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Anonymous
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Count combinations of different columns that contain values

I have this example data set and want to be able to create a table which has the combinations of all the different columns

Col1Col2Col3Col4
TrueTrueTrue 
 TrueTrueTrue
TrueTrueTrueTrue
True   
 TrueTrueTrue
 TrueTrue 

The required output would be:

 

CombinationsCount
Col1, Col2, Col31
Col2, Col3, Col42
Col1, Col2, Col3, Col41
Col11
Col2, Col31

 

Is there a way I can do this using PowerBI?

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v-rzhou-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

In addition to Greg_Deckler 's reply, after you do some transformation in Power Query Editor. I think your table will look like as below.

RicoZhou_0-1669877300649.png

Then you can create calculated columns to achieve your goal.

Combinations =
CONCATENATEX (
    FILTER ( 'Table', 'Table'[Index] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[Index] ) ),
    'Table'[Attribute],
    ","
)

Create a table visual by [Combinations] column and distinct count index column.

Result is as below.

RicoZhou_1-1669877574111.png

 

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

 

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-rzhou-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

In addition to Greg_Deckler 's reply, after you do some transformation in Power Query Editor. I think your table will look like as below.

RicoZhou_0-1669877300649.png

Then you can create calculated columns to achieve your goal.

Combinations =
CONCATENATEX (
    FILTER ( 'Table', 'Table'[Index] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[Index] ) ),
    'Table'[Attribute],
    ","
)

Create a table visual by [Combinations] column and distinct count index column.

Result is as below.

RicoZhou_1-1669877574111.png

 

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

 

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

 

 

 

Anonymous
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This is perfect thank you. Is there a way of having a combination of "Empty", if there is no value for Col1, Col2, Col3 or Col4?

Greg_Deckler
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous Probably best to add an Index in Power Query Editor and then unpivot your 4 columns. Then this is a much easier solve I think. 


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