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I have a table with 12 columns of true/false data. I need to be able to present the number of true values per column. Though I was able to get this done my process is not repeatable nor is it elegant. The process I took was to duplicate the table, group by one of the columns, unpivot the table, filter on True values. Repeat for all 12 rows creating 12 new tables. I then used a append query to combine the 12 tables into a single table. Since doing it this way, I cannot get rid of the 12 new tables because they are referenced by the combined table. I was hoping someone had some ideas on how to do this with DAX.
Original Table
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
True | True | False | Null |
False | True | True | True |
Null | False | True | True |
Duplicated, Group by Table
Q1 | Count |
null | 1 |
False | 1 |
True | 1 |
Unpivoted
Count | Attribute | Value |
1 | Q1 | False |
1 | Q1 | True |
Filtered
Count | Attribute | Value |
1 | Q1 | True |
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you can try to unpivot all colums.
Then group by attribute and value columns
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What I ended up doing was to copy the table, delete all of the rows that I didn't need, unpivoted the table and that gave me what I needed. I kept an ID field so that I could relate it to the original table.
Thank you for helping and offering suggestions.
I will give these ideas a try, thank you.
Hi @boyddt_mn ,
If you want to use DAX to count it, you can unpivot all the columns in power query first, close and apply it.
Create a measure like this to count:
Count =
CALCULATE (
COUNTROWS ( 'Table' ),
FILTER (
ALL ( 'Table' ),
'Table'[Attribute]
IN DISTINCT ( 'Table'[Attribute] )
&& 'Table'[Value] = TRUE ()
)
)
Attached a sample file in the below, hopes to help you.
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Yingjie Li
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you can try to unpivot all colums.
Then group by attribute and value columns
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