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Jamie_Hughes
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Hi,

 

I am new to Power BI and DAX and I was wondering if someone could help me.

 

I have a table with duplicated names in a column, I would like a DAX formula to count the amount of times it see's a name.

 

For instance if Jamie were to appear 3 times, I would like it to show

 

Name  Instance

Jamie    1

Jamie    2

Jamie    3

 

Your help and time is greatly appriciated Smiley Happy

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Zubair_Muhammad
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Hi @Jamie_Hughes

 

To do this in DAX..you will need to add an Index Column from the Query Editor first.

 

Then you can use this Calculated Column

 

Instance_ =
RANKX ( FILTER ( Table1, [Name] = EARLIER ( [Name] ) ), [Index],, ASC, DENSE )

 

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Zubair_Muhammad
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hi @Jamie_Hughes

 

To do this in DAX..you will need to add an Index Column from the Query Editor first.

 

Then you can use this Calculated Column

 

Instance_ =
RANKX ( FILTER ( Table1, [Name] = EARLIER ( [Name] ) ), [Index],, ASC, DENSE )

 

Hi @Zubair_Muhammad,

 

Thank you, exactly what I needed 🙂

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