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Anonymous
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Simple Measure is returning an error

NewColumn3 =
VAR SalesQuty = SUM(Sales[SalesQuantity])
VAR Text1 = "This month we sold "
VAR Text2 = " Items"
VAR Result = IF(
SalesQuty > 0,
Text1 & SalesQuty & Text2,
"No Sales this Month"
)
 
This is returning a lengthy error message, and I am not sure why.
 
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parry2k
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous you don't need VAR on RESULT line

 

NewColumn3 = 
VAR SalesQuty = SUM(Sales[SalesQuantity])
VAR Text1 = "This month we sold " 
VAR Text2 = " Items"
Result  
IF(
SalesQuty > 0, 
Text1 & SalesQuty & Text2,
"No Sales this Month"
)


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Anonymous
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parry2k
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous you don't need VAR on RESULT line

 

NewColumn3 = 
VAR SalesQuty = SUM(Sales[SalesQuantity])
VAR Text1 = "This month we sold " 
VAR Text2 = " Items"
Result  
IF(
SalesQuty > 0, 
Text1 & SalesQuty & Text2,
"No Sales this Month"
)


Subscribe to the @PowerBIHowTo YT channel for an upcoming video on List and Record functions in Power Query!!

Learn Power BI and Fabric - subscribe to our YT channel - Click here: @PowerBIHowTo

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Anonymous
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Thank you! 

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