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Finding minimum value in a row with several columns
Probably a simple Question but I struggle for a while now to find a solution.
In a Table with several columns I want to find out the smallest value in a row and fill in the columns name.
In Excel quite an easy task but using PowerBI I can't find a solution.
To complicate the task I just want to select the columns name if the content is bigger than 0/null
Any idea how to create the formula or the column "NextAnchor"?
Since I'm relatively new to PowerBI and PowerQuery I'd appreciate also some step-by-step approach and hope to understand and learn :)
HI fishboneox
Please try this calculated column. replace Table1 with your Table Name
Column = VAR temp = { ( "Anchor1", Table1[Anchor_1] ), ( "Anchor2", Table1[Anchor_2] ), ( "Anchor3", Table1[Anchor_3] ), ( "Anchor4", Table1[Anchor_4] ) } VAR MinValue = MINX ( FILTER ( temp, [Value2] <> 0 ), [Value2] ) RETURN MINX ( FILTER ( temp, [Value2] = MinValue ), [Value1] )
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- Zubair_Muhammad
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HI fishboneox
Please try this calculated column. replace Table1 with your Table Name
Column = VAR temp = { ( "Anchor1", Table1[Anchor_1] ), ( "Anchor2", Table1[Anchor_2] ), ( "Anchor3", Table1[Anchor_3] ), ( "Anchor4", Table1[Anchor_4] ) } VAR MinValue = MINX ( FILTER ( temp, [Value2] <> 0 ), [Value2] ) RETURN MINX ( FILTER ( temp, [Value2] = MinValue ), [Value1] )- Zubair_Muhammad
if there are 2 or more columns that meet the criteria and you want to get the names of both... then you can use this formula :smileytongue:
Column 2 = VAR temp = { ( "Anchor1", Table1[Anchor_1] ), ( "Anchor2", Table1[Anchor_2] ), ( "Anchor3", Table1[Anchor_3] ), ( "Anchor4", Table1[Anchor_4] ) } VAR MinValue = MINX ( FILTER ( temp, [Value2] <> 0 ), [Value2] ) RETURN CONCATENATEX ( FILTER ( temp, [Value2] = MinValue ), [Value1], ", " )- Zubair_Muhammad
Following post shows another way of doing the same..using combination of Power Query and DAX
http://www.excelnaccess.com/finding-the-column-name-with-max-or-min-value/
thanks a lot for your amazing answer. The provided solution works as is should.
Also thank you for the further information you have provided. :)
