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Anonymous
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Urgent - Grouping element from same category

Hello,

 

I am trying to group the same businesss area into the same category. In my exemple, i need to group Professional and VP into VMHS, because i need to the total num and den for the VMHS in order to build my report.

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best regards,

Anis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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amitchandak
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@Anonymous , You need to create a new column

 

cate new = if([Category] in {"VP"}, "VMHS", [category])

 

then you can create a sum measure on a numeric column

 

You are creating a column not measure. Also category is text column will not sum

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amitchandak
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Super User

@Anonymous , You need to create a new column

 

cate new = if([Category] in {"VP"}, "VMHS", [category])

 

then you can create a sum measure on a numeric column

 

You are creating a column not measure. Also category is text column will not sum

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