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Evan_Power_Bi
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Numbering specific rows based on two columns

I am trying to use dax or a measure to do the following:
Using information that is similar to below I am trying to create a third column that numbers the rows based on the two columns.
ORDER     ORDER PART      

P0001           1

P0001           1

P0001           2

P0001           2

P0002           1

P0002           2

 

What I am looking to do:

 

ORDER     ORDER PART     LABEL

P0001           1                      1

P0001           1                       2

P0001           2                       1

P0001           2                       2

P0002           1                       1

P0002           2                       1

 

So if there are two P0001 that have ORDER PART "1" I want to number those rows from 1 to 2 so on and so forth. I am not trying to COUNT them. Thank you ahead of time for any help! I have been struggling on this one.

 

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v-luwang-msft
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Hi @Evan_Power_Bi ,

You need to use  add index by group in power querey,refer:

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WCjAwMDBU0lEyVIrVwcUzwsEzQlFpBJGLBQA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ORDER = _t, #"ORDER PART" = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ORDER", type text}, {"ORDER PART", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"ORDER", "ORDER PART"}, {{"allrows", each _, type table [ORDER=nullable text, ORDER PART=nullable number]}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Custom", each Table.AddIndexColumn([allrows],"Index",1)),
    #"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Added Custom", "Custom", {"ORDER", "ORDER PART", "Index"}, {"Custom.ORDER", "Custom.ORDER PART", "Custom.Index"}),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Expanded Custom",{"allrows", "Custom.ORDER", "Custom.ORDER PART"})
in
    #"Removed Columns"

vluwangmsft_0-1666856702173.png

 

Best Regards

Lucien

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v-luwang-msft
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Hi @Evan_Power_Bi ,

You need to use  add index by group in power querey,refer:

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WCjAwMDBU0lEyVIrVwcUzwsEzQlFpBJGLBQA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ORDER = _t, #"ORDER PART" = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ORDER", type text}, {"ORDER PART", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"ORDER", "ORDER PART"}, {{"allrows", each _, type table [ORDER=nullable text, ORDER PART=nullable number]}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Grouped Rows", "Custom", each Table.AddIndexColumn([allrows],"Index",1)),
    #"Expanded Custom" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Added Custom", "Custom", {"ORDER", "ORDER PART", "Index"}, {"Custom.ORDER", "Custom.ORDER PART", "Custom.Index"}),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Expanded Custom",{"allrows", "Custom.ORDER", "Custom.ORDER PART"})
in
    #"Removed Columns"

vluwangmsft_0-1666856702173.png

 

Best Regards

Lucien

I think this is the solution I am looking for but I am not the most knowledgeable in the Custom Column in the Power Query. Can you provide some learning tools to use? I will try to input what you have given.

Hi  @Evan_Power_Bi ,

Do operations according the below links:

https://radacad.com/create-row-number-for-each-group-in-power-bi-using-power-query 

 

 

 

Best Regards

Lucien

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