dax: how to delete records based from other table

[Anonymous]

Hi,

So i have this kind of report called enrollment report, with columns: Name.ID, GU, Coutry, Number

Then i have another 2 reports called ToberemovedfromSA and ToberemovedfromIN both with only name.id column

using dax, i would like to remove those ids in SA and IN reports from my enrollment report. All reports are in excel.

I tried this, 

SA Removed = CALCULATETABLE('Enrollment Report',EXCEPT(VALUES('Enrollment Report'[Name.id],VALUES('ToberemovedSA'[name.id]))))

But i am getting this error : "Too many arguments were passed to the VALUES function. The maximum argument count for the function is 1."

How do i fix this?

Thank you.

Riri

[v-juanli-msft]

Hi @Anonymous

Create relationship as below

Create measure in table "enrollment report"

Measure = IF(MAX('enrollment report'[Name.ID])<>MAX('IN'[id])&&MAX('enrollment report'[Name.ID])<>MAX('SA'[id]),1,0)

Best Regards
Maggie

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[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi Maggie,

Thank you!  

Here's what i did in the Query Editor as a workaround:

1. i appended my SA table to IN table

2. then i merged them to my enrolment report using the Left Outer

3. then filter out those that matched

I got a different output using your measure from what i did, or maybe there is something that i missed. i'll try your measure again and let you know 🙂

[v-juanli-msft]

Hi @Anonymous

Based on my experience, your method should be also possible.

If you have any problem, please feel free to let me know.

Best Regards

Maggie

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[AlB]

Hi @Anonymous

The error is caused by a missing closing parenthesis for the first VALUES(). You also had one too many closing parenthesis at the very end. This should eliminate that error.  I haven't looked further than that

SA Removed =
CALCULATETABLE (
    'Enrollment Report',
    EXCEPT (
        VALUES ( 'Enrollment Report'[Name.id] ),
        VALUES ( 'ToberemovedSA'[name.id] )
    )
)

[Anonymous]

Hi @AlB,

Thanks! I totally missed that. but i got new error

                     "The expression refers to multiple columns. Multiple columns cannot be converted to a scalar value."

do they have to have the same number of columns?

[AlB]

@Anonymous

What is 'SA Removed'?  A measure? It needs to be a calculated table. Measures only return scalars

[sturlaws]

Hi @Anonymous,

could you provide data samples? It makes easier to find a solution if we know what your data looks like.

regards,

Sturla