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I need to be able to Count the number of rows in a column that are NULL In Direct Query, ultimately embedded.
COUNTBLANK function does not work with Direct Query.
Any Ideas on a work around? I really dont want to add another column.
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Hey,
you can try this mesure
cnt BLANK =
CALCULATE(
COUNTROWS('countblank')
,FILTER(
'countblank'
,'countblank'[amount] = BLANK()
)
)
Here is a little screenshot
Hopefully, this is what you are looking for.
Regards,
Tom
Hey,
you can try this mesure
cnt BLANK =
CALCULATE(
COUNTROWS('countblank')
,FILTER(
'countblank'
,'countblank'[amount] = BLANK()
)
)
Here is a little screenshot
Hopefully, this is what you are looking for.
Regards,
Tom
Great! Yep works.
Thanks for the Help!
-Zach
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