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CAPSTALKER
Helper I
Helper I

Measure that replaces value based on another column's value

I have table of meetings and points for each type of a meeting.
I need to replace values for meetings if value is 1 and based on a type of a meeting.
If value is different than 1, it should return that value.
I tried to build a measure:

 

Points = 
IF ('Meetings'[type] = "Training" && MAX(Meetings[Points]) = 1; 3;
     IF ('Meetings'[type] = "New" && MAX(Meetings[Points]) = 1; 5;
        IF ('Meetings'[type] = "Tech" && MAX(Meetings[Points]) = 1; 6;
Meetings[Points])))

 

I got error message: 

 

A single value for column 'Points' in table 'Meetings' cannot be determined. This can happen when a measure formula refers to a column that contains many values without specifying an aggregation such as min, max, count, or sum to get a single result.

 

I then tried to filter the result 

 

Points = 
FILTER(Meetings;
IF ('Meetings'[type] = "Training" && MAX(Meetings[Points]) = 1; 3;
     IF ('Meetings'[type] = "New" && MAX(Meetings[Points]) = 1; 5;
        IF ('Meetings'[type] = "Tech" && MAX(Meetings[Points]) = 1; 6;
Meetings[Points])))
)

 

and get an error: 

 

The expression refers to multiple columns. Multiple columns cannot be converted to a scalar value.

 Any help would be highly appreaciated
 
 

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@CAPSTALKER are you adding new measure or column, it has to be a column



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parry2k
Super User
Super User

@CAPSTALKER add following expression as a column

 

Points = 
SWITCH( TRUE(),
'Meetings'[type] = "Training" && Meetings[Points] = 1; 3;
'Meetings'[type] = "New" && Meetings[Points] = 1; 5;
'Meetings'[type] = "Tech" && Meetings[Points] = 1; 6;
Meetings[Points]
)

 



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I got an error:

 

A single value for column 'type' in table 'Meetings' cannot be determined.

@CAPSTALKER are you adding new measure or column, it has to be a column



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parry2k
Super User
Super User

@CAPSTALKER add following expression as a column

 

Points = 
SWITCH( TRUE(),
'Meetings'[type] = "Training" && Meetings[Points] = 1; 3;
'Meetings'[type] = "New" && Meetings[Points] = 1; 5;
'Meetings'[type] = "Tech" && Meetings[Points] = 1; 6;
Meetings[Points]
)


Subscribe to the @PowerBIHowTo YT channel for an upcoming video on List and Record functions in Power Query!!

Learn Power BI and Fabric - subscribe to our YT channel - Click here: @PowerBIHowTo

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Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution. Proud to be a Super User! Appreciate your Kudos 🙂
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