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If stops at 3 else's?
I just learned, unfortunatley the hard way that after the 3rd IF this formula quits working. I believe Switch is the correct way to go? But I am unsure how to loop in Lookupvalue due to lack of examples found while researching.
As menitoned the first 3 IF's work then apparently PowerBI does not let you do anymore?
IF can go deeper than 3, you are missing some closing ) on some LOOKUPVALUE lines.
That being said, SWITCH is the way to go and AlB gave you the solution for that.
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- jdbuchanan71
Super User
IF can go deeper than 3, you are missing some closing ) on some LOOKUPVALUE lines.
That being said, SWITCH is the way to go and AlB gave you the solution for that.
WOW you are correct, that fixed the issue. It was a complete coincedence that I read this article and my formula being out of whack after the 3rd instance. THANK YOU SO MUCH
Someone pointed out the mistake I made above and I fixed it.
What is the better way of going about this? Your formula worked perfectly! I assume Switch is less cumbersome on the query? I love learning this stuff!
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- AlB
Community Champion
Hi Craigc3814
I do NOT believe IF fails after three nested instances. There must be something else going on. In any case, if you want that code with SWITCH() :
Fy22 = SWITCH ( Construction[Cashflow Type], "Back-Loaded", LOOKUPVALUE ( Curves[Back Loaded Current], Curves[Percent Complete], Construction[FY22%Comp] ), "Trapezoid", LOOKUPVALUE ( Curves[Trapezoid Current], Curves[Percent Complete], Construction[FY22%Comp] ), "Slow", LOOKUPVALUE ( Curves[Slow Curve Current], Curves[Percent Complete], Construction[FY22%Comp] ), "Front-Loaded", LOOKUPVALUE ( Curves[Front Loaded Current], Curves[Percent Complete], Construction[FY22%Comp] ), "Linear", Construction[FY22%Comp], 0 )Please accept the solution when done and consider giving a thumbs up if posts are helpful.
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From what I read if you are using Direct Query mode there is a limit of 3 (found in another forum answer) but in import mode there is no limit. I am assuming that is correct because my IF statement stops working at 3
- jdbuchanan71
Yep, SWITCH would be the way to do it. The formula from AlB shows you how that would work.
