Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Earn a 50% discount on the DP-600 certification exam by completing the Fabric 30 Days to Learn It challenge.

Reply
cwolff
Regular Visitor

Separating Data

I've started out using B.I recently and I'm having issues with a situation that happens often at my workplace.

 

I have a data set about constructions that often involves more than one city. As an example with random data:

 

RoadCityLength (miles)TypeCategoryValue ($)
John St.A10RoadWide1000
Mary St.B20InterstateWide2000
Tucson St.C/D40RoadNarrow4000

 

I have 3 roads I'm working on 4 different cities, since Tucson St. runs across two cities, so I've tried separating the data into:

 

RoadCityLength (miles)TypeCategoryValue ($)

John St.

A10RoadNarrow1000
Mary St.B20InterstateWide2000
Tucson St.C10RoadNarrow1000
Tucson St.D30RoadNarrow3000

 

I can do DISTINCTCOUNT in order to get the amount of Roads or Cities I'm working with to present my data and I can divide both my Length and Value between the cities, but I have a problem with other colums such as "Type" and "Category", of which I have several with lots of details. If I have any sort of visual that has those options, the total amount is higher than what it actually is. For this example, it'd say I have 3 Roads and 1 Interstate, when I'm only working with 2 Roads and 1 Interstate (same with 3 narrows vs. 2 narrows). How can I divide my data or maybe work on it in order not to count those again?

 

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
Fowmy
Super User
Super User

@cwolff 

You will have to add additional columns in the table to get distinct of those.

For Example:

 

Key = COMBINEVALUES("-",[Road], [City],[Type],[Category])

________________________

If my answer was helpful, please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it

Click on the Thumbs-Up icon if you like this reply 🙂

YouTube  LinkedIn





Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution! and hit thumbs up


Subscribe and learn Power BI from these videos

Website LinkedIn PBI User Group

View solution in original post

4 REPLIES 4
Fowmy
Super User
Super User

@cwolff 

You will have to add additional columns in the table to get distinct of those.

For Example:

 

Key = COMBINEVALUES("-",[Road], [City],[Type],[Category])

________________________

If my answer was helpful, please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it

Click on the Thumbs-Up icon if you like this reply 🙂

YouTube  LinkedIn





Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution! and hit thumbs up


Subscribe and learn Power BI from these videos

Website LinkedIn PBI User Group

Sorry, I don't think I get it, isn't COMBINEVALUES only for measures? Also, should I add columns to my original table?

@cwolff 

You can add as a column in a table.

Example

Fowmy_0-1601323892316.png



________________________

If my answer was helpful, please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it

Click on the Thumbs-Up icon if you like this reply 🙂

YouTube  LinkedIn

Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution! and hit thumbs up


Subscribe and learn Power BI from these videos

Website LinkedIn PBI User Group

Thank you very much, this was perfect!

Helpful resources

Announcements
PBI_APRIL_CAROUSEL1

Power BI Monthly Update - April 2024

Check out the April 2024 Power BI update to learn about new features.