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Julux12
New Member

DAX distinct count of many columns and sum it

Hello everyone! i have the following table 

Employment column 1 

Employment

column 2 

Type of work
E11E33A
E22E22B
E33E22A
E22E11A
E11E33B

I need to add the results of E11 that have a job of type A in both columns and have the following result

 ABsum
E11213
E22224
E33213

i tried many ways of this but i dont have the results of the last table, thanks for every idea that you can tell me. Thank you

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Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

HI,

I am not sure if I understood your question correctly, but please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.

It is for creating a new table.

Jihwan_Kim_0-1676706128096.png

 

 

New Table = 
VAR _newtable =
    ADDCOLUMNS (
        DISTINCT ( 'Table'[Employment column 1] ),
        "@A",
            CALCULATE (
                COUNTROWS ( DISTINCT ( 'Table'[Type of work] ) ),
                'Table'[Type of work] = "A"
            )
                + COUNTROWS (
                    FILTER (
                        'Table',
                        'Table'[Employment column 2] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[Employment column 1] )
                            && 'Table'[Type of work] = "A"
                    )
                ),
        "@B",
            CALCULATE (
                COUNTROWS ( DISTINCT ( 'Table'[Type of work] ) ),
                'Table'[Type of work] = "B"
            )
                + COUNTROWS (
                    FILTER (
                        'Table',
                        'Table'[Employment column 2] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[Employment column 1] )
                            && 'Table'[Type of work] = "B"
                    )
                )
    )
RETURN
    ADDCOLUMNS ( _newtable, "@sum", [@A] + [@B] )

 


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Ahmedx
Super User
Super User

Based on your description, I created data to reproduce your scenario. The pbix file is attached in the end.
https://dropmefiles.com/EFgPc
Screen Capture #309.pngScreen Capture #310.png

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Ahmedx
Super User
Super User

Based on your description, I created data to reproduce your scenario. The pbix file is attached in the end.
https://dropmefiles.com/EFgPc
Screen Capture #309.pngScreen Capture #310.png

Thank you !

Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

HI,

I am not sure if I understood your question correctly, but please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.

It is for creating a new table.

Jihwan_Kim_0-1676706128096.png

 

 

New Table = 
VAR _newtable =
    ADDCOLUMNS (
        DISTINCT ( 'Table'[Employment column 1] ),
        "@A",
            CALCULATE (
                COUNTROWS ( DISTINCT ( 'Table'[Type of work] ) ),
                'Table'[Type of work] = "A"
            )
                + COUNTROWS (
                    FILTER (
                        'Table',
                        'Table'[Employment column 2] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[Employment column 1] )
                            && 'Table'[Type of work] = "A"
                    )
                ),
        "@B",
            CALCULATE (
                COUNTROWS ( DISTINCT ( 'Table'[Type of work] ) ),
                'Table'[Type of work] = "B"
            )
                + COUNTROWS (
                    FILTER (
                        'Table',
                        'Table'[Employment column 2] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[Employment column 1] )
                            && 'Table'[Type of work] = "B"
                    )
                )
    )
RETURN
    ADDCOLUMNS ( _newtable, "@sum", [@A] + [@B] )

 


If this post helps, then please consider accepting it as the solution to help other members find it faster, and give a big thumbs up.


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Thank you !

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