donderdag 4 januari 2024

How to make a period (Monthly) total for a distinct count in Power BI / Power Pivot using two measures.


Make 2 measures to calculate in two steps the sum (of a number of months) of distinctcounted IDNRs


A. Fist make a measure based on a discountcount formula.

Measure1: =DISTINCTCOUNT([IDNR])

B. Create a secound measure to calculate the total IDNR per month and a correct Endtotal based on Measure1

Measure2:SUMX(VALUES(TableName[month]);[Measure1])

Measure1 does not give the total of all months together, if gives the total unique IDNR in a year (1.163)

Measure2 gives the year total of the unique quantity of IDNR per month (6.266)

Tip: if you want a total per [location] or [year], simply change Measure2 VALUES into TableName[location] or [year]