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Hi, wondering if anyone understands what is happening here.
I have built a table using summarize.
To start with I used 4 variables:
What on earth is going on??
cheers
Steve
Solved! Go to Solution.
Variables in DAX aren't really variables, they're constants. They are only calculated once, when they are defined, which is why you're seeing the same wrong values for each row.
Its also worth pointing out that it is not best practice to use SUMMARIZE to produce calculated columns as performance is poor and you can get unexpected results. It is better to use SUMMARIZE to do the grouping and then use ADDCOLUMNS to produce the calculations, so your code would become
My Table =
ADDCOLUMNS (
SUMMARIZE ( MainFacts, MainFacts[Provider_Code] ),
"Count2021",
CALCULATE (
DISTINCTCOUNT ( MainFacts[EpisodeNumber] ),
MainFacts[Period] = "FY2020-21"
),
"NullFlag2021",
IF (
CALCULATE (
DISTINCTCOUNT ( MainFacts[EpisodeNumber] ),
MainFacts[Period] = "FY2020-21"
) = 0,
1,
0
),
"Count2122",
CALCULATE (
DISTINCTCOUNT ( MainFacts[EpisodeNumber] ),
MainFacts[Period] = "FY2021-22"
),
"NullFlag2122",
IF (
CALCULATE (
DISTINCTCOUNT ( MainFacts[EpisodeNumber] ),
MainFacts[Period] = "FY2021-22"
) = 0,
1,
0
)
)
Variables in DAX aren't really variables, they're constants. They are only calculated once, when they are defined, which is why you're seeing the same wrong values for each row.
Its also worth pointing out that it is not best practice to use SUMMARIZE to produce calculated columns as performance is poor and you can get unexpected results. It is better to use SUMMARIZE to do the grouping and then use ADDCOLUMNS to produce the calculations, so your code would become
My Table =
ADDCOLUMNS (
SUMMARIZE ( MainFacts, MainFacts[Provider_Code] ),
"Count2021",
CALCULATE (
DISTINCTCOUNT ( MainFacts[EpisodeNumber] ),
MainFacts[Period] = "FY2020-21"
),
"NullFlag2021",
IF (
CALCULATE (
DISTINCTCOUNT ( MainFacts[EpisodeNumber] ),
MainFacts[Period] = "FY2020-21"
) = 0,
1,
0
),
"Count2122",
CALCULATE (
DISTINCTCOUNT ( MainFacts[EpisodeNumber] ),
MainFacts[Period] = "FY2021-22"
),
"NullFlag2122",
IF (
CALCULATE (
DISTINCTCOUNT ( MainFacts[EpisodeNumber] ),
MainFacts[Period] = "FY2021-22"
) = 0,
1,
0
)
)
But what if i wanted to use that variable again in a later calculation? In this case Count2122 for example.
Instead of using ADDCOLUMNS you could use a combination of GENERATE and ROW, the general pattern is something like
My Table =
GENERATE (
SUMMARIZE ( 'Table', 'Table'[Column 1], 'Table'[Column 2] ),
VAR Var1 =
CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Table2'[Value] ) )
VAR Var2 =
IF (
Var1 > 0,
CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Table2'[Value2] ) ),
CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Table2'[Value3] ) )
)
RETURN
ROW ( "Var1", Var1, "Var2", Var2 )
)
all of this is incredibly helpful. Many many thanks.
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