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In Tableau I approached this IF statement below by creating a parameter for each item [More than a week], [Missed this week], [Second Warning] and [First Warning] all as parameter and carried out an IF statement.
In using Power BI I am not sure what the best apporach is and if an IF statement is still applicable.
How can i approach this pleas, any comments assistance would be much appreciated.
IF
[CountDown] < [More than a week] then
'More than a week'
ELSEIF
[CountDown] < [Missed this week] THEN
'Missed this week'
ELSEIF
[CountDown] < [Second Warning] THEN
'Second Warning'
ELSEIF
[CountDown] < [First Warning] THEN
'First Warning'
ELSE
'No Warning'
END
Many Thanks
L
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Hi L,
I hope your parameters are either whole number or decimal number. There is a latest function "what-if" may help.
Test = IF ( [CountDown] < [More than a week Value], "More than a week", IF ( [CountDown] < [Missed this week Value], "Missed this week", IF ( [CountDown] < [Second Warning Value], "Second Warning", IF ( [CountDown] < [First Warning Value], "First Warning", "No Warning" ) ) ) )
1. You can change these parameters dynamically.
2. Only three data types by now.
3. One table for one parameter.
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND8U0yXroaQ&feature=youtu.be&t=1549
Best Regards!
Dale
Hi L,
I hope your parameters are either whole number or decimal number. There is a latest function "what-if" may help.
Test = IF ( [CountDown] < [More than a week Value], "More than a week", IF ( [CountDown] < [Missed this week Value], "Missed this week", IF ( [CountDown] < [Second Warning Value], "Second Warning", IF ( [CountDown] < [First Warning Value], "First Warning", "No Warning" ) ) ) )
1. You can change these parameters dynamically.
2. Only three data types by now.
3. One table for one parameter.
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND8U0yXroaQ&feature=youtu.be&t=1549
Best Regards!
Dale
That is not the correct syntax for an if statement, IF statements in DAX look like:
IF([CountDown] < [More than a week], 'More than a week', IF([CountDown] < [Missed this week], 'Missed this week', IF([CountDown] < [Second Warning], 'Second Warning', IF([CountDown] < [First Warning], 'First Warning', 'No Warning' ) ) ) )
That being said, I would go with a SWITCH statement.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg492166.aspx
Hi Smoupre,
is there any benefit having these items [More than a week], [Missed this week] etc as parameters in Power BI?
Also the if statement seems to be working, but what might be the advantage of a switch over if in this case.
Many Thanks
L
Developer types always tell me that a switch statement is preferred over an if statement for purposes of readability, logic flow, etc.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/449273/why-the-switch-statement-and-not-if-else
Hi Smoupre,
is there any benefit having these items [More than a week], [Missed this week] etc as parameters in Power BI?
Also the if statement seems to be working, but what might be the advantage of a switch over if in this case.
Many Thanks
L