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Multiple Column Match and Lookupvalue
I have two table, Table1 has a list of employees and Table2 has a list of courses completed by each employee as shown below.
Table1
| Employee List |
| Employee A |
| Employee B |
| Employee C |
| Employee D |
| Employee E |
| Employee F |
Table2
| Employee | Course Name | Course Date |
| Employee A | Course 1 | 01-02-20 |
| Employee A | Course 2 | 02-02-20 |
| Employee A | Course 3 | 03-02-20 |
| Employee A | Course 3 | 04-02-20 |
| Employee A | Course 3 | 05-02-20 |
| Employee B | Course 1 | 12-01-20 |
| Employee B | Course 2 | 13-01-20 |
| Employee B | Course 3 | 14-01-20 |
| Employee B | Course 2 | 15-01-20 |
| Employee C | Course 1 | 17-01-20 |
| Employee C | Course 2 | 18-01-20 |
| Employee C | Course 3 | 19-01-20 |
| Employee D | Course 1 | 05-01-20 |
| Employee D | Course 2 | 06-01-20 |
| Employee D | Course 3 | 07-01-20 |
I want to see the latest course date by each course for each employee and blank if a employee dont have a record, something that results like below. Please help.
| Employee List | Course 1 | Course 2 | Course 3 |
| Employee A | 01-02-20 | 02-02-20 | 05-02-20 |
| Employee B | 12-01-20 | 15-01-20 | 14-01-20 |
| Employee C | 17-01-20 | 18-01-20 | 19-01-20 |
| Employee D | 05-01-20 | 06-01-20 | 07-01-20 |
| Employee E | |||
| Employee F |
Hi Anonymous
try to create a new calculated table
LastCourseTable = SUMMARIZE( Table2, Table2[Employee], Table2[Course Name], "Last Date", MAX(Table2[Course Date]) )then create a relationship Table1 - LastCourseTable
by Employee coulmn
then create a matrix visual with:
Rows - Table1[Employee List] (set Showitems with no data) in row parameter
Columns - LastCourseTable[Course Name]
Values - LastCourseTable[Last Date]
do not hesitate to give a kudo to useful posts and mark solutions as solution
You don't really need to create a measure to obtain the desired result.
All you need is to create a relationship between table 1 and table 2 on the employee columns, create a matrix visual with:
Rows: Table 1 Employee List
Columns: Table 2 Course Name
Values: Course Date
Then you need to select Latest for the values:
Alternatively, you can create a measure to calculate the latest date: Latest Date = Max(Table2[Course Date]) and put it in values instead
then, select Show items with no data for the rows:
and then, remove the subtotals:
the end result should be something like this:
I suggest that you create a table just for the courses list and link it to Table 2 so that your matrix can also show courses not completed by any employee.
I hope this helps.
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You don't really need to create a measure to obtain the desired result.
All you need is to create a relationship between table 1 and table 2 on the employee columns, create a matrix visual with:
Rows: Table 1 Employee List
Columns: Table 2 Course Name
Values: Course Date
Then you need to select Latest for the values:
Alternatively, you can create a measure to calculate the latest date: Latest Date = Max(Table2[Course Date]) and put it in values instead
then, select Show items with no data for the rows:
and then, remove the subtotals:
the end result should be something like this:
I suggest that you create a table just for the courses list and link it to Table 2 so that your matrix can also show courses not completed by any employee.
I hope this helps.
Hi Anonymous
try to create a new calculated table
LastCourseTable = SUMMARIZE( Table2, Table2[Employee], Table2[Course Name], "Last Date", MAX(Table2[Course Date]) )then create a relationship Table1 - LastCourseTable
by Employee coulmn
then create a matrix visual with:
Rows - Table1[Employee List] (set Showitems with no data) in row parameter
Columns - LastCourseTable[Course Name]
Values - LastCourseTable[Last Date]
do not hesitate to give a kudo to useful posts and mark solutions as solution
To clarify, you are looking to create a data table that will have the same information as the matrix visual?