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DAX - ConcatenateX Function - Check if there's value first and/or value is null and/or blank...
I have the following code that works (VAR X = CONCATENATEX(Table, Table[Column] & " - " & Table[Column], "; ", [Table Column], DESC) ---however sometimes my result looks like this:
Ex. 1: Client ABC - 0; -; or
Ex. 2: -;
Basically it tries to concatenate data from one column (description) based off of the id from another column (id) - but while it matches on the id the description column is blank... So I get the ugly -; without anything following it.. So how can I check first whether there's an actual value before attempting to concatenate.. I'm new to DAX so don't know the syntax at all.
Thanks,
I simply want to check if current row Table[Column] is blank, null, etc. before doing this step: Table[Column] & " - " & Table[Column], "; ", [Table Column].... Need syntax...
arelf27 wrote:
I have the following code that works (VAR X = CONCATENATEX(Table, Table[Column] & " - " & Table[Column], "; ", [Table Column], DESC) ---however sometimes my result looks like this:
Ex. 1: Client ABC - 0; -; or
Ex. 2: -;
Basically it tries to concatenate data from one column (description) based off of the id from another column (id) - but while it matches on the id the description column is blank... So I get the ugly -; without anything following it.. So how can I check first whether there's an actual value before attempting to concatenate.. I'm new to DAX so don't know the syntax at all.
Thanks,
I simply want to check if current row Table[Column] is blank, null, etc. before doing this step: Table[Column] & " - " & Table[Column], "; ", [Table Column].... Need syntax...
Try to apply a filter to the table.
New_Measure = CONCATENATEX ( FILTER ( 'Table', 'Table'[description] <> BLANK () && 'Table'[id] <> BLANK () ), 'Table'[description] & "-" & 'Table'[id], ";", 'Table'[description], ASC )
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- Eric_ZhangMicrosoft Employee
arelf27 wrote:
I have the following code that works (VAR X = CONCATENATEX(Table, Table[Column] & " - " & Table[Column], "; ", [Table Column], DESC) ---however sometimes my result looks like this:
Ex. 1: Client ABC - 0; -; or
Ex. 2: -;
Basically it tries to concatenate data from one column (description) based off of the id from another column (id) - but while it matches on the id the description column is blank... So I get the ugly -; without anything following it.. So how can I check first whether there's an actual value before attempting to concatenate.. I'm new to DAX so don't know the syntax at all.
Thanks,
I simply want to check if current row Table[Column] is blank, null, etc. before doing this step: Table[Column] & " - " & Table[Column], "; ", [Table Column].... Need syntax...
Try to apply a filter to the table.
New_Measure = CONCATENATEX ( FILTER ( 'Table', 'Table'[description] <> BLANK () && 'Table'[id] <> BLANK () ), 'Table'[description] & "-" & 'Table'[id], ";", 'Table'[description], ASC )- arelf27Helper II
Thanks using Filter did the trick!
- AnonymousNot applicable
Thanks, this is exactly what I needed.