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Hello,
So i have a database and i've applied certain filters on it to get drill through table visuals.
i need index number for each row in the table, i was trying all day but without any success
the row counts can be from 0 to 6K cols
This is the best i can get
Current measure :
btw when i apply the same measure to another table (having 1000+ cols) this is the result :
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @dfour ,
You may try this measure.
RowNum =
CALCULATE (
COUNT ( 'Table'[Emp Number] ),
FILTER (
ALLSELECTED ( 'Table' ),
'Table'[Emp Number] <= MAX ( 'Table'[Emp Number] )
)
)
You can check more details from here.
Best Regards,
Stephen Tao
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Hi @dfour ,
You may try this measure.
RowNum =
CALCULATE (
COUNT ( 'Table'[Emp Number] ),
FILTER (
ALLSELECTED ( 'Table' ),
'Table'[Emp Number] <= MAX ( 'Table'[Emp Number] )
)
)
You can check more details from here.
Best Regards,
Stephen Tao
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
@dfour , try if index in power query can help
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45715963/creating-an-index-column-for-power-bi
@amitchandak That will not work, because the table is just visual table with cols from different tables and results can be changed with filters
Copying DAX from this post? Click here for a hack to quickly replace it with your own table names
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i tried countrows before with no success
The table takes filters from drill through and shows a visual table for employees with the filters applied
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