Power BI IF Statement

IF Statement in Power BI

If you don’t know logical functions, then you cannot pursue a career as an analyst. Yes, this is absolutely TRUE. Without knowing logical functions, you cannot deal with a different set of calculations where the calculation requires you to test multiple logical tests in excelLogical Tests In ExcelA logical test in Excel results in an analytical output, either true or false. The equals to operator, “=,” is the most commonly used logical test.read more. The IF condition is the boss when it comes to logical tests, whether its an excel or Power BI anywhere IF statement is the boss. If you have already used the IF condition in Excel, then using it with Power BI is exactly the same. In this article, we will take you through how to apply logical IF statement in Power BI DAX formulas.

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What is IF DAX Statements in Power BI?

IF is a logical function in both Excel & Power BI, so it used to arrive results based on logical results. Logical results are in two ways i.e., either TRUE or FALSE, so we can arrive two results based on the result of the logical test if the logical test is TRUE, one set of result or calculation and if the logical tests are FALSE second set or alternative to the first set of result.

Below is the syntax of the IF DAX statement in Power BI.

• Logical Test: For this, we need to apply what is the logical test to arrive results.
• Result If True: If the logical test is TRUE, then what should be the result.
• Result If False: If the logical test is FALSE, then what should be the alternative result to the first one.

If you ignore the Result If False, then we will get BLANK as a result.

Examples of IF DAX Statement in Power BI

Below are examples of the IF statement in Power BI. You can download the workbook to use the same file as we used in this example.

Example #1

With this data, we need to arrive new column, i.e., “Status.”

To arrive this new column, we have a certain criterion, i.e. “if the temperature is >25, then the status should be “High,” or else status should be “Medium.”

Wow, there we have a new result column with a logical IF formula.

Example #2

Now assume that instead of arriving only two sets of results, we need to arrive multiple results based on multiple logical tests.

For example:

• If the temperature is >30, status is “Heavy.”
• If the temperature is >28, status is “High.”
• If the temperature is >25, status is “Moderate.”
• If the temperature is <=25, then we need the status as “Low.”

Here we need to test 4 different logical tests, so this requires nested IF conditionsNested IF ConditionsIn Excel, nested if function means using another logical or conditional function with the if function to test multiple conditions. For example, if there are two conditions to be tested, we can use the logical functions AND or OR depending on the situation, or we can use the other conditional functions to test even more ifs inside a single if.read more to be applied.

• Open IF condition and apply the first logical test.

• The first logical condition is applied. Now we need to test other logical tests if this logical test is FALSE, so since we need to test other logical tests, open one more IF condition.

• This IF condition applies a second logical test and arrives the result if this logical test is TRUE.

• Similarly, IF both these logical tests are FALSE, we need to do another logical test, so open another IF condition.

• Like this, we have to do one more logical test if all these three logical tests are FALSE. But instead of opening one more IF condition, we can make use of the last argument i.e., “Result If False,” so this argument will be employed or used if all the applied logical tests are FALSE. So if all these are FALSE, then we need the result as “Low.”

• Now close brackets as many as IF conditions opened. After closing, the bracket, hit the enter key to get the new status result.

Here we have the results, like this, we can use the IF DAX function to get the conditional calculation column.

Note: Power BI IF statement file can also be downloaded from the link below, and the final output can be viewed.

Things to Remember here

• IF DAX function is the same as Excel IF logical function, all the arguments and application methods, everything is the same.
• In case of multiple conditions to arrive single result, then we need to use AND & OR logical functions.
• AND logical function is represented by the double ampersand (&&), and OR logical function is represented by double straight lines (||).

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