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abukapsoun
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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...
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    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

     

abukapsoun's avatar
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's avatar
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