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joshuavd
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10 years ago
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DAX Counting across two tables with multiple columns

I have two tables representing our foosball games played in office.  The first is what is generated by our software that has these columns:   A game can either be a single or doubles   I ...
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  • Sean's avatar
    Sean
    10 years ago

    joshuavd 

    Type = IF ( COUNTROWS ( RELATEDTABLE('Foosey') ) = 2, "Singles", "Doubles")

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Greg_Deckler
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10 years ago
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//First get the number of players by counting the related rows in the Foosey table
Var Players = CALCULATE(COUNTROWS(Foosey),RELATEDTABLE(Games))
RETURN
  IF(Players = 2,"Singles","Doubles")

This assumes a relationship between Foosey and Games tables based upon Game columns. 

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    Sean
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    10 years ago

    joshuavd 

    Type = IF ( COUNTROWS ( RELATEDTABLE('Foosey') ) = 2, "Singles", "Doubles")

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      joshuavd
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      10 years ago

      Thanks!  I had tried this previously but it wasn't working, on further investigation I realized that I had not created a relationship between the tables... rookie mistake!  Really appreciate it!

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        Greg_Deckler
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        10 years ago

        joshuavd - Glad you got it resolved, that's why I always try to call out assumed relationships when posting answers!