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CrudenBoy
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6 years ago
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Issue with ALLSELECT

Hi I am fairly new to DAX and am having a problem doing an advance calculation. Without going into the full-blown explanation of cohort Surval Rate calculation, I have tried to focus on a small usin...
  • AllisonKennedy's avatar
    6 years ago

    CrudenBoy  What is it you are ultimately trying to acheive? Do GC0, GC1, etc actually need to be in separate columns? I'm wondering if you could use the EARLIER function to create a series of calculated columns in a GradeCode table that has each grade code listed once? 

    https://blog.enterprisedna.co/how-to-use-the-earlier-function-in-power-bi-a-dax-tutorial/

    Iterators might also help to lock in the row and table context that each measure needs to calculate within, rather than how they are now which is floating across the data model and recalculating depending on how you setup your table.

    https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2449191&seqNum=3

    EARLIER and Iterators might help you get what you need. 

     

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  • CrudenBoy's avatar
    CrudenBoy
    6 years ago

    Thank you very much for your feedback Anonymous AllisonKennedy  and vivran22 and let me apologise for my limited description of my problem. Alison's post was very useful as it made me read up about the filter context and row context and I have managed to make progress.