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Hello,
I have huge data table (more than 50 million rows) on which I have created below Column and measure. Column Calculation works fine when I use COUNT but not working when I use DISTINCTCOUNT, it just showing 'Working on it..". Could you please someone help me with alternative to the column calculation or replicate column calculation in measure.
Sample Table:
| Month | EMPID | VisitID |
| Mar-24 | A111 | V123 |
| Mar-24 | A111 | V123 |
| Mar-24 | A111 | V345 |
| Mar-24 | A111 | V345 |
| Mar-24 | A111 | V222 |
| Mar-24 | A111 | V333 |
| Mar-24 | A222 | V56 |
| Mar-24 | A222 | V678 |
| Mar-24 | A222 | V456 |
| Mar-24 | A222 | V456 |
| Mar-24 | A222 | V444 |
| Mar-24 | A333 | V696 |
| Mar-24 | A333 | V686 |
| Mar-24 | A333 | V900 |
| Mar-24 | A333 | V900 |
| Mar-24 | A333 | V222 |
| Mar-24 | A333 | V234 |
| Mar-24 | A333 | V234 |
Custom Column:
Column = Var NoOfOccurrences = CALCULATE (
DISTINCTCOUNT( Table1[VisitID]),
FILTER (
Table1,
Table1[VisitID] = EARLIER ( Table1[VisitID] ) &&
Table1[Month] = EARLIER ( Table1[Month] ) &&
Table1[EMPID] = EARLIER( Table1[EMPID])
)
)
RETURN
IF(NoOfOccurrences >= 2, "A", IF(NoOfOccurrences = 1, "B", BLANK()))
Measure:
Measure =CALCULATE( DISTINCTCOUNT (Table1[EMPID]), FILTER(Table1, Table1[Column] = “A”))
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi @vin26 -Instead of creating a calculated column, it's better to replicate the logic in a measure, as measures are calculated dynamically and can handle large datasets more efficiently than columns.
MeasureColumnLogic =
VAR NoOfOccurrences =
CALCULATE(
DISTINCTCOUNT(Table1[VisitID]),
ALLEXCEPT(Table1, Table1[Month], Table1[EMPID])
)
RETURN
IF(NoOfOccurrences >= 2, "A", IF(NoOfOccurrences = 1, "B", BLANK()))
You can now use this measure in your final calculation with the above combination.
Measure =
CALCULATE(
DISTINCTCOUNT(Table1[EMPID]),
FILTER(
Table1,
[MeasureColumnLogic] = "A"
)
)
Hope this works in your scenerio
Proud to be a Super User! | |
Hi @vin26 -Instead of creating a calculated column, it's better to replicate the logic in a measure, as measures are calculated dynamically and can handle large datasets more efficiently than columns.
MeasureColumnLogic =
VAR NoOfOccurrences =
CALCULATE(
DISTINCTCOUNT(Table1[VisitID]),
ALLEXCEPT(Table1, Table1[Month], Table1[EMPID])
)
RETURN
IF(NoOfOccurrences >= 2, "A", IF(NoOfOccurrences = 1, "B", BLANK()))
You can now use this measure in your final calculation with the above combination.
Measure =
CALCULATE(
DISTINCTCOUNT(Table1[EMPID]),
FILTER(
Table1,
[MeasureColumnLogic] = "A"
)
)
Hope this works in your scenerio
Proud to be a Super User! | |
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