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Trying to filter grouped data table using each parameter.
In following dataset, I want to find if any row has event=ticket in group by session_id
= Table.Group(#"Added Custom", {"session_Id", "user_Id"}, {"Count", each Table.RowCount(_), Int64.Type}, {Table.SelectColumns (each [event] = "ticket")})
It returns following error.
Expression.Error: We cannot convert a value of type List to type Number.
Details:
Value=[List]
Type=[Type]
This is what the column contains
Hello, @PareshDalvi Table.Group expects "nullable number" as 4th parameter (groupKind) while Table.SelectColumns (each [event] = "ticket") does not look like a number and does not return number. Moreover Table.SelectColumns is looking forward to get a table as it's 1st argument while you give it a function (_) => [event] = "ticket".
You have 3 options here:
1. Filter table before Table.Group call
filter_table = Table.SelectRows(#"Added Custom", each [event] = "ticket"),
g = Table.Group(filter_table, {"session_Id", "user_Id"}, {"Count", each Table.RowCount(_), Int64.Type})2. Filter table inside Table.Group call
= Table.Group(
Table.SelectRows(
#"Added Custom",
each [event]= "ticket"
),
{"session_Id", "user_Id"},
{"Count", each Table.RowCount(_), Int64.Type}
)3. Filter table inside Table.RowCount
= Table.Group(
#"Added Custom",
{"session_Id", "user_Id"},
{"Count",
each
Table.RowCount(
Table.SelectRows(_, each [event] = "ticket")
),
Int64.Type}
)Either should work. I don't know which one is better performance wise - I don't know.
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