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concatenatex
Hi,
Looking for advice or a solution...
Imagine example
| Program | Project | Name | Order | Only if | Wanted Result Column |
| A | Q | Bob | 1 | TRUE | Bob Ryan |
| B | W | James | 2 | TRUE | James John |
| C | E | Tom | 4 | FALSE | N/A |
| A | R | Ryan | 3 | TRUE | Bob Ryan |
| A | T | John | 5 | FALSE | N/A |
| B | Y | John | 5 | TRUE | James John |
| C | U | Ryan | 3 | FALSE | N/A |
The wanted result is basically
Per project which has an associated program I want the names in the result column, with a line break, if the row has a true, with the results ordered by the order column. If the row has a false I want the result to display N/A
The formula I have tried, which does part of the solution, is CONCATENATEX(This table, Name, unichar(10), Order, ASC) as a measure.
This formula doesn't account for the only if so in each line the answer if produced. I have tried to use if("Only if"=TRUE then ....) but only as a custom column which isn't working and I can't do it as a measure. I also can't use a conditional column because I can't use a formula to give me the answer.
Thanks.
Hi pd4000,
Based on my test, you can refer to below steps:
1.I have entered some sample data:
2.Create a calculated column and a measure:
Calculated column:
Filter Name = IF('Table1'[Only if]="TRUE",[Name],BLANK())
Measure: F = IF(MAX('Table1'[Only if])="TRUE",
LEFT(CONCATENATEX(ALL(Table1), 'Table1'[Filter Name],UNICHAR(10),'Table1'[Program]=MAX('Table1'[Program]),DESC),10),"N/A")
3.Create a table measure add the related fields and you can see the result.
You can also download the PBIX file to have a view.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y2j8rdhgtjuhmuy/concatenatex.pbix?dl=0
Regards,
Daniel He
2 Replies
Hi pd4000,
Based on my test, you can refer to below steps:
1.I have entered some sample data:
2.Create a calculated column and a measure:
Calculated column:
Filter Name = IF('Table1'[Only if]="TRUE",[Name],BLANK())
Measure: F = IF(MAX('Table1'[Only if])="TRUE",
LEFT(CONCATENATEX(ALL(Table1), 'Table1'[Filter Name],UNICHAR(10),'Table1'[Program]=MAX('Table1'[Program]),DESC),10),"N/A")
3.Create a table measure add the related fields and you can see the result.
You can also download the PBIX file to have a view.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y2j8rdhgtjuhmuy/concatenatex.pbix?dl=0
Regards,
Daniel He
Hi Daniel,
Thanks very much for your response! Unfortunately, it didn't quite work but it did place the N/As in the boxes that I wanted. I played around a bit with CONCATENATEX and some of your formula for the measure and I got one that solved it!
Basically, I had
Measure = if(max(table1[only if])="TRUE", CONCATENATEX(table1 , table1[name], UNICHAR(10), table1[order], ASC), "N/A")
and that worked for me, so thank you very much for sending me your solution and linking the file, that was extremely helpful!
Kind regards,
Priyan