Nested IF Statement - Not Returning all Conditions

[LyonsBI_BRL]

I'm running into a problem when running my nested IF statement.

If([value.FollowersonTwitter]<=500, "Less than 500",
IF([value.FollowersonTwitter]>=1000, "1000",
IF([value.FollowersonTwitter]>=5000, "5000+",
IF([value.FollowersonTwitter]>=10000, "10,000+", "No Followers"))))

Though when I run it I'm not getting any results for the rows that have 5000 or 10000 followers. What am I missing here?

Thanks!

[selimovd · Accepted solution]

Hey @LyonsBI_BRL ,

when you have 6000 followers the criteria >=1000 gives back a true and the other options are not checked.

You can either change the order, so that the biggest numbers are checked first:

IF([value.FollowersonTwitter]>=10000, "10,000+",
IF([value.FollowersonTwitter]>=5000, "5000+",
IF([value.FollowersonTwitter]>=1000, "1000",
If([value.FollowersonTwitter]<=500, "Less than 500", "No Followers"))))

Or you have to add a second citeria:

If([value.FollowersonTwitter]<=500, "Less than 500",
IF([value.FollowersonTwitter]>=1000 && [value.FollowersonTwitter]<5000, "1000",
IF([value.FollowersonTwitter]>=5000 && [value.FollowersonTwitter]<10000, "5000+",
IF([value.FollowersonTwitter]>=10000, "10,000+", "No Followers"))))

Also I would recommend to check out the usage of SWITCH(TRUE) as it's a lot clearer than nested ifs:

https://powerpivotpro.com/2015/03/the-diabolical-genius-of-switch-true/

myCalculatedColumn =
SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    [value.FollowersonTwitter] >= 10000, "10,000+",
    [value.FollowersonTwitter] >= 5000, "5000+",
    [value.FollowersonTwitter] >= 1000, "1000",
    [value.FollowersonTwitter] <= 500, "Less than 500",
    "No Followers"
)

If you need any help please let me know.

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Best regards

Denis

Blog: WhatTheFact.bi

Follow me: twitter.com/DenSelimovic

[LyonsBI_BRL]

Worked perfectly! Like I said I knew I was missing something here!

Thank you again! 😀

[selimovd]

@LyonsBI_BRL I'm happy it worked. Yes, that are usually the annoying parts, when you don't see it and search at the wrong spot.

Best regards

Denis