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srhsloan
Frequent Visitor
8 years ago
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Make Card Visual show 0 not Blank

I've got a card visual which is just showing a count of how many items match my filter. It works great when there are items matching, but if nothing matches it shows (Blank). How can I make it show 0 instead please?

 

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  • danextian's avatar
    danextian
    8 years ago

    Hi srhsloan,

     

    Power BI measures behave like that by design. You need to set it in your measure If you want to override this behavior. You can make your DAX measure something like this:

     

     

    MEASURE =
IF ( ISBLANK ( SUM ( 'Table'[Sales] ) ), 0, SUM ( 'Table'[Sales] ) )

     

    Be aware that the this will affect how the visuals that use this modified measure and other measures that are dependent on this modified measure look.

     

     

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  • danextian's avatar
    danextian
    Super User
    8 years ago

    Hi srhsloan,

     

    Power BI measures behave like that by design. You need to set it in your measure If you want to override this behavior. You can make your DAX measure something like this:

     

     

    MEASURE =
IF ( ISBLANK ( SUM ( 'Table'[Sales] ) ), 0, SUM ( 'Table'[Sales] ) )

     

    Be aware that the this will affect how the visuals that use this modified measure and other measures that are dependent on this modified measure look.

     

     

    • srhsloan's avatar
      srhsloan
      Frequent Visitor
      8 years ago

      Thanks danextian. I wasn't using a measure, just the filter fields, but a measure has sorted out exactly what I needed. The final formula I've ended up with is 

      NoTShirtSize = IF(ISBLANK(COUNTBLANK('Work Items - Today'[TShirt Size])), 0, COUNTBLANK('Work Items - Today'[TShirt Size]))
      • muzammil1's avatar
        muzammil1
        New Member
        3 years ago

        Hi

        I am very New to power bi can tell me Where i have to put this syntax/formula in detail?

    • DanielAd's avatar
      DanielAd
      New Member
      6 years ago

      You can also use the following if the dataType of the column you are working with is "string":

      hope this helps anyone.

       

      MEASURE =
IF ( ISBLANK ( COUNTA('Table'[Sales] ) ), 0, COUNTA('Table'[Sales] ) )
  • PaulDBrown's avatar
    PaulDBrown
    Community Champion
    8 years ago

    srhsloan

     

    Alternatively, you can add '+ 0' at the end of the measure calculation (displayed in the card).

     

    Regards,

     

    Paul.