count how many different routes does a Customer follow. In other words, a distinct count of the column "Route" per Customer. ...
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  • ChrisMendoza's avatar
    ChrisMendoza
    8 years ago

    hello misul,

     

    You could try:

     

    Column = 
CALCULATE(
   DISTINCTCOUNT(Table1[Route]),
   ALLEXCEPT(Table1,Table1[Customer])
   )
  • misul's avatar
    misul
    8 years ago

    ChrisMendoza Correct, the intention is to use DistinctCountofRoutes as a slicer.


    When I use the calculated column, the values are summed. So I put the column to "Don't Summarize" and it seems to work now. Thanks!

     

    Calculated Column: 

    Column = 
CALCULATE(
   DISTINCTCOUNT(Table1[Route]),
   ALLEXCEPT(Table1,Table1[Customer])
   )

     

    Measure:

    Measure= 
CALCULATE(
   DISTINCTCOUNT(Table1[Route]),
   ALLEXCEPT(Table1,Table1[Customer])
   )

     

    I realised that the same formula can be used as a measure too. But as measures cannot be used in Slicers. I will stick with Calculated Column (without summarizing it).

     

ChrisMendoza's avatar
ChrisMendoza
Resident Rockstar
8 years ago

hello misul,

 

You could try:

 

Column = 
CALCULATE(
   DISTINCTCOUNT(Table1[Route]),
   ALLEXCEPT(Table1,Table1[Customer])
   )
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vvibhakar
Frequent Visitor
4 years ago

Hi,

 

This is great. I also tried to use this formula in my dashboard, but unfortunately this didn't helped me much. The problem starts when I apply a filter to other columns.

For e.g. in the given example, Customer A has 4 routes. Let's assume there are other 3 customers - X, Y & Z who also have 4 unique routes. Now if I have a column for region (say EU, APAC, LATAM, etc.) and if I select 1 region, let's say EU, so customer A who has 2 unique routes in EU, should only show 2. But with this formula it still shows 4.

Can you help here please.