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slipstream
New Member

Measure formula help

Hi

 

Im trying to create a measure to count the total unique records where template starts with AB-

 

uniquetemplatedate
   
abcAB-123Jan-19
abcdAB-124Feb-19
abcdeFG-12Jan-19
abcdeDG-12Jan-19
abc1AB-123Feb-19
abcd2FG-12Jan-19
abcd3AB-124Jan-19
abcde4HG1Feb-19
af12AB-125Jan-19

 

Measure 1 =
CALCULATE(
COUNT('Records'[Column.unique])
,FILTER(
('Records'),
LEFT('Records'[Column.template],3) = "AB-"
)
)

 

I have tried this but instead of returning 5 (as in 5 unique records that start with AB-) it returns 3 (as there are 3 different records in templates that start with AB)

 

any ideas please ?

many thanks

jason

 

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vanessafvg
Super User
Super User

@slipstream 

 

hi thats is quite strange, ive added your data to a model and run your calculation and i get 5, can you share your pbix?





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PattemManohar
Community Champion
Community Champion

@slipstream  Your Measure logic is returning 5 as well, not sure why it is 3 at your end ?

 

Please try this as a New Measure... 

 

Test238 = COUNTROWS(FILTER(Test238Measure,LEFT(Test238Measure[Template],3)="AB-"))

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apologies all, seems it was working, just my ability to type wasnt ! 🙂

 

thank you all for your help

cheers

vanessafvg
Super User
Super User

@slipstream 

 

hi thats is quite strange, ive added your data to a model and run your calculation and i get 5, can you share your pbix?





If I took the time to answer your question and I came up with a solution, please mark my post as a solution and /or give kudos freely for the effort 🙂 Thank you!

Proud to be a Super User!




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