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How to group a several child values under a few parent groups

‎08-30-2022 12:08 PM

Hi,

My data has about 10 possible values in one column, let's call it Child Group. These are departments/office locations.

 

These values all fit into about 4 or 5 broader categories.

 

I want to create a column with just a few "Parent Group" values, such as "Retail", "IT", "Finance", "Marketing". The 10 different child values should dictate which Parent Group they fall into.

 

I tried to write a long IF statement in DAX to handle each possible value (migrating this report from Excel), but found that I was limited to 3 IFs - but I need more to handle all 10 child groups. 

 

How can I categorize / summarize these groups into higher-level and fewer groupings?

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parry2k
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‎08-30-2022 01:49 PM

@Anonymous Read this post to get your answer quickly.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/ba-p/38490



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‎08-30-2022 01:40 PM

Pleas put your measure DAX or test logical for we help you. Example of tables and relations are very important to.

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