Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Try your skills in the Power BI Dataviz World Championship! Round one ends June 26. Join now

Reply
tputnam
Regular Visitor

Datan summarize vs count issue

For some reason I cannot get some of my data to "not Summarize" and its driving me crazy. I format all of my numbers as numbers make sure they are not summarized and yet I still get a "Count" of that number, which of course is just going to be 1. What am I doing wrong here? I have them formatted in both excel and powerbi as numbers.

 

Capture.JPG

2 ACCEPTED SOLUTIONS
Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
Community Champion

I hate to tell you this, but you do not have your Y-Axis field formatted as a number. I can say this with some degree of certainty because your field over on the right does not have the summation sign to the left of it. If it were truly a number, it would have that symbol like all of the fields in the last table that you have expanded. Go to your data model, click the column and make sure that the Data Type is set to Whole Number or Decimal Number.



Follow on LinkedIn
@ me in replies or I'll lose your thread!!!
Instead of a Kudo, please vote for this idea
Become an expert!: Enterprise DNA
External Tools: MSHGQM
YouTube Channel!: Microsoft Hates Greg
Latest book!:
DAX For Humans

DAX is easy, CALCULATE makes DAX hard...

View solution in original post

v-micsh-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi toutnam,

 

It should be the data type issue.

Please check the article below and see if it would help to resolve this:

Aggregates in Power BI

And as smoupre suggested, change the data type to Whole number or Decimal Number to check out.

If you need any further assistance on this, please post back.

Regards

View solution in original post

2 REPLIES 2
v-micsh-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi toutnam,

 

It should be the data type issue.

Please check the article below and see if it would help to resolve this:

Aggregates in Power BI

And as smoupre suggested, change the data type to Whole number or Decimal Number to check out.

If you need any further assistance on this, please post back.

Regards

Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
Community Champion

I hate to tell you this, but you do not have your Y-Axis field formatted as a number. I can say this with some degree of certainty because your field over on the right does not have the summation sign to the left of it. If it were truly a number, it would have that symbol like all of the fields in the last table that you have expanded. Go to your data model, click the column and make sure that the Data Type is set to Whole Number or Decimal Number.



Follow on LinkedIn
@ me in replies or I'll lose your thread!!!
Instead of a Kudo, please vote for this idea
Become an expert!: Enterprise DNA
External Tools: MSHGQM
YouTube Channel!: Microsoft Hates Greg
Latest book!:
DAX For Humans

DAX is easy, CALCULATE makes DAX hard...

Helpful resources

Announcements
Fabric Data Days is here Carousel

Fabric Data Days 2026

Don't miss out on Data Days, June 15 through August 7. Learn Fabric, Power BI, SQL, AI and more.

May Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - May 2026

Check out the May 2026 Power BI update to learn about new features.

Power BI DataViz World Championships carousel

Power BI DataViz World Championships - June 2026

A new Power BI DataViz World Championship is coming this June! Don't miss out on submitting your entry.