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Anonymous
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How to Take Count and Distinct Count Dependent on Column Value

In my data set I need to take a count or distinct count of a unqiue ID depending on a column value.  In the below example, if the Value is A or C I need to take a count of the Unique ID and if the Value is B I need to take a distinct count.  The Expected Result is what I would need the data to be represented as in a single visualization.  Any help would be greatly appreciated as I keep going in circles.

 

Data Example  
    
ValueIDUnique IDCount Type
A12345A12345Count
A12345A12345
A12345A12345
B13579B13579Distinct
B13579B13579
B54321B54321
B54321B54321
B97531B97531
C11223C11223Count
C99887C99887

 

Expected Result
  
ValueTotal
A3
B3
C2
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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

I took what you provided and was able to tweak it a little to get what I needed.  Here is where I ended up at when creating the measure.  Thanks for the assistance.

 

Count =
SWITCH( SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[Value]),
"A", COUNT('Table'[Unique ID]),
"B", DISTINCTCOUNT( 'Table'[Unique ID]),
"C", COUNT('Table'[Unique ID]))
 
Regards,
Eric

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous 

Use matrix chart instead of table chart

Or

Create is as a column instead of measure.

Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

I took what you provided and was able to tweak it a little to get what I needed.  Here is where I ended up at when creating the measure.  Thanks for the assistance.

 

Count =
SWITCH( SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[Value]),
"A", COUNT('Table'[Unique ID]),
"B", DISTINCTCOUNT( 'Table'[Unique ID]),
"C", COUNT('Table'[Unique ID]))
 
Regards,
Eric
Anonymous
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HI @Anonymous 

 

You can try 
_count = 
Switch(TRUE(),

            'A',COUNT(COL),

            'B',DISTINCTCOUNT(COL),

            'C',COUNT(COL))

Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

I am able to create a measure with the formula suggested, but when adding the measure to a visual I receive the following error "Function 'SWITCH' does not support comparing values of type True/False with values of type Text. Consider using the VALUE or FORMAT function to convert one of the values."

 

Regards,

Eric

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