Power BI, DAX--How do I count rows in one table based on values in another table?

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Bad_Mama_Jama · May 25, 2017 · Viewed 44.1k times · Source

I have two tables, lets call them Table1 and Table2. Table1 has a column of unique values, Table2 has a column with the same values but repeated.

What I am trying to accomplish is to calculate the number of times that value appears in Table2 as a new column in Table1.

Answer

If the tables are related, this is very simple:

Number of Table2 rows = COUNTROWS(RELATEDTABLE(Table2))

Here is an example:

Your Table2 contains multiple rows per Table1 key:

Then you can add a Calculated Column to Table1 which counts the times each item appears in Table2:

If the tables are not related, you can use CALCULATE and FILTER:

Number of Table2 rows =
CALCULATE(
    COUNTROWS(Table2),
    FILTER(
        Table2,
        Table2[Column1] = Table1[Column1]
    )
)