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brs09j
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Helper II

DAX Help - Calculated Column

I have created a calculated column and want to return country names from the countries table. I am on the buildings table.

My DAX

 

Column =
IF (
    ISBLANK ( RELATED ( Countries[Country] ) ),
    RELATED ( Countries[Country] ) = "Other",
    RELATED ( Countries[Country] )
)

 

 

I get an error saying expressions that yield variant data type cannot be used to define calculated columns.

 

 

The countries table has 2 columns Code and Country. Code is the 2 letter abbrevition while Country is the full name.

 

Ex.

 

AU  AUSTRALIA

 



What I'm trying to say is return the country name but if the value is blank then return the text "Other"

 

Thanks.

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brs09j
Helper II
Helper II

I figured this out. I needed to remove the RELATED before other.

 

 

Working DAX

 

 

Column =
IF (
    ISBLANK ( RELATED ( Countries[Country] ) ),
    "Other",
    RELATED ( Countries[Country] )
)

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brs09j
Helper II
Helper II

I figured this out. I needed to remove the RELATED before other.

 

 

Working DAX

 

 

Column =
IF (
    ISBLANK ( RELATED ( Countries[Country] ) ),
    "Other",
    RELATED ( Countries[Country] )
)

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