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Hello everyone,
my objective is to create a measure that show best N values and the sum of others, in a context of dashboard where, as the user click a measure, the graphics change the content.
Moreover, the dataset is of huge dimension, that makes it harder and also the performance should be considered.
Here is a semplification and explanation:
| SALES | ||||
| ProductID | Sales | Quantity | Profit | Discount |
| A1 | 210 | 3 | 30 | 0 |
| A1 | 70 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| A2 | 180 | 2 | 40 | 0,2 |
| B1 | 50 | 2 | 7 | 0,4 |
| B2 | 70 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| B2 | 140 | 14 | 18 | 0 |
The fact table has many dimensions that are related to the final dashboard; to make the dashboard dynamic, I create a SWITCH measure that refers to an unrelated table, that looks like this:
| DIMENSION |
| TotalSales |
| TotalQuanity |
| TotalProfit |
| TotalDiscount |
its aim is to calculate each dimension, based on the user selection.
I tried many different approaches but really can't get how to make it working as I want;
Hope that I've been exhaustive,
Thanks to everyone that answers,
Dario.
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This article might be what you are looking for.
https://blog.gbrueckl.at/2019/05/power-bi-dynamic-topn-others-with-drill-down/
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This article might be what you are looking for.
https://blog.gbrueckl.at/2019/05/power-bi-dynamic-topn-others-with-drill-down/
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Thanks, it is good, but I m looking for something better in terms of performance
Best to work with calculated columns then. Do a topn and add a new column with an IF statement of the product name or label it as other. This is not dynamic / will be calculated at load time, but will perform way better.
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Were you able to solve this one?
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