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ShmuelM
Advocate II
9 years ago
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How to add a Serial Row Number Column in Power BI Table / Matrix visual?

Hi is there a way to do that , just to add the row number that will regenerate every time the table changes? 
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  • MFelix's avatar
    MFelix
    9 years ago

    Hi ShmuelM,

     

    Grabbing in your table just add a measure with the countrows:

     

    Row_Number = 
CALCULATE (
    COUNTROWS(Profit_Table),
    FILTER ( ALLSELECTED ( Profit_Table ), Profit_Table[Position] <= MAX ( Profit_Table[Position]) )
)

    As you can see in the print below it counts the number of rows no matter if you have slicer or not, left table is the full data, right table is influenced by slicer.

     

     

    Please be aware that this measure is influenced by the order of your Position so if you want to order by another column this will give you the row number in a different order also.

     

    Regards,

    MFelix

     

     

  • ShmuelM's avatar
    ShmuelM
    Advocate II
    9 years ago

    Hi sbvsv , 

    Thanks for answering ,

    I saw this solution but this is not answering my question . 

    for example I have this this table, 2 columns :ID , CITY in the phisic table: 

    ID  , CITY

    1   WASHINGTON

    2   AMSTERDAM

    3   LONDON

    4   ROMA

     

    IF I will select and filter in the report only 3 cities : WASHINGTON , AMSTERDAM  , ROMA 

    The Table In PowerBI will show me 

    1 WASHINGTON

    2 AMSTERDAM

    4 ROMA. 

     

    I want to see it like this: 

    1 WASHINGTON

    2 AMSTERDAM

    3 ROMA . 

     

    I don't want the 'ID' Of the row , just a running number in the display table in Power BI that will change every time I chage filter / order. 

    I hope the question is clearer.

    • MFelix's avatar
      MFelix
      Super User
      9 years ago

      Hi ShmuelM,

       

      Grabbing in your table just add a measure with the countrows:

       

      Row_Number = 
CALCULATE (
    COUNTROWS(Profit_Table),
    FILTER ( ALLSELECTED ( Profit_Table ), Profit_Table[Position] <= MAX ( Profit_Table[Position]) )
)

      As you can see in the print below it counts the number of rows no matter if you have slicer or not, left table is the full data, right table is influenced by slicer.

       

       

      Please be aware that this measure is influenced by the order of your Position so if you want to order by another column this will give you the row number in a different order also.

       

      Regards,

      MFelix

       

       

      • hmedinaa's avatar
        hmedinaa
        Frequent Visitor
        9 years ago

        Very helpfully

         

        Thanks