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First time trying to convert DAX to Power M Query and having a hard time getting started/finding exactly what I need in the help documents. Can someone help me convert this? And are there any resources/cheat sheets to help do this? For example "Calculate" in DAX is "X" in Power M, etc.
This is my DAX which gives me the count of Type's per Id.
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Hi @TeresaBusby
You can use group by in power query to count rows, you can refer to the folloing link.
Group rows of data (Power Query) - Microsoft Support
You can put the following code to advanced editor in power query to as a sample
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUUpUitVBZyXBWclglhFc1gguawSRjQUA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ID = _t, Type = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ID", Int64.Type}, {"Type", type text}}),
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"ID", "Type"}, {{"Count", each Table.RowCount(_), Int64.Type}})
in
#"Grouped Rows"
Best Regards!
Yolo Zhu
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Hi @TeresaBusby
You can use group by in power query to count rows, you can refer to the folloing link.
Group rows of data (Power Query) - Microsoft Support
You can put the following code to advanced editor in power query to as a sample
let
Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUUpUitVBZyXBWclglhFc1gguawSRjQUA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [ID = _t, Type = _t]),
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"ID", Int64.Type}, {"Type", type text}}),
#"Grouped Rows" = Table.Group(#"Changed Type", {"ID", "Type"}, {{"Count", each Table.RowCount(_), Int64.Type}})
in
#"Grouped Rows"
Best Regards!
Yolo Zhu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hi @TeresaBusby
I'm not sure why you need to traslate a DAX to Power M Query. Anyway, in the official doc, you can find every formula for M language (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powerquery-m/power-query-m-function-reference).
In the case of your formula, you may need a grouping function (https://radacad.com/grouping-in-power-query-getting-the-last-item-in-each-group)
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