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SevsBo
Resolver III
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Display & Count number of individuals with non-actions?

Say I have a list of people that did certain interactions over a year. The table might look like this:

 

DATENAMEACTION 1ACTION 2
JanuaryJimYesYes
JanuaryAlice Yes
FebruaryBillYes 
MarchJim Yes
MarchFreddy Yes

 

If I want to see who took actions in March and February, I can easily do that, but is there a way to build a visual in Power BI that shows who hasn't taken any action in that time frame? A list of non-action takers, if you will? (in this case the only result should be Alice)

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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

To report on things that are not there you need to use disconnected tables and/or crossjoins

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Ashish_Mathur
Super User
Super User

Hi,

PBI file attached.

Hope this helps.

Ashish_Mathur_0-1713051192646.png

 


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

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Anonymous
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Hi @SevsBo 

 

Thanks for the reply from @lbendlin  and @Ashish_Mathur , please allow me to provide another method:

 

1. Enter a new table as the slicer where the index column serves to sort the Date column.

vxuxinyimsft_0-1713170370040.png

 

vxuxinyimsft_1-1713170459419.png

 

no relationship between two tables

vxuxinyimsft_2-1713170615462.png

 

2. Create a measure as follows

 

noactionname = 
VAR _count = CALCULATE(COUNT('Table'[NAME]), FILTER(ALLEXCEPT('Table', 'Table'[NAME]), 'Table'[DATE] IN VALUES('Date'[DATE])))
VAR _name = CALCULATE(MAX([NAME]), FILTER('Table', _count = BLANK()))
RETURN
IF(MAX([NAME]) = _name, 1, 0)

 

 

3. Put the measure into the filter so that the visual only shows data where the measure is equal to 1.

vxuxinyimsft_3-1713170696269.png

 

Result:

vxuxinyimsft_4-1713170723087.png

 

Best Regards,
Yulia Xu

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @SevsBo 

 

Thanks for the reply from @lbendlin  and @Ashish_Mathur , please allow me to provide another method:

 

1. Enter a new table as the slicer where the index column serves to sort the Date column.

vxuxinyimsft_0-1713170370040.png

 

vxuxinyimsft_1-1713170459419.png

 

no relationship between two tables

vxuxinyimsft_2-1713170615462.png

 

2. Create a measure as follows

 

noactionname = 
VAR _count = CALCULATE(COUNT('Table'[NAME]), FILTER(ALLEXCEPT('Table', 'Table'[NAME]), 'Table'[DATE] IN VALUES('Date'[DATE])))
VAR _name = CALCULATE(MAX([NAME]), FILTER('Table', _count = BLANK()))
RETURN
IF(MAX([NAME]) = _name, 1, 0)

 

 

3. Put the measure into the filter so that the visual only shows data where the measure is equal to 1.

vxuxinyimsft_3-1713170696269.png

 

Result:

vxuxinyimsft_4-1713170723087.png

 

Best Regards,
Yulia Xu

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Ashish_Mathur
Super User
Super User

Hi,

PBI file attached.

Hope this helps.

Ashish_Mathur_0-1713051192646.png

 


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/
lbendlin
Super User
Super User

To report on things that are not there you need to use disconnected tables and/or crossjoins

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