Power Pivot Principles: The A to Z of DAX Functions – COUNTX
4 October 2022
In our long-established Power Pivot Principles articles, we continue our series on the A to Z of Data Analysis eXpression (DAX) functions. This week, we look at COUNTX.
The COUNTX function
The COUNTXfunction counts the number of rows that contain a non-blank value or an expression that evaluates to a non-blank value, when evaluating an expression over a table.
It employs the following syntax to operate:
COUNTX(table, expression)
The COUNTXfunction has the following two arguments:
- table: this argument is required and represents the table containing the rows to be counted
- expression:this argument is also required. This is an expression that returns the set of values that contain the values you wish to count.
It should be further noted that:
- the function returns a whole number (integer)
- the COUNTX function takes two arguments: the first argument must always be a table, or any expression that returns a table; the second argument is the column or expression that is searched by COUNTX
- the COUNTX function counts only values, dates or strings. If the function finds no rows to count, it returns a blank
- if you wish to count logical values, use the COUNTAX function instead
- this function is not supported for use in DirectQuery mode when used in calculated columns or row-level security (RLS) rules.
An example could be:
=COUNTX(Sales, [Order Date])
This DAX expression would count all of the rows in the Salestable that have an Order Date.
More complex expressions may be used:
=COUNTX(Customer, DIVIDE(Customer[Estimated Salary], Customer[No of Dependents]))
This would count the results of the estimated salary per dependent in the Customer table.
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