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DAX Query

Hi, 
I have 1 Question Related to Power Query 

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This is my Table from Column A to E and I need to calculate it in DAX
I know How to calculate it in Excel but not in Dax 
In Excel, we can use Count if Function but in DAX it looks like a Trickey 

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tackytechtom
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

You are right, that this is not as trivial as in Excel. Normally you would need to do some unpivoting on your table to get your result as explained here:

Solved: Power Query - count across columns if condition me... - Microsoft Power BI Community

 

However, a quick and dirty solution could be something like this:

tomfox_0-1647076313811.png

Here the code:

TomsNewCountColumn = 
IF ( 'Table12'[A] = TRUE, 1, 0) + 
IF ( 'Table12'[B] = TRUE, 1, 0) + 
IF ( 'Table12'[C] = TRUE, 1, 0) + 
IF ( 'Table12'[D] = TRUE, 1, 0) + 
IF ( 'Table12'[E] = TRUE, 1, 0)

Be aware though that this is not scalable and I would always go for some proper changes on your table before applying the code above. However, since your query was to count all trues accross columns, it might still work for you 🙂

/Tom
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CNENFRNL
Community Champion
Community Champion

Use PQ,

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Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

tackytechtom
Most Valuable Professional
Most Valuable Professional

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

You are right, that this is not as trivial as in Excel. Normally you would need to do some unpivoting on your table to get your result as explained here:

Solved: Power Query - count across columns if condition me... - Microsoft Power BI Community

 

However, a quick and dirty solution could be something like this:

tomfox_0-1647076313811.png

Here the code:

TomsNewCountColumn = 
IF ( 'Table12'[A] = TRUE, 1, 0) + 
IF ( 'Table12'[B] = TRUE, 1, 0) + 
IF ( 'Table12'[C] = TRUE, 1, 0) + 
IF ( 'Table12'[D] = TRUE, 1, 0) + 
IF ( 'Table12'[E] = TRUE, 1, 0)

Be aware though that this is not scalable and I would always go for some proper changes on your table before applying the code above. However, since your query was to count all trues accross columns, it might still work for you 🙂

/Tom
https://www.tackytech.blog/
https://www.instagram.com/tackytechtom/



Did I answer your question➡️ Please, mark my post as a solution ✔️

Also happily accepting Kudos 🙂

Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn! linkedIn

#proudtobeasuperuser 

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