Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Get Fabric Certified for FREE during Fabric Data Days. Don't miss your chance! Request now

Reply
rishari
Frequent Visitor

Make if statement optimized an total visible

I'm new to DAX. Kindly help me on this.
If i use zero for else statement, I'm getting error as insufficient memory.
I want to make the below dax faster and total to be visible. 

DAX =
IF (
      SUM ( Counter_flag ) = 1,
      CALCULATE ( DISTINCTCOUNTNOBLANK ( ColumnName ),
      KEEPFILTERS( 'table[Counter_flag]  = 1 )
)


5 REPLIES 5
Ahmedx
Super User
Super User

DAX =

VAR _t1 = SUM ( Counter_flag )
VAR _t2 = SUMX(DISTINCT( ColumnName ),1)
RETURN
IF (
      _t1 = 1,
      CALCULATE (_t2,
      KEEPFILTERS( 'table[Counter_flag]  = 1 )
)
Alex_Sawdo
Resolver II
Resolver II

You can probably re-write your DAX to not use the IF statement, by instead using a FILTER statement in your CALCULATE.

Like this:

CALCULATE(
DISTINTCOUNTNOBLANK([ColumnName]),
FILTER(
'table',
SUM('table'[Counter_flag]) = 1
)
)

This one is taking too long to load. (30 million rows are there)

you may try a combination of SUMX and CALCULATETABLE to acheive your goal and potentially improve performance.

 

SUMX (
CALCULATETABLE ( VALUES ( [Counter_flag] ), [Counter_flag] = 1 ),
SUM ( [Counter_flag] )
)

Hi @Keegan_Patton - Do you mean this ?

CALCULATE(
DISTINTCOUNTNOBLANK([ColumnName]),
SUMX (
CALCULATETABLE ( VALUES ( [Counter_flag] ), [Counter_flag] = 1 ),
SUM ( [Counter_flag] )
)
)

Helpful resources

Announcements
November Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - November 2025

Check out the November 2025 Power BI update to learn about new features.

Fabric Data Days Carousel

Fabric Data Days

Advance your Data & AI career with 50 days of live learning, contests, hands-on challenges, study groups & certifications and more!

FabCon Atlanta 2026 carousel

FabCon Atlanta 2026

Join us at FabCon Atlanta, March 16-20, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.

Top Solution Authors