DISTINCTCOUNTNOBLANK

Applies to: Calculated column Calculated table Measure Visual calculation

Counts the number of distinct values in a column.

Syntax

DISTINCTCOUNTNOBLANK(<column>)

Parameters

Term	Description
column	The column that contains the values to be counted

Return value

The number of distinct values in column.

Remarks

• Unlike DISTINCTCOUNT function, DISTINCTCOUNTNOBLANK does not count the BLANK value.

• This function is not supported for use in DirectQuery mode when used in calculated columns or row-level security (RLS) rules.

Example

The following example shows how to count the number of distinct sales orders in the column ResellerSales_USD[SalesOrderNumber].

= DISTINCTCOUNT(ResellerSales_USD[SalesOrderNumber])

DAX query

EVALUATE
    ROW(
        "DistinctCountNoBlank", DISTINCTCOUNTNOBLANK(DimProduct[EndDate]),
        "DistinctCount", DISTINCTCOUNT(DimProduct[EndDate])
    )

[DistinctCountNoBlank]	[DistinctCount]
2	3

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