Count if "YES" in 1 field or another in Tablean

Question

I am trying to create a calculated field in tableau that will count if one field OR another contains 'yes' - and then add the YES's together as a value.

I have tried CASE WHEN, IF, COUNTIF but I am having trouble as I have to have the OR in the calculated field.

Here is my last attempt that also failed:

COUNTIF([M-CROSSC (Cross Country)]) = 'YES' OR ([W-CROSSC (Cross Country)])= 'YES' THEN '1' END

Answer 1

Try this. Put the if statement inside the count().

COUNT(IF [M-CROSSC (Cross Country)] = 'YES' OR ([W-CROSSC (Cross Country)]= 'YES' THEN '1' END)

edited to remove extra ')' after each dimension.