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Anonymous
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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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v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Suppose the dataset loaded into Power BI is like below.

1.png

 

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
)

2.png

 

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"

3.PNG

 

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Suppose the dataset loaded into Power BI is like below.

1.png

 

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
)

2.png

 

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"

3.PNG

 

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Anonymous
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Hi Gu,

          Thank you so much for help!

Jenny

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