DAX measure change string

[Anonymous]

Hello, 

I am trying to create a DAX measure (cannot be calculated column - I am using live connection to AAS) to change string values in a column.  So, for example, I have a column with abbreviations like "CHN" that the users wants to instead see "China" for.  I have written switch statements using Switch/true in the past for the same purpose but for some reason I cannot get it to work now.  Please help thank you 🙂

[v-juanli-msft]

Hi @Anonymous 

Create a measure like

Measure = SWITCH(MAX('4111'[Region]),"we","China",MAX('4111'[Region]))

Best Regards
Maggie

Community Support Team _ Maggie Li
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[Anonymous]

Thank you @v-juanli-msft.  I actually did end up writing a similar switch statement - I wrote mine a bit differently using hasonevalue and values, but same idea.  

Problem is - and I think this applies to both your measure and mine - it's dependent on context so it really only works if I include it with the column that I am changing the name from.   This isn't very helpful if I want to include it in on the x axis or legend -  though I believe that is a limitation of measures in general.  Ultimately I think this is one of those cases that ideally is done in a column instead of a measure.  In the meantime I have given the user a "legend" which is a table that shows original column and column with the desired corresponding text.  

But if you know of a way to make the measure perform like a column I'd love to hear it 🙂 I am running into a lot of walls with AAS live connection.

[jbrijalba]

I have ran into the same issue using SWITCH and IF in a measure. Have you tried going to Edit Queries and using the Replace Values function?

 

[Anonymous]

@jbrijalbacannot edit queries with AAS live connection, unfortunately.

[jbrijalba]

@Anonymous , sorry about that. I have never used that connection before. Is that why you cannot make a calculated column?

[Anonymous]

@jbrijalbayup AAS live connection disables many features - including query editor.