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dfour
Regular Visitor

Dynamic row numbering for drill through table

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 

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Current measure : 
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btw when i apply the same measure to another table (having 1000+ cols) this is the result : 

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Anonymous
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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] )
    )
)

result1.gif

 

You can check more details from here.


Best Regards,
Stephen Tao

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @dfour ,

 

You may try this measure.

RowNum = 
CALCULATE (
    COUNT ( 'Table'[Emp Number] ),
    FILTER (
        ALLSELECTED ( 'Table' ),
        'Table'[Emp Number] <= MAX ( 'Table'[Emp Number] )
    )
)

result1.gif

 

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.

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@dfour , try if index in power query can help

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45715963/creating-an-index-column-for-power-bi

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@amitchandak That will not work, because the table is just visual table with cols from different tables and results can be changed with filters

AllisonKennedy
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Super User

Looks like it might be a matter of counting the right table[column] combination. What does your data model look like? You could also just use COUNTROWS function and then don't need calculate.

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@AllisonKennedy 

i tried countrows before with no success

 

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The table takes filters from drill through and shows a visual table for employees with the filters applied

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