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Measure to get value from row and column names

Hi,

 

This seems like it should be really easy, alas I am a new user of DAX. I have a table and I would like a measure to retrieve a value given the column and row names. I have a measure that uses "FILTER", but I need something that also filters for the "Min" column regardless of the value in the table. I am not trying to calculate anything, I am quite simply trying to query for a value given the column and row names.

 

The measure looks like this:

Pressure_Min = FILTER(SensorTable, [Sensor] = "Pressure" && {add something to filter for column = [Min]})

 

This measure would grab the value 5 to use as a limit value for a gauge visual. Thanks for the help.

 

SensorMinMax
Pressure35
Temperature80100
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CNENFRNL
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You can't reference a column with a string variable in DAX; transform the dataset,

Screenshot 2021-06-03 210611.png

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Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

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CNENFRNL
Community Champion
Community Champion

You can't reference a column with a string variable in DAX; transform the dataset,

Screenshot 2021-06-03 210611.png

Screenshot 2021-06-03 211148.png

 


Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

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