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Yumikang
Helper I
Helper I

How do you count a similar time to 1 time?

Hi all,

I recently had a hard time.I need some help.

Use the count function to find that the time that is a few seconds apart is counted separately when counting the number of times.But for me, within a minute, they can be counted as one.

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How do I design a measure?I can't use the count function and the count rows function to achieve satisfactory results.

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ryan_mayu
Super User
Super User

@Yumikang 

you can create a new column

 

Column =
VAR _last=maxx(FILTER('Table','Table'[entry time]<EARLIER('Table'[entry time])),'Table'[entry time])
return if(ISBLANK(_last),'Table'[entry time],if(DATEDIFF(_last,'Table'[entry time],SECOND)<=60,_last,'Table'[entry time]))
 
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then DISTINCTCOUNT the new column




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rajendraongole1
Super User
Super User

Hi @Yumikang - Create a calculated column on your existing tables as below minuteinterval column:

MinuteInterval =
VAR DateTimeValue = [Timestamp]
RETURN
    DATE(
        YEAR(DateTimeValue),
        MONTH(DateTimeValue),
        DAY(DateTimeValue)
    ) + TIME(
        HOUR(DateTimeValue),
        MINUTE(DateTimeValue),
        0
    )

 

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Create a measure to find the distint count on the top of the column as below:

EventCountWithinMinute =
CALCULATE(
    DISTINCTCOUNT('Entry Date'[MinuteInterval]),
    FILTER(
        'Entry Date',
        'Entry Date'[MinuteInterval] <= MAX('Entry Date'[MinuteInterval])
    )
)
 
 
Hope it works
 
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sorry i need the 2 show as 1 time

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ryan_mayu
Super User
Super User

@Yumikang 

you can create a new column

 

Column =
VAR _last=maxx(FILTER('Table','Table'[entry time]<EARLIER('Table'[entry time])),'Table'[entry time])
return if(ISBLANK(_last),'Table'[entry time],if(DATEDIFF(_last,'Table'[entry time],SECOND)<=60,_last,'Table'[entry time]))
 
11.PNG
 
then DISTINCTCOUNT the new column




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Yes, thank you very much for your guidance. I've added a new "time column" of values that meets my requirements.

Now I have a new requirement to create a new measure to calculate the number of times a name is showed. if the "time column" is the same, then the name is also counted 1 time. If the "time column" is not the same, then count the name showed times nomatter the name is same. If the name is blank, it will not be counted.

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then you can try to DISTINCTCOUNT the time column.





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