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ImaginedCloud
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Direct Query COUNTBLANK Alternative.

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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TomMartens
Super User
Super User

Hey,

 

you can try this mesure

cnt BLANK = 
CALCULATE(
    COUNTROWS('countblank')
    ,FILTER(
        'countblank'
        ,'countblank'[amount] = BLANK()
    )
)

Here is a little screenshot

image.png

 

Hopefully, this is what you are looking for.

 

Regards,
Tom



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TomMartens
Super User
Super User

Hey,

 

you can try this mesure

cnt BLANK = 
CALCULATE(
    COUNTROWS('countblank')
    ,FILTER(
        'countblank'
        ,'countblank'[amount] = BLANK()
    )
)

Here is a little screenshot

image.png

 

Hopefully, this is what you are looking for.

 

Regards,
Tom



Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution, this will help others!

Proud to be a Super User!
I accept Kudos 😉
Hamburg, Germany

Great! Yep works. 

 

Thanks for the Help!

 

-Zach

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