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juncco888
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5 years ago
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Measure instead of Custom Column

I have a custom column I created in power query that assigns a "meets" or "exceeds" value based on the conditions in several other columns.  

 

 

The M looks like this:

Custom Column

= IF ([Case Status] = "Open" and [typename]="Orders" and [lengthcaseopen] > 4 and Text.Contains([accountname],"Distrib") then "Exceeds" else "Meets")

 

Case Status, typename, lengthcaseopen, and account name are all in the same table.  

 

The M above correctly created a column with the correct values in each row.

 

However, I feel like there is a way I could do this better with a measure but everything I attempt does not work.

 

Basically, I would like a measure that checks the conditions above and if they are all met gives me a count of the number of rows that meet all those conditions.  I realize I would not have the meets value but all I really need is a count of the exceeds (rows that meet all the conditions).  

 

Any ideas?

 

 

Thanks

 

Kyle

2 Replies

  • juncco888 I think doing this in PQ is ok, and then you can add a measure to count for "Exceeds" using following measure:

     

    Exceeds Count = 
    CALCULATE ( COUNTROWS ( YourTable ), YourTable[YourColumn] = "Exceeds" )

     

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    • juncco888's avatar
      juncco888
      Advocate I

      Thank you very much!  The measure you provided solved the issue.  I appreciate it.  Do you think my custom column and your measure is the best choice performance wise?  I was worried about the extra custom column in a direct query situation.

       

      Thanks Again!

       

      Kyle