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CONCATENATEX

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Concatenates the result of an expression evaluated for each row in a table.

Syntax

CONCATENATEX(<table>, <expression>[, <delimiter> [, <orderBy_expression> [, <order>]]...])

Parameters

Term Definition
table The table containing the rows for which the expression will be evaluated.
expression The expression to be evaluated for each row of table.
delimiter (Optional) A separator to use during concatenation.
orderBy_expression (Optional) Any DAX expression where the result value is used to sort the concatenated values in the output string. It is evaluated for each row of table.
order (Optional) A value that specifies how to sort orderBy_expression values, ascending or descending.

The optional order parameter accepts the following values:

Value Alternate Values Description
0 (zero) FALSE, DESC Sorts in descending order of values of orderBy_expression. This is the default value when the order parameter is omitted.
1 TRUE, ASC Sorts in ascending order of values of orderBy_expression.

Return value

A concatenated string.

Remarks

  • This function takes as its first argument a table or an expression that returns a table. The second argument is a column that contains the values you want to concatenate, or an expression that returns a value.

  • Concatenated values are not necessarily sorted in any particular order, unless orderBy_expression is specified.

  • This function is not supported for use in DirectQuery mode when used in calculated columns or row-level security (RLS) rules.

Example

Employees table

FirstName LastName
Alan Brewer
Michael Blythe

The following formula:

= CONCATENATEX(Employees, [FirstName] & " " & [LastName], ",")

Returns:
"Alan Brewer, Michael Blythe"