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jgray72
Helper II
7 years ago
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How Can I Count Breaks in a Pattern?

Hi - in the below data set, I want to count the number of styles that have a break in their buying pattern.  For example, I want to know that two out of the 4 styles don't have consecutive buys.  Sty...
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  • Ashish_Mathur's avatar
    Ashish_Mathur
    7 years ago

    Hi,

     

    You may download my MS Excel file from here.  The same file can be imported into PBI desktop as well.

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    Ashish_Mathur
    7 years ago

    Hi,

     

    You may download my revised PBI file from here.

     

    Hope this helps.

     

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jgray72
Helper II
7 years ago

Thanks Ashir - new to DAX and Power BI, so learning a lot on the fly.  I will continue to tweak.  I've spent over 2 weeks trying to figure this out and I just can't nail it down.  I'm a business user vs. an IT person, so I'm not used to "writing" reports.  I don't know SQL, VBA, etc.  

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Ashish_Mathur
Super User
7 years ago

Hi,

 

I am an end business user myself and have absolutely no knowledge about any programming language.  Whenever you post any question, please ensure that the dummy dataset resembles your actual dataset and you describe the business question very clearly so that the person helping you can come up with a robust solution.