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tvw83's avatar
tvw83
New Member
5 years ago

Distinct Count rows based on Dimension Attribute Order Priority

Dear,   We have a particular business case where we have multiple documents and multiple status per document. We would like to count the distinct number of documents per status but avoiding double...
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amitchandak's avatar
amitchandak
Super User
5 years ago

tvw83 , Few ways. Create a rank column and filter on 1.

rank column = rankx(filter(Table, [document_id] = earlier([document_id])), [Status_id],,desc,dense)

 

or try a measure like this.

measure = calculate(count(Table[document_id]), filter(Table , Table[status]= calculate(max([Status_id]),allexcept(Table,table[document_id]))))

 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    5 years ago

    Hi amitchandak,

    Unfortunately that is not completely what I'm looking for. I would like to sort/rank based on a field in the dimension table (dimPriority) that is not in the fact table. In my sample, I have put them in one table, but only StatusId is the key between both fact table and dimension.

     

    By coincidence, the result is the same if you sort on StatusID but that is not what I need.

    Question is thus, how do I sort/rank in the Fact Table (DocumentId, Date, StatusID) based on a field in the Dimension Table (dimPriority) ?

     

    Thank you in advance

    • mahoneypat's avatar
      mahoneypat
      Microsoft Employee
      5 years ago

      To help suggest a specific expression, please provide an example of a visual (e.g., table or matrix) you would make that shows the correct result in context.

      Regards,

      Pat

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        5 years ago

        Hi, I slightly changed the data to show a real case.

        Below printscreen of the relationship. I would like to count based on the field Priority in the dimension table.Relationship

        And hereafter a printscreen of the Fact, Dimension tables as matrix.

        Please look at DocumentId 5, it should be counted once for StatusID=3 and not StatusID 4. Why ? Based on the priority (the lower the more important), StatusID 3 is prior. So I would like to count it for that status.

        But for this, I need to be able to sort based on the Priority column.

         

        Matrix of Fact, Dimension and result

         

        Any suggestion ?

        Kr