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Power BI Dax - Distinct Count and Contains String

I am trying to create a measure in Power BI where I am counting the distinct rows of one column if another column contains certain text in a string and keep getting an error.  Any assistance would be helpful.

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@Anonymous ,

try this measure,

Count of Task Name = 
CALCULATE(
    DISTINCTCOUNT('Table'[Task Name]),
    CONTAINSSTRING('Table'[Label],"Weekly"))

Thanks,

Arul





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Thank you, this was helpful.

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Anonymous
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Hello,

 

Here is some sample data below.  The data is based on tasks activity and I want to count the unique Task Names when Labels column contains "Weekly".  I'm trying to determine the unique tasks names and what their freqnecies are.

 

Task NameLabel
Arkansas Children's Hospital - HCP SurveysQuarterly;HCP Surveys
Crouse Health - Future VisibilityWeekly;Future Visibility
Internal Delivery - Influenza Vaccination StatusWeekly;Credential Data
Crouse Health - Future VisibilityWeekly;Future Visibility

@Anonymous ,

try this measure,

Count of Task Name = 
CALCULATE(
    DISTINCTCOUNT('Table'[Task Name]),
    CONTAINSSTRING('Table'[Label],"Weekly"))

Thanks,

Arul





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Anonymous
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Thank you, this was helpful.

Arul
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@Anonymous ,

Please provide some sample data and the expected output with high level explanation of your requirement.

Thanks,

Arul





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