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Anonymous
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Counting a distinct value in multiple columns

Hello PBI community! I was wondering how I can count a distinct value on multiples column at the same time. As In the example below, I need a measure to count how many zeros (total) there are on columns, 1,2 3 (the answer should be 4):

 

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Thnaks!

 

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deevaker
Resolver I
Resolver I

Not sure if i missed to understand, but if you need to add all the count of zeros, you can write this 

Measure =
CALCULATE(Count('Table'[Column1]),'Table'[Column1]=0)+
CALCULATE(Count('Table'[Column2]),'Table'[Column2]=0)+
CALCULATE(Count('Table'[Column3]),'Table'[Column3]=0)

below is the screenshot for reference

deevaker_0-1665861512606.png

 

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Ashish_Mathur
Super User
Super User

Hi,

In the Query Editor, right click on the first column's heading and select "Unpivot Other Columns".  Write this measure

Count = calculate(countrows(Data),Data[Value]=0)

Hope this helps.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/
Anonymous
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Thank you Ashish, I wanted to avoid this step of unpivoting the columns.. Deevaker's solution below worked better for me. Thanks for replying. 

You are welcome.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/
deevaker
Resolver I
Resolver I

Not sure if i missed to understand, but if you need to add all the count of zeros, you can write this 

Measure =
CALCULATE(Count('Table'[Column1]),'Table'[Column1]=0)+
CALCULATE(Count('Table'[Column2]),'Table'[Column2]=0)+
CALCULATE(Count('Table'[Column3]),'Table'[Column3]=0)

below is the screenshot for reference

deevaker_0-1665861512606.png

 

Anonymous
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Hi Deevaker, it worked perfectly! many thanks!

Anonymous
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Yes you can do tyhis directly. I did not find a better solution to do it

Anonymous
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Hi

COUNT0 =
var col1=COUNTROWS((filter(Feuil4,Feuil4[Column 1]=0)))
var col2=COUNTROWS((filter(Feuil4,Feuil4[Column 2]=0)))
var col3=COUNTROWS((filter(Feuil4,Feuil4[Column 3]=0)))
return
col1+col2+col3

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