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Counter on values

Hi all,

 

I'm rather new to Power BI and I would like some help with creating a counter. The first time a value occurs in a column, I would like to have value "1", the second time it occurs value "2", and so on.

 

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I know how to do this in Excel but not in Query Editor. Hopefully someone can help me out.

 

Greetings.

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ChielFaber
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I think this blogpost by Reza Rad might help you get to your solutions:

 

https://radacad.com/create-row-number-for-each-group-in-power-bi-using-power-query

 

It uses an index with a group by function. The explanation is easily written and you can just follow the steps replacing the example columnames by the column names in your data.


[Tip] Keep CALM and DAX on.
[Solved?] Hit “Accept as Solution” and leave a Kudos.
[About] Chiel | SuperUser (2023–2) |

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Anonymous
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@ChielFaber  Thank you very much

ChielFaber
Super User
Super User

I think this blogpost by Reza Rad might help you get to your solutions:

 

https://radacad.com/create-row-number-for-each-group-in-power-bi-using-power-query

 

It uses an index with a group by function. The explanation is easily written and you can just follow the steps replacing the example columnames by the column names in your data.


[Tip] Keep CALM and DAX on.
[Solved?] Hit “Accept as Solution” and leave a Kudos.
[About] Chiel | SuperUser (2023–2) |

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