DISTINCTCOUNTNOBLANK

DISTINCTCOUNTNOBLANK is a DAX function that counts the number of distinct non-blank values in a specified column.

Syntax

DISTINCTCOUNTNOBLANK( ColumnName )

Argument	Properties	Description
ColumnName		The column for which the distinct values are counted, no blank value included.

Return Values

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.

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

Related functions

Other functions related to DISTINCTCOUNTNOBLANK are:

• APPROXIMATEDISTINCTCOUNT
• DISTINCTCOUNT

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Microsoft documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/distinctcountnoblank-function-dax