filter empty fields within true/false column

[Applicable88]

Hello,

I have a table like this:

Status	Order
True	1234
false	1235
True	1236
false	1237
	1238
	1239
	1240

I want to make a calculated column this way:

if ( Status=false(), "active", if (status= True(), "inactive", "inactive")

But I simply cannot get "inactive" into the empty cells. Also via the filter panel of the table visual I empty cells in status strangely didn't get filtered out. 

Can I wrap my if statement into a another function to reach that?

Thank you in advance.

Best. 

[parry2k · Accepted solution]

@Applicable88 yes it matters, check this post Handling BLANK in DAX - SQLBI

Also, you can simply your expression:

if ( 'Table'[Flag]==blank() || 'Table'[Flag]= False(), "active",  "inactive")

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[v-robertq-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi, @Applicable88 

According to your description, I can roughly understand your requirement, you want the column value to be “active” when the status is false and “inactive” when the status is true, right? I think you can simply achieve this using the SWITCH() function in DAX, You can try this DAX formula:

Column =

SWITCH(

    [Status],

    FALSE(),"active",

    TRUE(),"inactive",

    "inactive")

And you can get what you want.

More info about the SWITCH() function in DAX

You can download my test pbix file below

Thank you very much!

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Robert Qin

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[Applicable88]

@v-robertq-msft @parry2k @Anonymous ,

thank you very much. @parry2k , if you woulnd't have mention it, I hardly would know that its better to evaluate blanks first in a nested if - statement. 

In that article I found out  that its also best practice to do so with the switch() function, so it surprised me a bit to see the above example of @v-robertq-msft still fill out "inactive" for the empty cells correctly.

Best regards. 

[parry2k · Accepted solution]

@Applicable88 yes it matters, check this post Handling BLANK in DAX - SQLBI

Also, you can simply your expression:

if ( 'Table'[Flag]==blank() || 'Table'[Flag]= False(), "active",  "inactive")

Check my latest blog post Comparing Selected Client With Other Top N Clients | PeryTUS  I would ❤ Kudos if my solution helped. 👉 If you can spend time posting the question, you can also make efforts to give Kudos to whoever helped to solve your problem. It is a token of appreciation!

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[Anonymous]

hi @Applicable88 ,

Create Calculated column using following logic

_Active_Flag = IF(ISBLANK('Table'[Flag]),"Inactive",if('Table'[Flag] = "True", "Inactive","Active"))

Thanks!

[parry2k]

@Applicable88 what is the column type of status? is it a boolean or a text?

[Applicable88]

Thank you, @Anonymous @parry2k ,

Its set on boolean already. 

Is the order of a statement in particular important?

This won't work:

if( 'Table'[Flag]= False(), "active", if( 'Table'[Flag]= True(), "inactive", if('Table'[Flag]==blank(), "active"))

But strangely that order works, when I check for the empty cells  first: 

if ( 'Table'[Flag]==blank(), "active", if( 'Table'[Flag]= False(), "active", if( 'Table'[Flag]= True(), "inactive"))