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astano05
Helper III
Helper III

Measure to Display 0 if blank and 1 if not blank

I want to create a measure to display 0 if a specified field for a record is blank, and 1 if it is not blank. I want to show this for each record. I think this might be better as a column, but if I can do it as a measure that is preferred as I dont have direct edit access to the model to add a column. 

 

I tried the below, but it tells me the resources exceeded

if(isblank(SELECTEDVALUE(Contacts[Email])),0,1)
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Sahir_Maharaj
Super User
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Hello @astano05,

 

The SELECTEDVALUE method expects a scalar result to be returned, however it is being used in a context that produces many values, which is why you are receiving a resource exceeded error. You can use the IF function in its place to get around this problem.

 

Can you try this: 

 

Measure =
IF(
    ISBLANK(MAX(Contacts[Email])),
    0,
    1
)

 

This measurement determines if the Email column's maximum value in the current context is blank. The measure returns 0 if it is, while returning 1 otherwise.


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DanielGarcia
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Good nigth man, 
So, to do this the best way is in a column because do you need a value to every line. 

 

Try two ways:

Column

Way1 = if(Contacts[Email] is blank, 0,1)

measure
Way2 = 
     var email = SELECTEDVALUE(Contacts[Email])
     var test = if(email is blank,0,1)
      return test

 

Please tell us the result!

Thank you for responding! 

 

The measure doesn't give me the result I'm looking for, it returns a 0 for every value.

Good morning, so, the value Contacts[Email] is blank in all rows? 

Can you send a print or a video?

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