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vjnvinod
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6 years ago
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How to remove duplicate from measure

hi Team,

 

I am using a function countrows to get the count details of the regions, however i  don't want the duplicate to be counted 2 or 3 times based on their repetition

for instance if Canada is repeating 3 times, it should only count as 1 

how do i remove the duplicate?

can someone help me with the measure?

 

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  • nandic's avatar
    nandic
    6 years ago

    vjnvinod ,
    Countrows function returns count of rows per criteria.
    If there are 3 rows for Canada, it will return value 3.
    On the other hand, if you would like to count have many distinct items(for example) were sold in Canada, they you should write measure like this:

    DistinctCount = DISTINCTCOUNT('Item'[Item Id])

    Furthermore, if you are using list or matrix, it will give you unique combinations of data (unique combinations of country/region) so there should be no duplicate rows on visualization.

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  • nandic's avatar
    nandic
    Resident Rockstar
    6 years ago

    vjnvinod ,
    Countrows function returns count of rows per criteria.
    If there are 3 rows for Canada, it will return value 3.
    On the other hand, if you would like to count have many distinct items(for example) were sold in Canada, they you should write measure like this:

    DistinctCount = DISTINCTCOUNT('Item'[Item Id])

    Furthermore, if you are using list or matrix, it will give you unique combinations of data (unique combinations of country/region) so there should be no duplicate rows on visualization.
  • Pragati11's avatar
    Pragati11
    Super User
    6 years ago

    HI vjnvinod ,

     

     

    Use DISTINCTCOUNT to count unique rows for a column rather than using COUNTROWS or you can use DISTINCT with COUNTROWS.

     

    UniqueCount = DISTINCTCOUNT(tablename[column])

     

    OR

     

    UniqueCount = COUNTROWS(DISTINCT(tablename[column]))

     

    Thanks,

    Pragati

  • v-alq-msft's avatar
    v-alq-msft
    Community Support
    6 years ago

    Hi, vjnvinod 

    Based on your description, I created data to reproduc your scenario. The pbix file is attached in the end.

    MSL:

     

    You may create a measure as below.

    Count = 
COUNTROWS(
    DISTINCT(MSL[Region])
)

     

    Result:

     

    Best Regards

    Allan

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.