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YonghunLee
Helper I
Helper I

How can I declare a field as Identity field?

How can I declare a field as Identity field as picture below? 

 

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v-juanli-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @YonghunLee 

If you means to create unique id in power bi, it is possible as long as for the same name(different people), there are different values in other columns.

You could create index column with DAX as below:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Create-unique-ID/td-p/677570

For example,create a column below:

Final Rank =
RANKX (
    Table,
    RANKX ( Table, [Primary column],, ASC )
        + DIVIDE (
            RANKX ( Table, [Secondary column],, ASC ),
            ( COUNTROWS (Table ) + 1 )
        )
)
rank as unique id = 
RANKX (
    'Table (2)',
    RANKX ( 'Table (2)', [name],, ASC )
        + DIVIDE (
            RANKX ( 'Table (2)', [column1],, ASC ),
            ( COUNTROWS ( 'Table (2)' ) + 1 )
        ),,ASC,Dense
)

Capture1.JPG

 

 

Best Regards
Maggie
Community Support Team _ Maggie Li
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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serhii_stefaniv
Frequent Visitor

Hey there. I have the same issue. Have you found the solution?

polymathy2017
Advocate III
Advocate III

Ugh! I"m going to have to find another community. Can't seem to find actual answers in here very often. Frustrating.

v-juanli-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @YonghunLee 

If you means to create unique id in power bi, it is possible as long as for the same name(different people), there are different values in other columns.

You could create index column with DAX as below:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Create-unique-ID/td-p/677570

For example,create a column below:

Final Rank =
RANKX (
    Table,
    RANKX ( Table, [Primary column],, ASC )
        + DIVIDE (
            RANKX ( Table, [Secondary column],, ASC ),
            ( COUNTROWS (Table ) + 1 )
        )
)
rank as unique id = 
RANKX (
    'Table (2)',
    RANKX ( 'Table (2)', [name],, ASC )
        + DIVIDE (
            RANKX ( 'Table (2)', [column1],, ASC ),
            ( COUNTROWS ( 'Table (2)' ) + 1 )
        ),,ASC,Dense
)

Capture1.JPG

 

 

Best Regards
Maggie
Community Support Team _ Maggie Li
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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