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jessicascully
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Tournament Ranking Formula

I am trying to utilize points earned by reporting with a tie breaker of the fastest report to rank participants in a tournament. I have unexpected values for the TIES argument in my Rankx function. I am not sure how to correct my error here. Since there are multiple simulations for participants to earn points, I need to remove duplicates by e-mail adress. 

Any help is GREATLY appreciated by this newbie. 🙂

Overall Rank =
RANKX(
    FILTER(
        'Enterprise_Mailboxes_All_E-mail',
        CALCULATE(
            DISTINCTCOUNT('Enterprise_Mailboxes_All_E-mail'[Email]),
            ALLEXCEPT('Enterprise_Mailboxes_All_E-mail', 'Enterprise_Mailboxes_All_E-mail'[Email])
        ) = 1
    ),
    [Total SUM phish and quiz],
    ,
    ASC,
    RANKX(
        FILTER(
            'Enterprise_Mailboxes_All_E-mail',
            CALCULATE(
                DISTINCTCOUNT('Enterprise_Mailboxes_All_E-mail'[Email]),
                ALLEXCEPT('Enterprise_Mailboxes_All_E-mail', 'Enterprise_Mailboxes_All_E-mail'[Email])
            ) = 1
        ),
        'Enterprise_Mailboxes_All_E-mail'[Average Report Time],
        ,
        ASC,
        "SKIP"
    )
)
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Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
Community Champion

@jessicascully Hard to be certain what the issue is but there is no real way to remove duplicates using RANKX unless you use something like a random number for example. See if this helps:

 

Otherwise, Sorry, having trouble following, can you post sample data as text and expected output?
Not really enough information to go on, please first check if your issue is a common issue listed here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Before-You-Post-Read-This/ba-p/1116882

Also, please see this post regarding How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/ba-p/38490

The most important parts are:
1. Sample data as text, use the table tool in the editing bar
2. Expected output from sample data
3. Explanation in words of how to get from 1. to 2.



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