PATHLENGTH DAX Function (Parent-child)

Returns returns the number of items in a particular path string. This function returns 1 for the path generated for an ID at the top/root of a hierarchy.

Syntax

PATHLENGTH ( <Path> )
Parameter Attributes Description
Path

A string which contains a delimited list of IDs.

Return values

Scalar A single integer value.

The number of items that are parents to the specified item in a given PATH result, including the specified item.

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Examples

--  PATH generates a column containing the path of each node in a 
--  parent/child hierarchy
--
--  PATHLENGTH returns the length of a path column
--  PATHCONTAINS checks if a path column contains a value
DEFINE
    COLUMN Account[AccountPath] = PATH ( Account[AccountKey], Account[ParentAccountKey] )
    COLUMN Account[PathLength] = PATHLENGTH ( Account[AccountPath] )
    COLUMN Account[PathContains2] = PATHCONTAINS ( Account[AccountPath], 2 )
EVALUATE
    Account
ORDER BY [AccountPath]
AccountKey ParentAccountKey AccountName AccountPath PathLength PathContains2
1 (Blank) Profit and Loss after tax 1 1 false
19 1 Taxation 1|19 2 false
24 1 Profit and Loss before tax 1|24 2 false
2 24 Income 1|24|2 3 true
4 2 Sale Revenue 1|24|2|4 4 true
3 24 Expense 1|24|3 3 false
5 3 Cost of Goods Sold 1|24|3|5 4 false
6 3 Selling, General & Administrative Expenses 1|24|3|6 4 false
10 6 Light, Heat, Communication Cost 1|24|3|6|10 5 false
11 6 Property Costs 1|24|3|6|11 5 false
12 6 Other Expenses 1|24|3|6|12 5 false
13 6 Marketing Cost 1|24|3|6|13 5 false
14 13 Holiday Ad Cost 1|24|3|6|13|14 6 false
20 14 Radio & TV 1|24|3|6|13|14|20 7 false
21 14 Print 1|24|3|6|13|14|21 7 false
22 14 Internet 1|24|3|6|13|14|22 7 false
23 14 Other 1|24|3|6|13|14|23 7 false
15 13 Spring Ad Cost 1|24|3|6|13|15 6 false
16 13 Back-to-School Ad Cost 1|24|3|6|13|16 6 false
17 13 Business Ad Cost 1|24|3|6|13|17 6 false
18 13 Tax Time / Summer Ad Cost 1|24|3|6|13|18 6 false
7 6 Administration Expense 1|24|3|6|7 5 false
8 6 IT Cost 1|24|3|6|8 5 false
9 6 Human Capital 1|24|3|6|9 5 false

Related articles

Learn more about PATHLENGTH in the following articles:

  • Parent-Child Hierarchies

    DAX does not directly support parent-child hierarchies. To obtain a browsable hierarchy in the data model, you have to naturalize a parent-child hierarchy. DAX provides specific functions to naturalize a parent-child hierarchy using calculated columns. The complete pattern also includes measures that improve the visualization of ragged hierarchies in Power Pivot. » Read more

Related functions

Other related functions are:

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

Contributors: Alberto Ferrari, Marco Russo

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

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Not recommended

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Deprecated

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Deprecated

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