Get Total of instances per month and Rank them

[Idlehands]

Hi All,

I am new to PowerBI so please excuse me several of my terms are hard to understand.

So what I am trying to do is get the monthly count of a specific issue from a table.  For example, Issue1 appeared 24 times in January and then 3 times in Feb, while Issue 2 appeared 3 times in Jan and then 4 times in Feb.  Then I would like the data to be displayed this way on a table:

                 January         February

Issue1           24                 3

Issue2           3                   4

I do have a table that has the Date and the Issue name and was wondering what the procedure would be to show the data in that way.

A follow up concern that I have is ranking the results for the above mentioned table.

Thanks everyone for your help!

[v-huizhn-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Idlehands,

For your requirement, please create calculated the column to recognize month, and calculate the count of name in each month. Then create a matrix shows what you want. I try to reproduce your scenario and get expected result.

First, I create the following sample date.

Then create several calculated column using the formulas below.

Month = MONTH(Table1[Date])

Times = CALCULATE(COUNTA(Table1[Name]),ALLEXCEPT(Table1,Table1[Month],Table1[Name]))

Rank1 = RANKX(FILTER(Table1,Table1[Month]=EARLIER(Table1[Month])),Table1[Times],,ASC,Dense)

Finally, create a matrix, select the Name as Row level, the Month as columns level, the calculated columns as Values level, please see the following screenshots. The there are 3 issue1 times, 3 issue2 times in Jan, and rank them. While there are 3 issue1 times, 2 issue2 times in Feb, and rank them.

   
If you have any other issue, please feel free to ask.

Best Regards,
Angelia

[Idlehands]

Thanks!

I will try this out later and will let you know if it worked.

Thanks!

[v-huizhn-msft]

Hi @Idlehands,

Waiting for your information. If the reply help you resolve your issue, please mark the corresponding as answer. If you have any other problem, please let me know.

Best Regards,
Angelia

[Idlehands]

That did the trick!

Thanks a lot!