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Power Participantneed help with semantic link syntax
Community SupportHi Jeanxyz,
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The reason your SUMMARIZECOLUMNS query is failing is due to how DAX processes calculated fields within that function.
When you define "Duration" as a calculated field using the measure [Phase Duration(M)], DAX doesn't recognize it properly. Instead of evaluating it as a measure, it treats it as a generic object (System.Object), which is unsupported by SUMMARIZECOLUMNS.
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS only works with existing columns and measures. If you try to create a calculated column on the fly, DAX fails to resolve it correctly.
To make this work, you need to wrap the measure calculation in a CALCULATE() function to ensure it's evaluated properly within the row context.
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Power ParticipantThanks for the explanation. I tried your advice, and write the query as below
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- v-sgandrathi
Hi Jeanxyz,
Try this Dax Measure:
Evaluate
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS(
'Sales Phase'[Sales Phase],
"duration", [Phase Duration(M)]
)
Ensure [Phase Duration(M)] is already a valid measure.Phase Duration(M) = MEDIAN(Sales_Phase_Log[Phase Duration])
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS only allows measures and existing columns, not calculated expressions directly.
If this solution worked for you, kindly mark it as Accept as Solution and feel free to give a Kudos, it would be much appreciated!
Thank you.
- Jeanxyz
This is tried already. Not working, the measure [Phase Duration(M)] is valid, as it works evaluate measure expression.
- v-sgandrathi
Hi Jeanxyz,
Thank you for the update.
I understand that you have already tried this, and the measure [Phase Duration(M)] is valid.
Please note that SUMMARIZECOLUMNS always returns a table output, not a single value.
To view the results properly:
- Please use this query inside a Table visual in your Power BI report.
- Alternatively, you can run it in DAX Query View (available in the latest Power BI Desktop) to directly see the output.
If you try to use it directly in a card or as a scalar measure, it will not display properly, as a table result needs a table format to render.
Kindly try placing the output in a Table visual and check once.
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