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tiffanynguyen
Regular Visitor
9 years ago
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NaN help

I created a new field, Cost/Quantity, and the output is coming up at NaN.    I was able to see the Cost by year on a bar chart and quantity by year on a bar chart fine, but when I tried to doing Co...
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    The query editor uses a different language. It is case sensitive and if statements have a different structure there. You should familiarize yourself with the query editor language. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt211003.aspx

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MarcelBeug
Community Champion
9 years ago

Typically you get NaN when dividing 0 by 0.

So adjust your formula something like if Quantity = 0 then 0 else Cost / Quantity.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    9 years ago

    ...or use the DIVIDE function since it has built-in /0 catching.

    • tiffanynguyen's avatar
      tiffanynguyen
      Regular Visitor
      9 years ago

      I am a newbie to PowerBI. How do i use the DIVIDE function when i created a custom column? Do I have to go to Advanced Editor?

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        9 years ago

        Oh,  you're in the query editor. No, DIVIDE is a DAX function. You'll have to go with the if 0 suggestion from MarcelBeug after all.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    6 years ago

    Thanks, MarcelBeug I had the same issue, found this solution, and fixed the error. 🙂