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tananich
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7 years ago
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New column with if condition

Hi All,

I am new to Power BI and would appreciate your help

I have a table in SQL which I import using Direct query in power BI. I need to create a new column with some simple data manipulations, such as IF(col1 = value && col2 = value && col 3=value, 1, 2)

I expect a new column return 1 or 2 values in each row 1 where condition is true and 2 when condition is not true.

Basically this can be any other values just to distinguish when condition is met and when is not for filtering and count

However it returns a column with random numbers.

Please help!

thnx

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Right, so the visualization is summing the column.

     

    Click on the visualization > In the visualizations panel on the right, click the down-arrow highlighted in the picture below > select "Don't summarize"

     

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    Anonymous
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    tananich I don't see why your IF statement would be returning random numbers. Can you send a screenshot that includes the formula and the table?

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable

        Right, so the visualization is summing the column.

         

        Click on the visualization > In the visualizations panel on the right, click the down-arrow highlighted in the picture below > select "Don't summarize"