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Hi,
This is a measure"Row_number() Over (partition By product category Order by [OrderDate])" which I used in Tableau, how can I translate it in powerBI? Thanks
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Hi @Anonymous ,
Suppose the dataset loaded into Power BI is like below.
Here are two options to add such a row numer, via DAX or Power Query.
Option1: Adding a calculated column via DAX.
row_number =
RANKX (
FILTER (
Query1,
Query1[Product category] = EARLIER ( Query1[Product category] )
),
[OrderDate],
,
ASC
)
Option2: Adding a nested index in Query Editor mode.
In Query Editor mode, sort the [OrderDate] Ascending.
Please refer to bleow code.
let
Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\Users\xxxx\Desktop\Sample Data.xlsx"), null, true),
Query1_Sheet = Source{[Item="Query1",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data],
#"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Query1_Sheet, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"OrderDate", type date}, {"Product category", type text}}),
#"Sorted Rows" = Table.Sort(#"Changed Type",{{"OrderDate", Order.Ascending}}),
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Sorted Rows", {"Product category"}, {{"index", each Table.AddIndexColumn(_, "Index",1,1), type table}}),
#"Expanded index" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "index", {"OrderDate", "Index"}, {"index.OrderDate", "index.Index"}),
#"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Expanded index",{{"index.OrderDate", "OrderDate"}, {"index.Index", "Index"}})
in
#"Renamed Columns"
Best regards,
Yuliana Gu
Hi @Anonymous ,
Suppose the dataset loaded into Power BI is like below.
Here are two options to add such a row numer, via DAX or Power Query.
Option1: Adding a calculated column via DAX.
row_number =
RANKX (
FILTER (
Query1,
Query1[Product category] = EARLIER ( Query1[Product category] )
),
[OrderDate],
,
ASC
)
Option2: Adding a nested index in Query Editor mode.
In Query Editor mode, sort the [OrderDate] Ascending.
Please refer to bleow code.
let
Source = Excel.Workbook(File.Contents("C:\Users\xxxx\Desktop\Sample Data.xlsx"), null, true),
Query1_Sheet = Source{[Item="Query1",Kind="Sheet"]}[Data],
#"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Query1_Sheet, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"OrderDate", type date}, {"Product category", type text}}),
#"Sorted Rows" = Table.Sort(#"Changed Type",{{"OrderDate", Order.Ascending}}),
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Sorted Rows", {"Product category"}, {{"index", each Table.AddIndexColumn(_, "Index",1,1), type table}}),
#"Expanded index" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "index", {"OrderDate", "Index"}, {"index.OrderDate", "index.Index"}),
#"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Expanded index",{{"index.OrderDate", "OrderDate"}, {"index.Index", "Index"}})
in
#"Renamed Columns"
Best regards,
Yuliana Gu
Hi Gu,
Thank you so much for help!
Jenny
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