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apagan
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New Measure returning error

Ok.  This may just be a rookie mistake...  I have 2 tables where I am attempting to get a filtered count.  Here is what I am using:

 

Draft = COUNTAX(FILTER(WorkOrders, RELATEDTABLE(FuelTypes[Description])="Diesel"),[WorkOrdersUniqueID])

 

I am getting an error that indicates that 'Description' in table 'FuelTypes' cannot be determined.

 

If someone could point me in the right directly, I would truely appreciate it.

 

Thanks!

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You should have a relationship set up between your both tables

 

RTMO -- RELATEDTABLE travels from Many to one Relationship. 

ROM  -- RELATED travels from One to Many Relationship.

 

 

Thanks & Regards,
Bhavesh

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I think you should be using RELATED, not RELATEDTABLE.

For some reason, that's giving me a new error message:  "The column Fueltype[Description] either doesn't exist or doesn't have a relationship to any table available in the current contenxt"

 

Draft = COUNTAX(FILTER(WorkOrders, RELATED(FuelTypes[Description])="Diesel"),[WorkOrdersUniqueID])

 

I am making an adjustment to a current graph, which already is using these 2 tables (FuelType and WorkOrders).

 

Thanks!

You should have a relationship set up between your both tables

 

RTMO -- RELATEDTABLE travels from Many to one Relationship. 

ROM  -- RELATED travels from One to Many Relationship.

 

 

Thanks & Regards,
Bhavesh

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Thanks for the clarification, Bhavesh.  I was wondering what the difference was between the two.

Hi @apagan,

 

Related function returns a related value from another table. While relatedtable function returns a table of values. This function is a shortcut for CALCULATETABLE function with no logical expression.

 

Thanks,
Yuliana Gu

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