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DemingPDCA
Helper II
Helper II

Sum/Count Measure Output

I have created a measure that tells me if a "cell" contains a specific partial text. How can I count/sum that measure?

Ex:
The table looks something like this:

DemingPDCA_0-1671548606777.png

 

And the measure looks for "Direct - " using the following formula:

Count Direct Gross Margin Impact =
CONTAINSSTRING(SELECTEDVALUE('Division Quality Project Tracker'[Gross Margin Impact]), "Direct - ")
 
What I can't seem to figure out is how to get a sum of all the "True" outputs. IN this case - I would want the Total Count = 3

 

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @DemingPDCA ,

 

You could modify the measure as follows.

 

Count Direct Gross Margin Impact =
COUNTROWS (
    FILTER (
        'Division Quality Project Tracker',
        CONTAINSSTRING (
            'Division Quality Project Tracker'[Gross Margin Impact],
            "Direct - "
        )
    )
) + 0

 

vstephenmsft_0-1671608466399.png

 

You can see that it has a total of 3, and if you want each row to return a total, you can add ALLSELECTED function.

Count Direct Gross Margin Impact =
COUNTROWS (
    FILTER (
        ALLSELECTED ( 'Division Quality Project Tracker' ),
        CONTAINSSTRING (
            'Division Quality Project Tracker'[Gross Margin Impact],
            "Direct - "
        )
    )
) 

vstephenmsft_1-1671608609792.png

 

Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @DemingPDCA ,

 

You could modify the measure as follows.

 

Count Direct Gross Margin Impact =
COUNTROWS (
    FILTER (
        'Division Quality Project Tracker',
        CONTAINSSTRING (
            'Division Quality Project Tracker'[Gross Margin Impact],
            "Direct - "
        )
    )
) + 0

 

vstephenmsft_0-1671608466399.png

 

You can see that it has a total of 3, and if you want each row to return a total, you can add ALLSELECTED function.

Count Direct Gross Margin Impact =
COUNTROWS (
    FILTER (
        ALLSELECTED ( 'Division Quality Project Tracker' ),
        CONTAINSSTRING (
            'Division Quality Project Tracker'[Gross Margin Impact],
            "Direct - "
        )
    )
) 

vstephenmsft_1-1671608609792.png

 

Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Mikelytics
Resident Rockstar
Resident Rockstar

HI @DemingPDCA 

 

Please try the following:

COunt =

SUMX(
   VALUES(Table[Column in your Fact table for granularity definition]),
   var __check = CONTAINSSTRING(SELECTEDVALUE('Division Quality Project Tracker'[Gross Margin Impact]), "Direct - ")
   Return
   IF(__check = TRUE(),1,0)
)

 

Based on your request its hard to say what to put into the VALUES() function. In the end my formula iterates through a list of items which and executes tzhe check. if it is true the the result is 1 else it is 0. In the end all 1 are summed up.

 

Best regards
Michael
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