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pbaumgartner
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9 years ago
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Numeric ID as Categorical Variable

I have an variable that's an integer identifier. I want a chart that displays the average of some other variable for each unique option of this ID variable. When I try and do this in Power BI, it jus...
  • bidgeir's avatar
    bidgeir
    9 years ago

    I might be misunderstanding something here but I have no problems doing this. Both the columns are whole numbers. All I have to do is put on column in Axis and the other in Value and Power BI does the rest. Are you doing something different?

     

bidgeir's avatar
bidgeir
Most Valuable Professional
9 years ago

I might be misunderstanding something here but I have no problems doing this. Both the columns are whole numbers. All I have to do is put on column in Axis and the other in Value and Power BI does the rest. Are you doing something different?

 

  • pbaumgartner's avatar
    pbaumgartner
    New Member
    9 years ago

    That's exactly what I'm doing too, I even recreated with some different variables to ensure it wasn't just something weird about that specific combination.

     

    If it makes any difference, I'm connected via ODBC to a Postgres database.

    • pbaumgartner's avatar
      pbaumgartner
      New Member
      9 years ago

      Got it figured out, there was some artefact in the data that was causing the calculation execute incorrectly. Thanks for your help.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      9 years ago

      This can happen if table relationships are involved and not configured exactly right.  Are there any related tables?  Can you share sample data and/or your .PBIX?

       

      ...And just saw you got it fixed.  Good news.