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rawiswarden
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6 years ago
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Using Variable Instead of Column Reference

Is something like this possible in a calculated column?  I want to create these sort of bins for multiple columns and want to do it the most efficient way possible.  If there is another built-in meth...
  • v-lid-msft's avatar
    6 years ago

    Hi rawiswarden ,

     

    Sorry for that We cannot find an effective way to add variables with a column and use it the PERCENTILE.INC function.

    But we can simplify the formula as following,  If you want to create another measure such as yearly, just chang the Dimension_Portstats[MonthlyIncome] to the column in this formula.

     

    Monthly Income (Bin) = 
    VAR __Column = Dimension_Portstats[MonthlyIncome]
    
    VAR __25pct = PERCENTILE.INC(Dimension_Portstats[MonthlyIncome], 0.25)
    VAR __50pct = PERCENTILE.INC(Dimension_Portstats[MonthlyIncome], 0.50)
    VAR __75pct = PERCENTILE.INC(Dimension_Portstats[MonthlyIncome], 0.75)
    
    VAR __25label = "["&min(Dimension_Portstats[MonthlyIncome])&"-"&__25pct&"]"
    VAR __50label = "("&__25pct&"-"&__50pct&"]"
    VAR __75label = "("&__50pct&"-"&__75pct&"]"
    VAR __100label = "("&__75pct&"+]"
    
    RETURN
    
    SWITCH(TRUE,
    __Column <= __25pct, __25label,
    __Column <= __50pct, __50label,
    __Column <= __75pct, __75label,
    __100label)
    
    

     

     

    If it doesn’t meet your requirement, could you please show the exact expected result based on the table that we have shared?


    Best regards,