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Anonymous
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Summarize multiple columns based on values

I am stuck with an issue I cant seem to figure out how to do in DAX.  Since users will select filters in PowerBI Services, I can't do this in Power Query/M as some materials would be filtered out and would require a change to the summary result table.  Any assistance would be appreciated.

 

I have a set of data like below (but with many more rules & materials)

 

Material   Rule-1  Rule-2 Rule-3

A                 Pass  Fail       N/A

B                  Fail   Pass    Pass

C                  N/A  Fail     Pass

 

And I want to create a table like 

 

Status  Rule-1 Rule-2 Rule-3

Pass       1          1          2

Fail         1          2          0

N/A        1          0          1

 

or it could be pivoted (rules down left and Pass, Fail, N/A across top) does not matter.

 

How would I accomplish this?

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moumipanja
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

To unpivot a table using DAX is quite challenging. You may want to try the following steps in DAX to get your desired result.

 

1. Creating a new table with two columns, 'Rules' and 'Status'

new table = UNION(
SELECTCOLUMNS(Sheet2, "Status", Sheet2[Rule 1], "Rules", "Rule 1"),
SELECTCOLUMNS(Sheet2, "Status", Sheet2[Rule 2], "Rules", "Rule 2"),
SELECTCOLUMNS(Sheet2, "Status", Sheet2[Rule 3], "Rules", "Rule 3"))
 
You will be able to get a table like this:
1.JPG
 
2. Then you can use a matrix format to display your result
1.JPG
Anonymous
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Sorry for confussion, but I need to create a summary table in DAX, because i am pushing to R which is limited to 150,000 rows and my data set is 3 million records and increasing.  So, i cant use a widget (like a matrix) to summarize the data.

Hi @Anonymous,

 

You can get it with the formula below. But this calculated table is relative stable, which means its values can't change as the filters or slicers change.

Table =
ADDCOLUMNS (
    DISTINCT (
        UNION (
            VALUES ( Table1[Rule-1] ),
            VALUES ( Table1[Rule-2] ),
            VALUES ( Table1[Rule-3] )
        )
    ),
    "Rule-1-num", CALCULATE (
        COUNT ( Table1[Rule-1] ),
        FILTER ( 'Table1', 'Table1'[Rule-1] = EARLIER ( 'Table1'[Rule-1] ) )
    ),
    "Rule-2-num", CALCULATE (
        COUNT ( Table1[Rule-2] ),
        FILTER ( 'Table1', 'Table1'[Rule-2] = EARLIER ( [Rule-1] ) )
    ),
    "Rule-3-num", CALCULATE (
        COUNT ( Table1[Rule-3] ),
        FILTER ( 'Table1', 'Table1'[Rule-3] = EARLIER ( Table1[Rule-1] ) )
    )
)

Summarize-multiple-columns-based-on-values

 

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _ Dale
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Anonymous
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I was able to get your solution to work, but as you mentioned when a user filters with a slicer the summary table does not update.  This update is a key feature for my solution.  Is there no way to create a table in dax that is updateable based on user selections?

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