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Anonymous
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dax for sum of string

hi
i am tring to sum all the pos columns the columns are in string format.
i have tried countA as well but didnt work

 

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v-yetao1-msft
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Hi @Anonymous 

There is a way maybe more complicated, but you can sum the strings of the entire table . Calculate the strings in each column separately and then sum these counts .

For example :

POS 1-1 = COUNTA('The export'[POS 1])

POS 2-1 = COUNTA('The export'[POS 2])

POS 3-1 = COUNTA('The export'[POS 3])

       ……………

POS 11-1 = COUNTA('The export'[POS 11])

 

And then sum these counts

Total = CALCULATE('The export'[POS 1-1]+'The export'[POS 2-1]+'The export'[POS 3-1]+……………… +'The export'[POS 11-1])

You will get the sum of strings in table .

 

Best Regards

Community Support Team _ Ailsa Tao

 

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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v-yetao1-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous 

There is a way maybe more complicated, but you can sum the strings of the entire table . Calculate the strings in each column separately and then sum these counts .

For example :

POS 1-1 = COUNTA('The export'[POS 1])

POS 2-1 = COUNTA('The export'[POS 2])

POS 3-1 = COUNTA('The export'[POS 3])

       ……………

POS 11-1 = COUNTA('The export'[POS 11])

 

And then sum these counts

Total = CALCULATE('The export'[POS 1-1]+'The export'[POS 2-1]+'The export'[POS 3-1]+……………… +'The export'[POS 11-1])

You will get the sum of strings in table .

 

Best Regards

Community Support Team _ Ailsa Tao

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , use countx in place of count

 

countx('the export', <your current formula>)

Anonymous
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i tried count x it did work as well

greeshma_0-1619511041476.pnggreeshma_1-1619511075630.png

 

Anonymous
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i have tried first argument as countx as well
i have shared pbix file

greeshma_1-1619512083745.png

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qZ5_7fMRh5WE_wDN3DAZFH9G0opTB2vX/view?usp=sharing

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