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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

misul,

Is it summing the column? I wouldn't imagine that you would actually use the calculated column for anything except for some math operation or a slicer.

Based off your response to someone else, your intention is to use a slicer to filter the data set, so the slicer is generating > ~15 routes which you did not expect?

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
8 years ago

Hello Dozer,

 

Since you are specifying it takes more time to a computer. Can you split the main table to have only "customer" and "route" and later join the new table by the customer and give appropriate direction?

 

 

Thanks,

Aditya