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ilcaa72
Helper IV
Helper IV

Error in Dax formula

i have a Dax formula that I use successfully in a bar chart with region data, BUT when i try to use it with a different category (Countries) it "cant display the visual"... im having trouble trying to troubleshoot the source of the error, can someone take a look? https://1drv.ms/u/s!AiL3mI_trBnxgxDFo4oupkQnbvFU

 

Dax error.jpg

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Phil_Seamark
Employee
Employee

HI @ilcaa72

 

Your formula is fine, the problem is your data is causing the function to overflow.  If you wrap some crude error handling around your RETURN statement as follows

 

return 
  iferror(if (blank(),0,((SubNow/Sub6yrsAgo)^(1/3))-1),"Has Error")   

You will see that two rows have issues

 

image.png

 

Neither of these has a value for the Sub6yrsAgo, so the divide fails

 

Another option is to use the DIVIDE function to gracefully handle the issue

 

return 
  if (blank(),0,(DIVIDE(SubNow,Sub6yrsAgo,blank())^(1/3))-1)  

 

 


To learn more about DAX visit : aka.ms/practicalDAX

Proud to be a Datanaut!

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Phil_Seamark
Employee
Employee

HI @ilcaa72

 

Your formula is fine, the problem is your data is causing the function to overflow.  If you wrap some crude error handling around your RETURN statement as follows

 

return 
  iferror(if (blank(),0,((SubNow/Sub6yrsAgo)^(1/3))-1),"Has Error")   

You will see that two rows have issues

 

image.png

 

Neither of these has a value for the Sub6yrsAgo, so the divide fails

 

Another option is to use the DIVIDE function to gracefully handle the issue

 

return 
  if (blank(),0,(DIVIDE(SubNow,Sub6yrsAgo,blank())^(1/3))-1)  

 

 


To learn more about DAX visit : aka.ms/practicalDAX

Proud to be a Datanaut!

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