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Return top 5 items instead of all items with top 5 values in table

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 06:42:14 GMT

Dear Team,

Could you please help me with the following issue.

I have risks list. Each risk in the list has its score. I need to create a table which will reflect 5 top items based on score. I tried to use Top N filter in Power BI, but it returns 5 top values, which are repeated. But I need it to return 5 top items.

For Example, based on list below I need to retur 6 lines Risks from 09 to 14 (6th line have to be returned too as it is equal to value for 5th item).

Risk01 1

Risk02 1

Risk03 2

Risk04 2

Risk05 3

Risk06 3

Risk07 4

Risk08 4

Risk09 5

Risk10 5

Risk11 6

Risk12 6

Risk13 7

Risk14 7

Can you please help me with the issue please.

I am not attaching the orignal file as it is huge in volume.

Re: Return top 5 items instead of all items with top 5 values in table

AbbasG — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 04:47:42 GMT

Anonymous as per my understanding the Top 5 items by risk is 10 to 14. (and the TOP 5 filter does show repetitive values).

However, for your desired outcome you can try the TOP 6 instead of the TOP 5

Hope it helps 🙂

Re: Return top 5 items instead of all items with top 5 values in table

william1234 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 11:14:13 GMT

Use a measure to find the 5th highest score, then filter all risks with a score greater than or equal to it.

Top 5 Risks =
VAR Cutoff =
    MINX(
        TOPN(5, ALL(Risks[Score]), Risks[Score], DESC),
        Risks[Score]
    )
RETURN
IF(MAX(Risks[Score]) >= Cutoff, 1, 0)

Add Top 5 Risks = 1 as a visual filter.

This will include ties, so scores 7, 6, and 5 will all appear (Risk09–Risk14).