According to the answer to this previous post: COUNT vs COUNTA Dax Function, COUNT function which previously only takes in numeric columns can now also be used the same way as COUNTA for date and string/ text data types. Their main difference is that COUNTA can take in logical values (TRUE/ FALSE) wherein COUNT cannot.
Given this, COUNT can now also work with non-numeric types. What I'm getting confused at is the documentation of COUNT Function which says that "If the row contains text that cannot be translated into a number, the row is not counted". What does this mean? How is a text supposed to be translated into a number? Can someone explain this remark in the documentation?
Thanks!
@Anonymous
dax.guide has better explanation on this. I already cross refer this.
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