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timstacy1
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9 years ago
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Find the Distinct Value based on other columns

Hi,   I want to create a dax formula that will produce a list of unique guest values from Column A, and find only the distinct value in column B (Host) based on the latest date.  The final report w...
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  • v-ljerr-msft's avatar
    v-ljerr-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi timstacy1,

     

    It seems that there are some Guests have multiple Hosts with the same last Report Date. For example, Server A has both Host A and Host B with the last report date 04/17/2017 in your table like below.

     

    Guest Host Report Date
    server A Host A 4/17/2017
    server A Host B 4/17/2017
    server A Host C 4/3/2017
    server A Host D 3/20/2017
    server A Host E 2/20/2017
    server A Host F 2/13/2017

     

    So what's your expected result in this scenario, show only Host A, or both Host A and B for Server A in the list?

     

    If you still need a list of distinct guests and one host per guest, the formula below show work in your scenario. :smileyhappy:

     

    HostLatestReport =
CALCULATE (
    FIRSTNONBLANK ( Table2[Host], 1 ),
    FILTER (
        ALLEXCEPT ( Table2, Table2[Guest] ),
        Table2[Report Date] = [LatestReport]
    )
)

     

    Regards

  • v-ljerr-msft's avatar
    v-ljerr-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi timstacy1,

     

    Glad to help! Could you accept helpful replies as solution to close this thread? :smileyhappy:

     

    Regards

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timstacy1
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9 years ago

You are correct.  I am only interested in a unique host for every unique guest, using the latest date as the determining factor.  My apologies for the flawed table but glad you figured it out.  I applied the measure and it worked!  I can't believe it.  I can't tell you what a help this is.   Now, I need to figure out why it works.  And, due to the size of the file I am working with, I run out of memory.  

 

Thank you again!

 

Tim

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v-ljerr-msft
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9 years ago

Hi timstacy1,

 

Glad to help! Could you accept helpful replies as solution to close this thread? :smileyhappy:

 

Regards