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ecl
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Creating Column to Evaluate field using OR or similar function

I need to create a new Calculated Column that counts the occurences of another field with six arguments. First tried using the OR function. But, the OR function only works with two arguments and I need to evaluate six. Here is the formula I started with.

 

MidOfc Count = CALCULATE(MktShr[Deal Count], OR(MktShr[Product Group] = "Mid Office",MktShr[Product Group] = "Mid-GD"))

 

The table is called MktShr with a couple fields in use. There is a Column named [Deal Count] that is simply counting the number of rows. Another field named [Product Group] that contains information that needs to be evaluated for six values including: Mid Office, Mid-GD, Mid-Compliance, etc. 

 

Help is appreciated.

 

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parry2k
Super User
Super User

@ecl you can use || for OR instead of using OR function

MidOfc Count = 
CALCULATE(MktShr[Deal Count],
MktShr[Product Group] = "Mid Office" || MktShr[Product Group] = "Mid-GD"
|| …. 
)

you can also use IN

 

MidOfc Count = CALCULATE(MktShr[Deal Count], MktShr[Product Group] IN
{ "Mid Office" , "Mid-GD" , "next value", "next value" } ) 


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parry2k
Super User
Super User

@ecl you can use || for OR instead of using OR function

MidOfc Count = 
CALCULATE(MktShr[Deal Count],
MktShr[Product Group] = "Mid Office" || MktShr[Product Group] = "Mid-GD"
|| …. 
)

you can also use IN

 

MidOfc Count = CALCULATE(MktShr[Deal Count], MktShr[Product Group] IN
{ "Mid Office" , "Mid-GD" , "next value", "next value" } ) 


Subscribe to the @PowerBIHowTo YT channel for an upcoming video on List and Record functions in Power Query!!

Learn Power BI and Fabric - subscribe to our YT channel - Click here: @PowerBIHowTo

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Gordonlilj
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi,

Try something like 

 

CALCULATE(MktShr[Deal Count], FILTER(MktShr[Product Group] = "Mid Office" || MktShr[Product Group] = "Mid-GD"

|| MktShr[Product Group] = "Mid-Compliance" || MktShr[Product Group] = "Value4" || MktShr[Product Group] = "Value5" || MktShr[Product Group] = "Value6")). 

Just change "Value#" and it should work (if i understood the issue correctly).

 

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