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In the measure below, I have reused the DAX expression in blue which is working elsewhere in my model just fine. I want to now add a filter (i.e., [CATEGORY] <> "Dateline"), but don't have the DAX syntax correct because now I am getting this "LOOKUPVALUE' usage error.
I cannot figure out what the correct syntax is. Any help on this?
If I am not mistaken (it's a screenshot and has inconvenient formating) the SWITCH statement is the second argument to your CALCULATE.
CALCULATE arguements (after the first) should be true/false tables that are used a s filter context for the calculation. Your SWITCH does not return a true/false table, it returns a number, e.g. 13. So your CALCULATE is equivalent to:
CALCULATE( FILTER (...,...), 13)
This is the error, described in the yellow error message as well.
hi @Anonymous
please paste your code as text firstly
Here is the code. What I am trying to accomplish is to have the SWITCH statement calculate for all the categories except the Dateline (which I have to include in the visual-level slicer because that category is used elsewhere in the visual on a secondary axis).
Amount SC Switch 2 =
CALCULATE(
filter('Final Spend', 'Final Spend'[CATEGORY] <> "Dateline"),
SWITCH(TRUE(),
MAXx('Final Spend', [Project Status])="Approved", sumx(FILTER('Final Spend','Final Spend'[Project Status] = "Approved"&&'Final Spend'[CATEGORY]<>"Dateline"),'Final Spend'[Amount USD])*(-1)*LOOKUPVALUE('Currency_Exchange_Rate'[ExchRate],'Currency_Exchange_Rate'[Currency],max('Currency_Exchange_Rate'[Currency])),
MAXx('Final Spend', [Project Status])="Completed", sumx(FILTER('Final Spend','Final Spend'[Project Status] = "Completed"&&'Final Spend'[CATEGORY]<>"Dateline"),'Final Spend'[Amount USD])*(-1)*LOOKUPVALUE('Currency_Exchange_Rate'[ExchRate],'Currency_Exchange_Rate'[Currency],max('Currency_Exchange_Rate'[Currency])),
MAXx('Final Spend', [Project Status])="Intake", sumx(FILTER('Final Spend','Final Spend'[Project Status] = "Intake"&&'Final Spend'[CATEGORY]<>"Dateline"),'Final Spend'[Amount USD])*LOOKUPVALUE('Currency_Exchange_Rate'[ExchRate],'Currency_Exchange_Rate'[Currency],max('Currency_Exchange_Rate'[Currency])),
MAXx('Final Spend', [Project Status])="Prioritized", sumx(FILTER('Final Spend','Final Spend'[Project Status] = "Prioritized"&&'Final Spend'[CATEGORY]<>"Dateline"),'Final Spend'[Amount USD])*LOOKUPVALUE('Currency_Exchange_Rate'[ExchRate],'Currency_Exchange_Rate'[Currency],max('Currency_Exchange_Rate'[Currency]))
)
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