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benjaminlvdr
7 years agoNew Member
DAX
Hi everyone, Can you help to debug this formula please ? IF(AND(Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity]="simple";Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time]<5);"on-time";IF(AND(Tableau_owssvr_1[Proj...
- 7 years ago
Hi benjaminlvdr,
As parry2k said this is not the best way to have your question answer however I believe I have found your error check the bold part below, you have 2 brackets in the middle of your formula closing it earlier than you need.
IF(AND(Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity]="simple";Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time]<5);"on-time";IF(AND(Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity]="simple";Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time]>5);"delay";IF(AND(Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity]="medium";Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time]<10);"on-time";
IF(AND(Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity]="medium";Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time]>10)) <- this bracket is to much
;"delay";IF(AND(Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity]="complex";Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time]<15);"on-time";IF(AND(Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity]="complex";Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time]>15);"delay"Smiley Wink))))On best practices your formula should be written like this:
Formula = IF ( AND ( Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity] = "simple"; Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time] < 5 ); "on-time"; IF ( AND ( Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity] = "simple"; Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time] > 5 ); "delay"; IF ( AND ( Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity] = "medium"; Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time] < 10 ); "on-time"; IF ( AND ( Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity] = "medium"; Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time] > 10 ); "delay"; IF ( AND ( Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity] = "complex"; Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time] < 15 ); "on-time"; IF ( AND ( Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity] = "complex"; Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time] > 15 ); "delay"; "" ) ) ) ) ) )don't know what the smiley face in the end represent I placed a "".
But to improve overall legebility and performance you should redo your measure to this:
ttt = SWITCH ( TRUE (); Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity] = "simple" && Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time] < 5; "on-time"; Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity] = "simple" && Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time] > 5; "delay"; Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity] = "medium" && Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time] < 10; "on-time"; Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity] = "medium" && Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time] > 10; "delay"; Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity] = "complex" && Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time] < 15; "on-time"; Tableau_owssvr_1[Project complexity] = "complex" && Tableau_owssvr_1[Adressed request time] > 15; "delay"; "" )As you can see it's much shorte and easier to read, again the "" on the end should be replace by what you have on your smiley face.
Regards,
MFelix
parry2k
7 years agoSuper User
benjaminlvdr what is the issue?
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