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Inconsistent filter context behavior in matrix visualization
doug_morris I think you are using a visual level filter and it is very well explained here. It is all about understanding how DAX works.
Super Userdoug_morris I think you are using a visual level filter and it is very well explained here. It is all about understanding how DAX works.
Thank you, this article addresses the issue. As it says in the article, "For a matrix visual, the filter granularity is defined by attributes applied to the Rows section of the matrix, ignoring the attributes applied to the Columns section." I think it's extremely non-intuitive for the matrix visualization to ignore Columns from the filter granularity. Simply changing row/column format without any change to the aggregation in a viz, I would not expect the effect of a filter to change. I guess the workarounds are to move the filter to a page-level filter (which won't work for measures) or to move the filtering into a DAX expression. Both seem to be muddled workarounds, but I guess that's what we have to live with given the design. Maybe there are good reasons the matrix viz was designed that way, but it's not clear to me.