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Hennie7863
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The formula is incomplete

HI I'm trying to follow the tutorial : https://support.powerbi.com/knowledgebase/articles/471597 and I'm getting the error that the formula is incomplete....

 

It is in the Add custom column window and it happens when i drag one field in the window.

 

[Order_Details.UnitPrice]

 

for instance....really frustrating that I'm keep getting this error.

 

Can someone help me with this???

 

 

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It should start with "=" operator. Can you share a screenshot?

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Greg_Deckler
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Do you have an "=" in front of it:

 

Formula should be:

 

=[Orders.Detail...



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It should start with "=" operator. Can you share a screenshot?

Anonymous
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Hi HarrisMalik,

 

your formula should be:                              LineTotal = [Order_Details.UnitPrice] * [Order_Details.Quantity]

Is it like this?

@Anonymous Yes it is correct. Here LineTotal is the name of calcuated column

Seth_C_Bauer
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Hennie,

I just walked through the tutorial with no issues...

The only thing I didn't see explicitly stated that I did prior to loading the Orders data set was to select the "close and load" to save that prior to loading the next data set ... are you forgetting the ' *  ' between the two fields?

Can you reply with the actual formula that you are inputting?


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