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Count Number of Occurrences Before Specific Field Then Reset


In either the Data Load editor or a measure in a table in Qlik Sense I am trying to count the number of distinct results for each UserID before the Result = "Cat" occurs.

Source Table

UserID Date Result
A 2/17/22 Goat
A 2/18/22 Goat
A 2/19/22 Dog
A 2/20/22 Cat
A 2/21/22 Dog
A 2/22/22 Cat
B 2/19/22 Dog
B 2/20/22 Cat

Expected Result Table

UserID # Results Before Cat
A 1.5
B 1

Explanation UserID = A would be 1.5 because it is an average of 2 distinct results (Goat & Dog before Cat) then another occurrence of 1 Dog before Cat UserID = B would be 1 since there was only one distinct Result before Cat


Solution

  • Have a look at the annotated script below.

    Once ran the output will be:

    result

    table viewer

    // Load directly from SO
    WebData:
    Load
        // create increment per UserID
        if(UserID <> Peek(UserID), 1, peek(Increment) + 1) as Increment,
        RecNo() as Record,
        UserID,
        Date, 
        Result
    From
        [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78189164/count-number-of-occurrences-before-specific-field-then-reset]
        (html, utf8, UserAgent is 'Mozilla/5.0', embedded labels, table is @1)
    ;
    
    // per UserID find whish is the min Increment
    // number for Cat records
    MinIncrement:
    Load
        min(Increment) as MinIncrement,
        UserID
    Resident
        WebData
    Where
        Result = 'Cat'
    Group By
        UserID
    ;
    
    // join back to the WebData
    join (WebData) Load * Resident MinIncrement;
    
    
    // find how many distinct Result values
    // exists before the min Cat record
    Temp1:
    Load
        Count(distinct Result) as ResultCount,
        UserID
    Where
        IncludeFlag = 1
    Group By UserID
    ;
    Load
        if(Increment < MinIncrement, 1, 0) as IncludeFlag,
        UserID,
        Result
    Resident
        WebData
    ;
    
    // join the MinIncrement value
    // so we can have the record number
    // of the Cat record (per UserID)
    join
    
    Load
        UserID,
        MinIncrement
    Resident
        MinIncrement
    ;
    
    // we dont need this table anymore
    Drop Tables MinIncrement;
    
    // calculate the final result
    FinalResult:
    Load
        UserID,
        (MinIncrement - 1) / ResultCount as FinalResult
    Resident
        Temp1
    ;
    
    // we dont need the following tables and fields anymore
    Drop Table Temp1;
    Drop Fields Increment, MinIncrement From WebData;