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juhoneyighot
Helper III
2 years agoExpressions that yield variant data-type cannot be used to define calculated columns
Hi! I'm new to PowerBI. I'm using the IF statement, unfortunately I'm getting this error "Expressions that yield variant data-type cannot be used to define calculated columns." Calculated Column: I...
audreygerred
Super User
2 years agoHello! You might have a data type mismatch. In your DAX expression, you are combining different data types (e.g., text and integer) in the calculations. If Power BI cannot determine a consistent data type for the calculated column, it will result in a variant data type.
For example, if the "NC.IN" column in your data model contains both text and empty values, and you're trying to perform mathematical operations and string manipulations on the "JobType_txt" column, it might result in variant data types when there is a mix of data types involved.