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Evening,
I'm trying to add a value from a related table based on 2 columns values.
First Table (where I need the new column populated with coloured answer)
Unique Company | Rating 1 | Rating 2 | Rating 3 | Overall | |
A | (rating) | (rating) | (rating) | (rating) | |
B | (rating) | (rating) | (rating) | (rating) |
Related Table
Unique Company | Category | Rating |
A | Rating 1 | Good |
A | Rating 2 | Satisfactory |
A | Rating 3 | Very Good |
A | Overall | Good |
B | Rating 1 | Satisfactory |
B | Rating 2 | Adequate |
B | Rating 3 | Good |
B | Overall | Satisfactory |
I have tried using IF, Lookup and Switch but cannot get it quite right due to the multiple rows returning a result and breaking the query.
Any help appreciated
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Hi, @herbs
You can try the following methods.
Column:
Rating 1 =
CALCULATE(MAX('Table 1'[Rating]),FILTER('Table 1',[Unique Company]=EARLIER('Table 2'[Unique Company])&&[Category]="Rating 1"))
Rating 2 =
CALCULATE(MAX('Table 1'[Rating]),FILTER('Table 1',[Unique Company]=EARLIER('Table 2'[Unique Company])&&[Category]="Rating 2"))
Rating 3 =
CALCULATE(MAX('Table 1'[Rating]),FILTER('Table 1',[Unique Company]=EARLIER('Table 2'[Unique Company])&&[Category]="Rating 3"))
Overall =
CALCULATE(MAX('Table 1'[Rating]),FILTER('Table 1',[Unique Company]=EARLIER('Table 2'[Unique Company])&&[Category]="Overall"))
Measure:
Color 1 =
IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table 2'[Rating 1])="Good","Blue",IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table 2'[Rating 1])="Satisfactory","Magenta"))
Color 2 =
IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table 2'[Rating 2])="Satisfactory","Purple",IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table 2'[Rating 2])="Adequate","Brown"))
Color 3 =
IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table 2'[Rating 3])="Very Good","Green",IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table 2'[Rating 3])="Good","Red"))
Color 4 =
IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table 2'[Overall])="Good","Orange",IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table 2'[Overall])="Satisfactory","Black"))
Is this the result you expect?
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _Charlotte
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Thanks will give this a go and report back
Hi, @herbs
You can try the following methods.
Column:
Rating 1 =
CALCULATE(MAX('Table 1'[Rating]),FILTER('Table 1',[Unique Company]=EARLIER('Table 2'[Unique Company])&&[Category]="Rating 1"))
Rating 2 =
CALCULATE(MAX('Table 1'[Rating]),FILTER('Table 1',[Unique Company]=EARLIER('Table 2'[Unique Company])&&[Category]="Rating 2"))
Rating 3 =
CALCULATE(MAX('Table 1'[Rating]),FILTER('Table 1',[Unique Company]=EARLIER('Table 2'[Unique Company])&&[Category]="Rating 3"))
Overall =
CALCULATE(MAX('Table 1'[Rating]),FILTER('Table 1',[Unique Company]=EARLIER('Table 2'[Unique Company])&&[Category]="Overall"))
Measure:
Color 1 =
IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table 2'[Rating 1])="Good","Blue",IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table 2'[Rating 1])="Satisfactory","Magenta"))
Color 2 =
IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table 2'[Rating 2])="Satisfactory","Purple",IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table 2'[Rating 2])="Adequate","Brown"))
Color 3 =
IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table 2'[Rating 3])="Very Good","Green",IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table 2'[Rating 3])="Good","Red"))
Color 4 =
IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table 2'[Overall])="Good","Orange",IF(SELECTEDVALUE('Table 2'[Overall])="Satisfactory","Black"))
Is this the result you expect?
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _Charlotte
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hello
Unfortunately it doesn't work which i think is due to the table it is going into rather than the formula itself (creating a circular reference)
To help:
Table "Existing" as it looks currently
Unique Company | ||
A | ||
B |
Table "Ratings" as it looks currrently
Unique Company | Category | Rating |
A | Care | Good |
A | Team | Outstanding |
A | Happy | Good |
B | Care | Adequate |
B | Team | Adequate |
B | Happy | Poor |
C | Care | Outstanding |
C | Team | Outstanding |
C | Happy | Good |
I need table "Existing" to look like
Uniqueness Company | Care | Team | Happy |
A | Good | Outstanding | Good |
B | Adequate | Adequate | Poor |
C | Outstanding | Outstanding | Good |
Thanks again for your help so far
Hi,
I am not sure if I understood your question correctly, but please check the below picture and the attached pbix file.
It is for creating a new table.
New Table =
ADDCOLUMNS (
VALUES ( Data[Unique Company] ),
"@Rating 1",
CALCULATE (
MAXX ( FILTER ( Data, Data[Category] = "Rating 1" ), Data[Rating] )
),
"@Rating 2",
CALCULATE (
MAXX ( FILTER ( Data, Data[Category] = "Rating 2" ), Data[Rating] )
),
"@Rating 3",
CALCULATE (
MAXX ( FILTER ( Data, Data[Category] = "Rating 3" ), Data[Rating] )
),
"@Overall", CALCULATE ( MAXX ( FILTER ( Data, Data[Category] = "Overall" ), Data[Rating] ) )
)
Hi,
thanks for the reply.
I have the 2 tables already - its the lookup query that is needed.
Thanks
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