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cz37
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DAX function to count matched text values among rows

Hi,

 

I'm new to Power BI and hope someone could help me on this! Thank you for your help in advance!

I have a table with ItemName and Category as shown below. I want to create a slicer on ItemName for users to select and an output table shows the number of categories that can be found in the category of selected ItemName for the rest of ItemName. 

ItemNameCategory
Applered, sweet, juicy
Grapepurple, green, sweet
Bananayellow, curved
Orangesweet, juicy

 

Example: If a user selects "Apple" from the slicer of ItemName, the output table would be shown as below. The categories with underline are the category names found in the category of Apple (i.e. red, sweet, juicy). For example, Grape only has sweet category matched with one of the category of Apple so the number of overlapped category is 1.

ItemNameCategoryNumber of Overlapped Category
Grapepurple, green, sweet1
Bananayellow, curved0
Orangesweet, juicy2

 

Thanks again!

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Jihwan_Kim
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Super User

Hi,

I suggest having an additional table like below for creating a slicer.

 

 

Jihwan_Kim_1-1663739335754.png

 

 

Please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.

It is for creating measures.

 

Jihwan_Kim_2-1663739351321.png

 

 

 

Jihwan_Kim_0-1663739311111.png

 

 

Category measure: = 
IF (
    HASONEVALUE ( 'Item'[ItemName] ),
    MAXX (
        FILTER ( 'Item', NOT ( 'Item'[ItemName] IN DISTINCT ( Category[ItemName] ) ) ),
        'Item'[Category]
    )
)

 

 

 

Number of overlapped category: = 
VAR _selectedcategory =
    DISTINCT ( Category[Category] )
VAR _currentrowitemnamecategory =
    SUMMARIZE (
        FILTER ( ALL ( Category ), Category[ItemName] = MAX ( 'Item'[ItemName] ) ),
        Category[Category]
    )
RETURN
    IF (
        ISFILTERED ( Category[ItemName] ) && NOT ISBLANK ( [Category measure:] ),
        COUNTROWS ( INTERSECT ( _selectedcategory, _currentrowitemnamecategory ) )
    )

 

 

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Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

Hi,

I suggest having an additional table like below for creating a slicer.

 

 

Jihwan_Kim_1-1663739335754.png

 

 

Please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.

It is for creating measures.

 

Jihwan_Kim_2-1663739351321.png

 

 

 

Jihwan_Kim_0-1663739311111.png

 

 

Category measure: = 
IF (
    HASONEVALUE ( 'Item'[ItemName] ),
    MAXX (
        FILTER ( 'Item', NOT ( 'Item'[ItemName] IN DISTINCT ( Category[ItemName] ) ) ),
        'Item'[Category]
    )
)

 

 

 

Number of overlapped category: = 
VAR _selectedcategory =
    DISTINCT ( Category[Category] )
VAR _currentrowitemnamecategory =
    SUMMARIZE (
        FILTER ( ALL ( Category ), Category[ItemName] = MAX ( 'Item'[ItemName] ) ),
        Category[Category]
    )
RETURN
    IF (
        ISFILTERED ( Category[ItemName] ) && NOT ISBLANK ( [Category measure:] ),
        COUNTROWS ( INTERSECT ( _selectedcategory, _currentrowitemnamecategory ) )
    )

 

 

If this post helps, then please consider accepting it as the solution to help other members find it faster, and give a big thumbs up.


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It works! Thank you!!

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