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arosenberg
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Multiple Column Filter

Hello I am attempting to create a filter based on the below table. The goal would be create a filter with all the distinct values in the column Manager1 and use that as a filter for all four columns...
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    Anonymous
    1 year ago

    Hi, arosenberg 

    Thank you for your swift response. Based on the data structure you’ve provided, I have two proposals:
     

    Before we begin with either option, we need to prepare the slicer. Therefore, I have created the following calculation table to generate columns for all managers, which will serve as the slicer.

    Table 2 = 
     VAR n1=SELECTCOLUMNS('Table',"1",'Table'[Manager1])
     VAR n2=SELECTCOLUMNS('Table',"1",'Table'[Manager2])
     VAR n3=SELECTCOLUMNS('Table',"1",'Table'[Manager3])
     VAR n4=SELECTCOLUMNS('Table',"1",'Table'[Manager4])
    RETURN DISTINCT(UNION(n1,n2,n3,n4))


     

     

    Of course, this step's calculation table can also be processed using Power Query. Below are the detailed M language instructions:

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45Wcs0tyMmvTE1VcFTSUTI0AhLOOZmpeSVgfkBRfkppMoRtAsQWQOybmJeYnlrkiGA6IZjOCKaLUqwOHuOdkIx3otx4kCJjE+zGO0KNtsBhkI6SAhijGAhSYWqGMNAZzb1GeqZA0hxMYphE0DQ3JNNA2owpMg05qkByhiSZBpIyt0CY5oJmGlrQ4YoODHNdgUKWBghzXdH8jGauK4Lpht2hIGFDQ+yB6ESiQ2MB", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [em = _t, #"em #" = _t, Client = _t, Product = _t, Hours = _t, #"Sum Hours" = _t, Manager1 = _t, Manager2 = _t, Manager3 = _t, Manager4 = _t]),
        #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"em", type text}, {"em #", Int64.Type}, {"Client", type text}, {"Product", type text}, {"Hours", type number}, {"Sum Hours", type number}, {"Manager1", type text}, {"Manager2", type text}, {"Manager3", type text}, {"Manager4", type text}}),
        #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Changed Type",{"em #", "Client", "Product", "Hours", "Sum Hours"}),
        #"Unpivoted Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Removed Columns", {"em"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
        #"Removed Columns1" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Unpivoted Columns",{"em", "Attribute"}),
        #"Removed Duplicates" = Table.Distinct(#"Removed Columns1")
    in
        #"Removed Duplicates"
    

    1.For the first proposal:

    Firstly, you will need to select these fields in Power Query and then merge them.

    Secondly, please use the following measures and apply them to the filters of the visual objects:

    MEASURE =
    IF (
        ISFILTERED ( 'Table 2'[1] ),
        IF ( CONTAINSSTRING ( MAX ( 'Table'[Merged] ), MAX ( 'Table 2'[1] ) ), 1, 0 ),
        1
    )
    

     

    Here are the final results:

    2.For the second proposal:

    You can directly use the following measures and apply them to the filters of the visual objects:

    Measure2 =
    VAR cc1 =
        MAX ( 'Table 2'[1] )
    RETURN
        IF (
            ISFILTERED ( 'Table 2'[1] ),
            IF (
                CONTAINS ( 'Table', 'Table'[Manager1], cc1 )
                    || CONTAINS ( 'Table', 'Table'[Manager2], cc1 )
                    || CONTAINS ( 'Table', 'Table'[Manager3], cc1 )
                    || CONTAINS ( 'Table', 'Table'[Manager4], cc1 ),
                1,
                0
            ),
            1
        )
    

     

    Here are the final results:

    Please find the attached pbix relevant to the case.

     

    Best Regards,

    Leroy Lu

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