ADDMISSINGITEMS DAX Function (Table manipulation)

Add the rows with empty measure values back.

Syntax

ADDMISSINGITEMS ( [<ShowAll_ColumnName> [, <ShowAll_ColumnName> [, … ] ] ], <Table> [, <GroupBy_ColumnName> [, [<FilterTable>] [, <GroupBy_ColumnName> [, [<FilterTable>] [, … ] ] ] ] ] ] )
Parameter Attributes Description
ShowAll_ColumnName Optional
Repeatable

ShowAll columns.

Table

A SummarizeColumns table.

GroupBy_ColumnName Optional
Repeatable

A column to group by or a call to ROLLUPGROUP function and ROLLUPADDISSUBTOTAL function to specify a list of columns to group by with subtotals.

FilterTable Optional
Repeatable

An expression that defines the table from which rows are to be returned.

Return values

Table An entire table or a table with one or more columns.

Examples

--  ADDMISSINGITEMS adds rows that would be skipped by SUMMARIZECOLUMNS
--  when the value of all the measures is blank.
--  In the example, years 2005, 2006 and 2010 and 2011 are added back by
--  ADDMISSINGITEMS in the second result.
--  SUMMARIZECOLUMNS in the first query does not return them, because there
--  were no sales.
EVALUATE 
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS (
    'Date'[Calendar Year],
    "Amt", [Sales Amount]
)

EVALUATE
ADDMISSINGITEMS (
    'Date'[Calendar Year],
    SUMMARIZECOLUMNS (
        'Date'[Calendar Year],
        "Amt", [Sales Amount]
    ),
    'Date'[Calendar Year]
)
ORDER BY [Calendar Year] ASC
Calendar Year Amt
2007-01-01 11,309,946.12
2008-01-01 9,927,582.99
2009-01-01 9,353,814.87
Calendar Year Amt
2005-01-01 (Blank)
2006-01-01 (Blank)
2007-01-01 11,309,946.12
2008-01-01 9,927,582.99
2009-01-01 9,353,814.87
2010-01-01 (Blank)
2011-01-01 (Blank)
--  With ADDMISSINGITEMS you specify the columns to add (first set)
--  and the column used to group by (second set)
--  In the example, even though the grouping happens by year and month
--  ADDMISSINGITEMS adds back only the year rows
EVALUATE
ADDMISSINGITEMS (
    'Date'[Calendar Year],
    SUMMARIZECOLUMNS (
        'Date'[Calendar Year],
        'Date'[Calendar Year Month],
        "Amt", [Sales Amount]
    ),
    'Date'[Calendar Year]
)
--  You can also specify table filters applied to the filter context
--  while retrieving the missing items.
--  In this example, ADDMISSINGITEMS only returns 2010 and 2011, 
--  because of the last filter that removes 2005 and 2006
EVALUATE
ADDMISSINGITEMS (
    'Date'[Calendar Year],
    SUMMARIZECOLUMNS (
        'Date'[Calendar Year],
        "Amt", [Sales Amount]
    ),
    'Date'[Calendar Year],
    EXCEPT ( ALL ( 'Date'[Calendar Year] ), { "CY 2005", "CY 2006" } )
)
Calendar Year Amt
CY 2007 11,309,946.12
CY 2008 9,927,582.99
CY 2009 9,353,814.87
CY 2010 (Blank)
CY 2011 (Blank)

Last update: Mar 13, 2024   » Contribute   » Show contributors

Contributors: Alberto Ferrari, Marco Russo, Jocelyn Saw, Pedro Gravanita

Microsoft documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/addmissingitems-function-dax

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Context Transition

This function performs a Context Transition if called in a Row Context. Click to read more.

Row Context

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Iterator

Not recommended

The use of this function is not recommended. See Remarks and Related functions for alternatives.

Not recommended

The use of this parameter is not recommended.

Deprecated

This function is deprecated. Jump to the Alternatives section to see the function to use.

Volatile

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Deprecated

This parameter is deprecated and its use is not recommended.

DirectQuery compatibility

Limitations are placed on DAX expressions allowed in measures and calculated columns.
The state below shows the DirectQuery compatibility of the DAX function.

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