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adoster
Resolver I
4 years ago
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Help with DistinctCount by Date

Trying to find the distinct count of procedures by date.   Date Name Procedure Display Name Distinct PDN 11/8/2021 Mickey Mouse Procedure A 1 11/8/2021 Mickey Mouse Procedure B 1 ...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Hi adoster 

    Try to create this measure to achieve your goal.

    Measure = 
VAR _SUMMARIZE = SUMMARIZE('Table','Table'[Date],"DISTINCT COUNT",DISTINCTCOUNT('Table'[Name]))
RETURN
SUMX(FILTER(_SUMMARIZE,[Date]<= MAX('Table'[Date])),[DISTINCT COUNT])

    Result is as below.

    Best Regards,
    Rico Zhou

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

adoster's avatar
adoster
Resolver I
4 years ago

I believe that I need distinct count based on Name & Procedure.

If one Name has 5 procedures on 1 day = 1 volume

If two Names each have 5 procedures on 1 day = 2 volume

If two Names each have 5 procedures on 2 days = 4 volume

If three Names each have 5 procedures on 2 days = 6 volume

 

In the first example above I did a Distinct Count on Name. The Total count give me 1 instead of the desired 2

Hope this helps

 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    4 years ago

    Hi adoster 

    Try to create this measure to achieve your goal.

    Measure = 
VAR _SUMMARIZE = SUMMARIZE('Table','Table'[Date],"DISTINCT COUNT",DISTINCTCOUNT('Table'[Name]))
RETURN
SUMX(FILTER(_SUMMARIZE,[Date]<= MAX('Table'[Date])),[DISTINCT COUNT])

    Result is as below.

    Best Regards,
    Rico Zhou

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

    • adoster's avatar
      adoster
      Resolver I
      4 years ago

      This worked! Thank you so much!

    • adoster's avatar
      adoster
      Resolver I
      4 years ago

      Hi RicoZhou,

      I ran across one snag on the solution I was wondering if you might be able to help.

      The Table View shows the correct total count (5) that I was looking for, but it doesn't work on a Graph Visualization. It still shows the total procedure count (8)

       

      To try and solve this I added a column which gives a Rank to each Procedure Name. My thought is that the Graph would only count the highest rank and then ignore everything after.

       

      Sorry if this is a totally separate issue and I can create a new post if needed 🙂

       

      Example of volume that would show on a graph:

       

      DateNameProcedure Display NameDistinct PDNRank
      11/8/2021Donald DuckProcedure A11
      11/8/2021Donald DuckProcedure B12
      11/8/2021Mickey MouseProcedure A11
      11/8/2021Mickey MouseProcedure B12
      11/9/2021Donald DuckProcedure A11
      11/9/2021Donald DuckProcedure B12
      11/9/2021Mickey MouseProcedure A11
      11/10/2021Mickey MouseProcedure B1

      1

       

        Desired Results
       Procedure Display NameCount by Rank
      11/8/2021Procedure A2
      11/8/2021Procedure B0
      11/9/2021Procedure A2
      11/9/2021Procedure B0
      11/10/2021Procedure A0
      11/10/2021Procedure B1
      Total 5

       

      Thanks for any assistance.