SUBSTITUTEWITHINDEX DAX Function (Table manipulation)

Returns a table which represents the semijoin of two tables supplied and for which the common set of columns are replaced by a 0-based index column. The index is based on the rows of the second table sorted by specified order expressions.

Syntax

SUBSTITUTEWITHINDEX ( <Table>, <Name>, <SemiJoinIndexTable>, <Expression> [, [<Order>] [, <Expression> [, [<Order>] [, … ] ] ] ] )

Parameter	Attributes	Description
Table		Table to be modified.
Name		A name of the column to be added to the first table.
SemiJoinIndexTable		Table that will be ordered and used to calculate index and to join with the first argument.
Expression Row Context	Repeatable	Order by expression for the second parameter (SemiJoinIndexTable).
Order	Optional Repeatable	The order to be applied. 0/FALSE/DESC – descending; 1/TRUE/ASC – ascending.

Return values

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

A table which includes only those values present in the indexColumnsTable table and which has an index column instead of all columns present (by name) in the indexColumnsTable table.

Last update: Oct 20, 2018 » Contribute » Show contributors

Contributors: Alberto Ferrari, Marco Russo

MSDN documentation: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/query-bi/dax/substitutewithindex-function-dax