# Count - chart function

Count() is used to aggregate the number of values, text and numeric, in each chart dimension.

Syntax:

Count({[SetExpression] [DISTINCT] [TOTAL [<fld {,fld}>]]} expr)

Return data type: integer

Arguments:

Arguments

| Argument | Description |
| --- | --- |
| expr | The expression or field containing the data to be measured. |
| SetExpression | By default, the aggregation function<br>will aggregate over the set of possible records defined by the selection.<br>An alternative set of records can be defined by a set analysis<br>expression. |
| DISTINCT | If the word<br>DISTINCT occurs before the function<br>arguments, duplicates resulting from the evaluation of the function arguments are disregarded. |
| TOTAL | If the word<br>TOTAL occurs before the function<br>arguments, the calculation is made over all possible values given<br>the current selections, and not just those that pertain to the current dimensional value, that is, it disregards the chart dimensions.<br><br>By using TOTAL [&lt;fld {.fld}&gt;], where the TOTAL qualifier is followed by a list of one or more field names as a subset of the chart dimension variables, you create a subset of the total possible values.<br><br>[Defining the aggregation scope](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2025/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/ChartFunctions/define-aggregation-scope.htm) |

Examples and results:

Data

| Customer | Product | OrderNumber | UnitSales | Unit Price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Astrida | AA | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| Astrida | AA | 7 | 10 | 15 |
| Astrida | BB | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| Betacab | BB | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| Betacab | CC | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| Betacab | DD | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Canutility | AA | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| Canutility | CC |  |  | 19 |
| Divadip | AA | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| Divadip | DD | 3 |  | 25 |

The following examples assume that all customers are selected, except where stated.

Examples and results

| Example | Result |
| --- | --- |
| `Count(OrderNumber)` | 10, because there are 10 fields that could have a value for OrderNumber, and all records, even empty ones, are counted.<br><br>Information note"0" counts as a value and not an empty cell. However, if a measure aggregates to 0 for a dimension, that dimension will not be included in charts. |
| `Count(Customer)` | 10, because Count evaluates the number of occurrences in all fields. |
| `Count(DISTINCT [Customer])` | 4, because using the Distinct qualifier, Count only evaluates unique occurrences. |
| Given that customer Canutility is selected<br><br><br>`Count(OrderNumber)/Count({1} TOTAL OrderNumber)` | 0.2, because the expression returns the number of orders from the selected customer as a percentage of orders from all customers. In this case 2 / 10. |
| Given that customers Astrida and Canutility are selected<br><br>`Count(TOTAL <Product> OrderNumber)` | 5, because that is the number of orders placed on products for the selected customers only and empty cells are counted. |

Data used in examples:

`Temp:` `LOAD * inline [` `Customer|Product|OrderNumber|UnitSales|UnitPrice` `Astrida|AA|1|4|16` `Astrida|AA|7|10|15` `Astrida|BB|4|9|9` `Betacab|CC|6|5|10` `Betacab|AA|5|2|20` `Betacab|BB|1|25|  25` `Canutility|AA|3|8|15` `Canutility|CC|||19` `Divadip|CC|2|4|16` `Divadip|DD|3|1|25` `] (delimiter is '|');`