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sureshdam18's avatar
sureshdam18
Frequent Visitor
8 years ago
Solved

Expressions that yield variant data-type cannot be used to define calculated columns.

Hi, i am new to Power Bi. while using the IF Statement, i am getting an error like this yield variant data-type cannot be used to define calculated columns  Calculation is: IF(AND([Completion Statu...
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Hi sureshdam18,

     

    I think you are try to use both number value and text value in one calculate column so power bi can't auto analysis data type of this calculated column.

     

    Maybe you can try to use 0 to replace "" part to keep similar data type or modify the column type to text.

    Column=
IF (
    AND ( [Completion Status] = "Open", [Status] = "MD Ops Review - Delete" ),
    Sheet1[NET_DAY],
    0
)

     

    Regards,

    Xiaoxin Sheng

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
8 years ago

Hi sureshdam18,

 

I think you are try to use both number value and text value in one calculate column so power bi can't auto analysis data type of this calculated column.

 

Maybe you can try to use 0 to replace "" part to keep similar data type or modify the column type to text.

Column=
IF (
    AND ( [Completion Status] = "Open", [Status] = "MD Ops Review - Delete" ),
    Sheet1[NET_DAY],
    0
)

 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

  • sureshdam18's avatar
    sureshdam18
    Frequent Visitor
    8 years ago

    Hi Anonymous

     

     

     

     

    Thanks For the Replay,

    Issue is Resolved.

     

     

     

    Regards,

    Suresh

  • PowerBINewbie_1's avatar
    PowerBINewbie_1
    Helper I
    8 years ago

    Hi,

     

    I get the same error with today(), Any suggestions on how to fix this error?

     

    cDate = IF([SharePointColumnD]="","",
    IF([ICColumn]="",NOW(), [ICColumn]))

  • ssvr's avatar
    ssvr
    Helper III
    7 years ago

    How about my case ?

     

    Please suggest me

     

    [Expressions that yield variant data-type cannot be used to define calculated columns.]

     

    truecondiation = IF(ISM[OData_{CH} Recommend0]=BLANK(),ISM[OData_{RNSP} TSS_x00],ISM[OData_{CH} Recommend0])

     

     

  • ritanoori's avatar
    ritanoori
    Resolver I
    6 years ago

    Thanks- I had the same issue and it was solved. 

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      2 years ago

      Hi, 

      May I ask how did you solve the issue? 

  • Premium's avatar
    Premium
    Frequent Visitor
    3 years ago

    so how can i do it ?