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I'm trying to summarize some data, but only want to keep the first instance of one of the categories.
Data example 'Shops' here:
Product | Shop type | Shop category |
Bread rolls | Supermarket | Big store |
Bread rolls | Bakery | Little store |
Bread rolls | Freezer shop | Little store |
Vodka | Supermarket | Big store |
Paracetamol | Supermarket | Big store |
Paracetamol | Pharmacy | Little store |
Tomatoes | Farmer | Little store |
Shop category is a calculated column based on Shop type.
I'd want the summarized output to be:
Product | Main category |
Bread rolls | Big store |
Vodka | Big store |
Paracetamol | Big store |
Tomatoes | Little store |
Is there a way of doing this in SUMMARIZE?
At the moment my summarize command is:
Depending on why you need to summarize, you might not need to use a calculation for it:
If you do need to create a summary, you can consider using something like
Summarized = SUMMARIZE('Table', 'Table'[Product], "First Category", CALCULATE(MIN('Table'[Shop category]))
Just a note: the MIN takes the first product alphabetically. If you have some index in your raw data, it's best that you use that in the calculation.
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