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Anonymous
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8 years ago

Create group

    Hi,   I have a live connection to a database due to which the group function is not enabled in Power BI. So I’m looking for other ways to visualize the data in Power BI in a grouped way. I wa...
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Till
Resolver II
8 years ago

Hey,

 

i hope i understand you correctly.

you can backed this with the IF function in Power BI

IF(logical_test>,<value_if_true>, value_if_false)

For more values combinated with If(and.....

Regards
Till

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Anonymous
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8 years ago

Thank you Till for the reply. I had tried to use IF, but seem not able to work out the proper function. I have no experience with DAX and have been looking around, but am probably just missing some basics to figure it out.

 

My attempt was:

group = IF(OR(Description[Name] = “Apple”, Description[Name] = “Banana”);”Fruit”;”Vegetable”)

 

Could you help me indicate what needs to be corrected?

 

Many thanks -

  • Till's avatar
    Till
    Resolver II
    8 years ago

    Hey,

    now it is clear:
    Step One:
    Make a new column in your table with this measure
    Spalte = if(OR('Tabelle 1'[Name]="Apfel";'Tabelle 1'[Name]="Banane");"Fruit";"Vegetable")

     This works.
    Kind regards
    Till

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      8 years ago

      Hi,

       

      I receive an error on this, indicating that a single value for column 'name' in table 'Description' cannot be determined. This can happen when a measure formula refers to a column that contains many values without specifying an aggregation such as min, max, count or sum to get a single result.

       

      Could this be related to not being able to define a new column when working with a live connection? Would there be another way or an update to the DAX formula that could still bring the result?

       

      Thanks,