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wheelsshark
Frequent Visitor

DAX function

Hi 

I have a datatable like

wheelsshark_0-1679541042763.png

 

in Power BI I have a dax function to find Max of each Town(T1, T2, T3) - it gives (201,200,200). Depending on the slicer selection it shows this value

HighestTotal =
MAXX(
    KEEPFILTERS(VALUES('tempdumpdata'[Total])),
    CALCULATE(SUM('tempdumpdata'[Total]))
)

And Depending on this selection I write another DAX to diplay the related Town in another card,

LookUpTown = LOOKUPVALUE(
    tempdumpdata[Town],
    tempdumpdata[Total],
    [HighestTotal])

I get error when I try to get the Town for highest value 200, bz, T2 and T3 have highest value as 200. I see error like - 

"A table of multiple values was supplied where a single value was expected."

what should i do in this case

2 ACCEPTED SOLUTIONS
wdx223_Daniel
Super User
Super User

if the lookup value is duplicated, lookupvalue will get a error.

LookupTown=VAR _h=[HighestTotal] RETURN CONCATENATEX(FILTER('tempdumpdata','tempdumpdata'[Total]=_h),'tempdumpdata'[Town],",")

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Anonymous
Not applicable

HI @wheelsshark,

Perhaps you can add a new condition to compare with the name field and selection to filter the result.

LookupTown =
VAR _h = [HighestTotal]
VAR selection =
    VALUES ( Table[Name] )
RETURN
    CONCATENATEX (
        FILTER ( 'tempdumpdata', 'tempdumpdata'[Total] = _h && [Name] IN selection ),
        'tempdumpdata'[Town],
        ","
    )

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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wheelsshark
Frequent Visitor

Thank you Daniel, it works. But I cant understand.


Highest Total is 200 for C1, while var _h is 200
Return concatenatex(filter('tempdumpdata', 'tempdumpdata'[Total] = 200), 'tempdumpdata[Town] - this gives T3 and T2. I need only T3.

bz the slicer selection is C1. Can you help me understand

 

the function of LOOKUPVALUE do not consider any filters outsider. it always lookup all the table.

Anonymous
Not applicable

HI @wheelsshark,

Perhaps you can add a new condition to compare with the name field and selection to filter the result.

LookupTown =
VAR _h = [HighestTotal]
VAR selection =
    VALUES ( Table[Name] )
RETURN
    CONCATENATEX (
        FILTER ( 'tempdumpdata', 'tempdumpdata'[Total] = _h && [Name] IN selection ),
        'tempdumpdata'[Town],
        ","
    )

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

wdx223_Daniel
Super User
Super User

if the lookup value is duplicated, lookupvalue will get a error.

LookupTown=VAR _h=[HighestTotal] RETURN CONCATENATEX(FILTER('tempdumpdata','tempdumpdata'[Total]=_h),'tempdumpdata'[Town],",")

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