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ConsatSudbury
Helper I
Helper I

Rows increase when adding a column

I have a table with A colunm 'Line' and a column 'DurationSec'. I only see one row per selected Line in my slicer. When I add a column which converts my DurationSec to time 'Day-h:min:sec' it breaks appart the row in seperate entries but still resulting in the same amount of time. How do I prevent this? The DurationSec is a whole number.

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Day-h:min:sec = switch(true(), [DurationSec]/86400>=1, rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)&" - " &format(rounddown( ([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400)/3600 ,0),"00")& ":" &format(rounddown(([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400-rounddown( ([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400)/3600 ,0)*3600)/60,0),"00")&":" &format([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400-rounddown( ([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400)/3600 ,0)*3600-rounddown(([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400-rounddown( ([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400)/3600 ,0)*3600)/60,0)*60,"00"),
[DurationSec]/3600>=1, format(rounddown( ([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400)/3600 ,0),"00")& ":" &format(rounddown(([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400-rounddown( ([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400)/3600 ,0)*3600)/60,0),"00")&":" &format([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400-rounddown( ([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400)/3600 ,0)*3600-rounddown(([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400-rounddown( ([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400)/3600 ,0)*3600)/60,0)*60,"00"),
[DurationSec]/60>=1, "00:"&format(rounddown(([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400-rounddown( ([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400)/3600 ,0)*3600)/60,0),"00")&":" &format([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400-rounddown( ([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400)/3600 ,0)*3600-rounddown(([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400-rounddown( ([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400)/3600 ,0)*3600)/60,0)*60,"00"),
"00:00:"&format([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400-rounddown( ([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400)/3600 ,0)*3600-rounddown(([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400-rounddown( ([DurationSec] - rounddown([DurationSec]/86400,0)*86400)/3600 ,0)*3600)/60,0)*60,"00") )

 

 

 
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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@ConsatSudbury , you have taken text/time column, that can not sum up.

 

As of now, it is not summarized so it is showing multiple rows. The only option for aggregation is count /distinctcount

 

or create measure like

Duration
https://radacad.com/calculate-duration-in-days-hours-minutes-and-seconds-dynamically-in-power-bi-usi...
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/33644.powerbi-aggregating-durationtime-i...
https://www.pbiusergroup.com/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?GroupId=547&MessageK...
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Chelsie-Eiden-s-Duration/m-p/793639#M389

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@ConsatSudbury , you have taken text/time column, that can not sum up.

 

As of now, it is not summarized so it is showing multiple rows. The only option for aggregation is count /distinctcount

 

or create measure like

Duration
https://radacad.com/calculate-duration-in-days-hours-minutes-and-seconds-dynamically-in-power-bi-usi...
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/33644.powerbi-aggregating-durationtime-i...
https://www.pbiusergroup.com/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?GroupId=547&MessageK...
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Chelsie-Eiden-s-Duration/m-p/793639#M389

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Microsoft Fabric Series 60+ Videos YouTube
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