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MarkPalmberg
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3 years ago
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Tabular Editor Format String Expression help

Hi.   I'm new to Tabular Editor and calculation groups, and I'm wondering if I might get some advice.   I have a table containing a dimension that controls dynamic measure selection in my PBIX. I...
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    MarkPalmberg
    3 years ago

    Well, the (a) solution appears to be to not use SELECTEDMEASURENAME() in the Format String Expression box but to use the SELECTEDVALUE() from my Measure Dimensions table. Like:

     

    VAR DOLLARS = 
    SWITCH(
        TRUE(),
        SELECTEDVALUE('Measure Dimensions'[Dimension]) = "Accepted Sum",1,
        SELECTEDVALUE('Measure Dimensions'[Dimension]) = "Ask Sum",1,
        0
    )
VAR SumFormat = ( "$#,#.00")
VAR CountFormat = ( "(#,0)")
RETURN 
    IF (DOLLARS,SumFormat,CountFormat)

     

    Thanks again for your time looking at this, Anonymous ! I really appreciate it and am sorry to have wasted it!

     

    EDIT: Here's the post that finally got through my thick skull.

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Anonymous
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3 years ago

Hi MarkPalmberg ,

Please have a try.

My sample measure.

Measure = IF(MAX('Table'[Column1])>20,FORMAT(MAX('Table'[Column1]),"$#,0.00"),FORMAT(MAX('Table'[Column1]),"#,0"))

You can change you measure.

VAR DOLLARS = 
    SWITCH(
        TRUE(),
        SELECTEDMEASURENAME() = "Accepted Sum",1,
        SELECTEDMEASURENAME()  = "Ask Sum",1,
        0
    )
VAR SumFormat = FORMAT(MAX('Table'[Column]),"$#,0.00")
VAR CountFormat = FORMAT(MAX('Table'[Column1]),"#,0")
RETURN 
    IF (DOLLARS,SumFormat,CountFormat)

If it does not help, please provide more details with your desired output and pbix file without privacy information (or some sample data) .

 

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MarkPalmberg
Kudo Commander
3 years ago

Thank you for the reply, Anonymous . I think I did a poor job of explaining my desired final result; I apologize. It's a matrix visual and accompanying measure slicer. The measure slicer displays the values in the unrelated Measure Dimensions table in my PBIX:

Measure Dimensions = {
    ("Accepted Sum",1),
    ("Ask Sum",2),
    ("Expected Sum",3),
    ("Accepted Count",4),
    ("Ask Count",5),
    ("Expected Count",6)
}

Which contains, in turn, a measure called Measure Selection:

Measure Selection = 
IF(ISCROSSFILTERED('Measure Dimensions'[Dimension]),
SWITCH(TRUE(),
    VALUES('Measure Dimensions'[Dimension]) = "Accepted Sum",[Accepted Amount],
    VALUES('Measure Dimensions'[Dimension]) = "Expected Sum",[Expected Ask Amount],
    VALUES('Measure Dimensions'[Dimension]) = "Ask Sum",[Ask Amount],
    VALUES('Measure Dimensions'[Dimension]) = "Accepted Count",[Accepted Ask Count],
    VALUES('Measure Dimensions'[Dimension]) = "Expected Count",[Expected Ask Count],
    VALUES('Measure Dimensions'[Dimension]) = "Ask Count",[Asks Made Count],
    BLANK()
),BLANK()
)

Each of the measures referenced there is from my main Measures table in my PBIX. I created a Time Intelligence calculation group with a couple calcuation items that I'd like to display in my matrix. When I select a measure in my slicer that's a count, I want the format to be "#,0". When I select a measure that's a sum, I want the format to be "$#,#.00".

 

So when I make this selection, I expect to see whole numbers with a comma (where applicable):

When I make this selection, I'd like to see floats out to 2 digits and a dollar sign:

FWIW, the YoY% format is set via the Format String Expression in the YoY% calculation item in Tabular Editor:

I've tried setting the Format String Expression for the "Current" calculation item in Tabular Editor thusly:

VAR DOLLARS = 
    SWITCH(
        TRUE(),
        SELECTEDMEASURENAME() = "Accepted Sum",1,
        SELECTEDMEASURENAME()  = "Ask Sum",1,
        0
    )
//VAR SumFormat = ( "$#,#.00") --excluded for testing
//VAR CountFormat = ( "(#,0)") --excluded for testing
RETURN 
    IF (DOLLARS,"$#,#.00","#,0")

and this expression does seem to be applying the comma (I made sure the settings for the measure in the PBIX are set to not display a comma), but it's not applying the $ sign.

 

I was looking at this yesterday afternoon and wonder if my resolution is that I need to create another calculation group in Tabular Editor to house my measures, then use those measures in my matrix. I've only read through that article 5 times now, so I'll need some time to read it five more times, which is the average number of times I need to read a SQLBI article before I understand it. ðŸ¤£

 

Thanks again for taking the time to look at this issue.