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I have no idea if this is the correct place for placing this question. If it's not, please, feel free to change it. It concerns the following expression:
Meldingen =
SUMMARIZE
(
'powerbi vgb_melding';
'powerbi vgb_melding'[aanvangdatum];
"Meldingen"; SUM('powerbi vgb_melding'[aangemaaktid] ))
What I want to do is, to read the amount of meldingen (tickets) and place them neatly in columns with the corresponding date. Example (if i'm being vague about things):
Date: Tickets:
October 23, 2016 17 tickets
October 24, 2016 9 tickets
But if I execute the expression it gives me the following error: "The expression refers to multiple columns. Multiple columns cannot be converted to a scalar value."
I already tried to troubleshoot it, but with no luck. What am I doing wrong? Forgive me if it's a typo, but this is the first time I work with DAX and my experience with MySQL is not much either.
Thanks in advance
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @Sub,
I think you forget to write the measure name, right?
Sample:
Column/Measure Name= SUMX(SUMMARIZE ( 'powerbi vgb_melding'; 'powerbi vgb_melding'[aanvangdatum]; "Meldingen"; SUM('powerbi vgb_melding'[aangemaaktid] ) ),[Meldingen])
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
Hello v-shex-msft,
Thanks for the suggestion, but when I use your function it returns an error: "To use special characters in a measure name, enclose the entire name in brackets ( [] ) and add a ] to any closing brackets in the name." I've looked everywhere, but the brackets are there and none are missing as it seems.
Hi @Sub,
I think you forget to write the measure name, right?
Sample:
Column/Measure Name= SUMX(SUMMARIZE ( 'powerbi vgb_melding'; 'powerbi vgb_melding'[aanvangdatum]; "Meldingen"; SUM('powerbi vgb_melding'[aangemaaktid] ) ),[Meldingen])
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
Hi,
I think you're right. 😕
Anyway, it works now. Thanks! Will mark your answer as the accepted answer.
Hi @Sub,
As smoupre said, SUMMARIZE function will return a table, you need to use a new table to receive the result, you can't direct use in calculate column/measure.
If you want to use there formula in measure and column, you need to use other functions to convert the result to value.
For e.g: SUMX, COUNTROWS...
SUMX(SUMMARIZE ( 'powerbi vgb_melding'; 'powerbi vgb_melding'[aanvangdatum]; "Meldingen"; SUM('powerbi vgb_melding'[aangemaaktid] ) ),[Meldingen])
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
Are you creating a table because SUMMARIZE will return a table. If you are trying to create a measure with that formula it will fail because you are trying to shove a table into a scalar.
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