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Dynamic Group that can be pulled into summary measures Power BI

jbaisley — Fri, 05 May 2023 12:29:33 GMT

DAX is my enemy and I am struggling to parse solutions to similar problems and apply the learning. So if this is re-treading group I do apologise but am very grateful for the help.

I have a reference table that is the primary slicer for my entire Power BI file. This table has a repeated index for all UK local authorities (LA's) and their associated comparators. It looks like like:

LA Index LA Comparator

Barking and Dagenham	Southwark
Barking and Dagenham	Tower Hamlets
Barking and Dagenham	Lambeth
Barking and Dagenham	Barking and Dagenham
Barnet	Harrow
Barnet	Redbridge
Barnet	Enfield

So a slicer will allow a user to select an LA from the `LA Index` but what we want is for the `LA Comparator` list for use in visuals. Then we want to select those `LA Comparators` when they appear in other data tables for the purposes of summary for a group. Acting a filter. So if the user selected Barking and Dagenham a sperate table of population might then like this:

LA Average Pop

Southwark	10000
Tower Hamlets	15000
Lambeth	4000
Barking and Dagenham	5000

But then summarise that into an average of 8500 that can be used in a Card or KPI visual.

Even better if I could use that grouping in something like a sunburst visual with the outer rings being the comparators and inner ring being the selected LA.

Bascially, how can I make `LA Comparators` a dynmic variable I can use across anything. I hope that is clear. Happy to answer any questions anyone might have.

Re: Dynamic Group that can be pulled into summary measures Power BI

tamerj1 — Fri, 05 May 2023 13:35:34 GMT

Hi jbaisley

as per you description, a simple AVERAGE should do.

Re: Dynamic Group that can be pulled into summary measures Power BI

jbaisley — Fri, 05 May 2023 14:37:32 GMT

tamerj1 thanks desn't explain how I get the comparators to act as a group.

Re: Dynamic Group that can be pulled into summary measures Power BI

tamerj1 — Fri, 05 May 2023 14:52:44 GMT

jbaisley

Place tge column in a table visual along with the measure

Re: Dynamic Group that can be pulled into summary measures Power BI

jbaisley — Fri, 05 May 2023 15:02:40 GMT

Hello tamerj1 I don't think I have explained the issue clearly. I don't want a table. I want to create a measure that will filter the necessary values to the LA Comparators of my selected value and summarise just those ones into a single measure. Jsut trying you soultion give me this.

And yes, that works for a Card visual, but not for a KPI or anyhting else that requires a group as I need it to be a singlar value. For exmaple. If I also droped that into a bar chart it looks like this:

I don't want individual bar for each comparator. I want a singualr bar that would be a average or some other transofrmation of those groups so that I can show it along side other metircs.

Re: Dynamic Group that can be pulled into summary measures Power BI

tamerj1 — Fri, 05 May 2023 15:38:40 GMT

jbaisley

Not 100% sure I understand your requirement. I mean If you want to see a single value in the column chart then remove the column fron the chart (keep only the measure)

Re: Dynamic Group that can be pulled into summary measures Power BI

jbaisley — Tue, 09 May 2023 07:46:21 GMT

Let stry it this way. If I wanted to take the original table:

LA Index	LA Comparator
Barking and Dagenham	Southwark
Barking and Dagenham	Tower Hamlets
Barking and Dagenham	Lambeth
Barking and Dagenham	Barking and Dagenham
Barnet	Harrow
Barnet	Redbridge
Barnet	Enfield

Filter it to Barking and Dagenham:

LA Index	LA Comparator
Barking and Dagenham	Southwark
Barking and Dagenham	Tower Hamlets
Barking and Dagenham	Lambeth
Barking and Dagenham	Barking and Dagenham

Now I need to produce a cross table summary for a starburst visual form another table:

LA Index	Percentage of Popualtion
Southwark	20%
Barking and Dagenham	50%
Tower Hamlets	10%
Lambeth	10%

The cross table needs to be the selected value 'Barking and Dagenham', and the other group needs to the others grouped togehter as an average:

LA Index	Percentage of Popualtion
Comparators	15%
Barking and Dagenham	50%

How do I get to the Other comparator group as a measure or value in a table I can use elsewhere.