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Gazi
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Recursive DAX for Hierarchy

Hi everyone!

 

I have the following DAX statement to calculate AVG count for one level below (Thanks to Lydia! @v-yuezhe-msft)

average = CALCULATE(COUNTA(Table[Item]),ALLEXCEPT(Table,Table[Product],Table[Item]))/CALCULATE(DISTINCTCOUNT(Table[Children]),ALLEXCEPT(Table,Table[Product]))

 

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But problem is I have 9 levels in hierarchy. Any ideas how to extend this DAX statement??

 

Many many thanks!!

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Greg_Deckler
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Well, I can tell you that you can't do recursion in DAX, DAX hates it. 

 

Can you refer back to the original problem perhaps? Need the data in a copy and paste format to recreate and need to better understand what you want to do. Please see this post regarding How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/ba-p/38490



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Greg_Deckler
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Well, I can tell you that you can't do recursion in DAX, DAX hates it. 

 

Can you refer back to the original problem perhaps? Need the data in a copy and paste format to recreate and need to better understand what you want to do. Please see this post regarding How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/ba-p/38490



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