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9 years ago

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Count value in different columns

Hi All, I am very new to Power BI and still exploring it. Suppose we have the following Excel table Name Country Comp1 Col2 Col3 A X cs p...

v-jiascu-msft
9 years ago
Hi abukapsoun,

If this is the only problem, I would suggest to use a new function "DISTINCTCOUNT".
Measure = DISTINCTCOUNT ( Table1[Name] )

Because only keeping one row would lead another problem that the connection between "country" and "value" would be broken. (the data in red rectangle belongs to no country.)

Best Regards!
Dale

Microsoft Employee

9 years ago

Firstly, we need to import the data into Power BI from excel.

Secondly, select "Name" and "Country" with "Ctrl" key. Unpivot three columns "Comp1, Col2, Col3".

Thirdly, create a measure.

Count = COUNT(Table1[Value])

I attached the file, you can try it yourself. https://1drv.ms/u/s!ArTqPk2pu-BkgQt-qNdTYX9b5zow

Best Regards!

Dale

abukapsoun
Post Patron
9 years ago
v-jiascu-msft

Thank you very much Dale..
The unpivot trick worked, but created me another problem.
When unpivotting, it will create extra rows but duplication. So if I unpivot Col1 2 3, and I want to count how many person there is in UK, the value would be 3 instead of 1.
Is there a way I can overcome this problem? Like when unpivotting, only the new created column is filled with values and not the whole row.

Thanks again
- v-jiascu-msft
  Microsoft Employee
  9 years ago
  Hi abukapsoun,
  
  If this is the only problem, I would suggest to use a new function "DISTINCTCOUNT".
  Measure = DISTINCTCOUNT ( Table1[Name] )
  
  Because only keeping one row would lead another problem that the connection between "country" and "value" would be broken. (the data in red rectangle belongs to no country.)
  
  Best Regards!
  Dale