PathContains from SelectedValue issue with GUID

[Jp_ON]

I have a Table of equipment records that are connected through the Account to Regions.

When I attempt to use the PATHCONTAINS() with SELECTEDVALUE() It always returns False() where if I hard code the GUID it works as expected.

I created a seperate table of Regions to bypass any relationship filtering that may occur.

HeirarchyRegionInPath =

VAR SelectedRegion = "c4be4e26-d198-ec11-b3fe-000d3a09e9da" VS regionselected = SELECTEDVALUE('Region list'[Region])

VAR RelatedRegionPath =

    LOOKUPVALUE(

        ESI_region[HierarchyPath],

        esi_region[Region],

        RELATED(account[esi_territory])

    )

RETURN

IF(

    NOT(ISBLANK(SelectedRegion)) &&

    PATHCONTAINS(RelatedRegionPath, SelectedRegion),

    TRUE(),

    FALSE()

)

I must be missing something, all formats are text, tried Column VS measure and only measure would populate RegionSelected

Tried CONTAINSSTRING() rather then PATHCONTAINS(), same result.

Any help appreciated. 

[v-yiruan-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Jp_ON ,

Thanks for your detailed reply. I updated my sample pbix file, please check if that is what you want. Please update the formula of measure [HeirarchyRegionInPath] as below:

HeirarchyRegionInPath_New = 
VAR _Selectedname =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Region list'[Name] )
VAR _account =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Units'[Account] )
VAR _terr =
    CALCULATETABLE (
        VALUES ( 'esi_region'[esi_territory] ),
        FILTER (
            'esi_region',
            IFERROR ( SEARCH ( _Selectedname, 'esi_region'[Name], 1, 0 ), 0 ) > 0
        )
    )
VAR _accounts =
    CALCULATETABLE (
        VALUES ( 'account'[Name] ),
        FILTER ( 'account', 'account'[esi_territory] IN _terr )
    )
RETURN
    IF ( _account IN _accounts, 1 )

Best Regards

[Jp_ON · Accepted solution]

Took a few rounds but this was what we landed on. 

Have a Table used for Selecting region(Region list) so that the relationships between tables doesn't restrict the avaialble Regions.

Define 

HierarchyPath = PATH(Regions[esi_regionid],Regions[Parent Region (esi_region)])

Then against the Region table this Column is added and we filter the grids based on "RegionInPath is 1"

RegionInPath =

VAR SelectedRegion = SELECTEDVALUE('Region list'[Region])

VAR FilteredTable =

    FILTER(regions, PATHCONTAINS(Regions[HierarchyPath], SelectedRegion))

RETURN

    IF (

        ISBLANK(SelectedRegion),

        1, -- Show all records if no slicer is selected

        IF (

            ISEMPTY(FilteredTable),

            0, -- Record doesn't match filter

            1  -- Record matches filter

        )

    )

[Jp_ON]

Thank you for the response. Greatly appreciated. Unfortunately they did not get me to the outcome I'm after.

here is some Example "Region List"

Region list = SELECTCOLUMNS(

    ESI_region,

    "Name", ESI_region[Name],

    "Region", ESI_region[Region]

)

Name	Region
Southern Ontario	950AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339
Ontario	8B0AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339
Northern Ontario	850AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339
Central Ontario	750AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339

And here is the Table of records we're looking to filter by the selected region.

Name	Region	HeirarchyRegionInPath	HierarchyPath
Unit1	Ontario	FALSE	990AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|C4BE4E26-D198-EC11-B3FE-000D3A09E9DA|710AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|8B0AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339
Unit2	Ontario	FALSE	990AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|C4BE4E26-D198-EC11-B3FE-000D3A09E9DA|710AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|8B0AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339
Unit3	Central Ontario	FALSE	990AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|C4BE4E26-D198-EC11-B3FE-000D3A09E9DA|710AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|8B0AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|750AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339
Unit4	Central Ontario	FALSE	990AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|C4BE4E26-D198-EC11-B3FE-000D3A09E9DA|710AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|8B0AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|750AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339
Unit5	Northern Ontario	FALSE	990AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|C4BE4E26-D198-EC11-B3FE-000D3A09E9DA|710AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|8B0AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|850AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339
Unit6	Northern Ontario	FALSE	990AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|C4BE4E26-D198-EC11-B3FE-000D3A09E9DA|710AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|8B0AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|850AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339

Relationships are as follows.

[v-yiruan-msft]

Hi @Jp_ON ,

Base on your provided data, what's the corrected returned values for the measure [HeirarchyRegionInPath]?

---

Name	Region
Southern Ontario	950AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339
Ontario	8B0AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339
Northern Ontario	850AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339
Central Ontario	750AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339

Name	Region	HeirarchyRegionInPath	HierarchyPath
Unit1	Ontario	FALSE	990AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|C4BE4E26-D198-EC11-B3FE-000D3A09E9DA|710AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|8B0AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339
Unit2	Ontario	FALSE	990AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|C4BE4E26-D198-EC11-B3FE-000D3A09E9DA|710AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|8B0AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339
Unit3	Central Ontario	FALSE	990AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|C4BE4E26-D198-EC11-B3FE-000D3A09E9DA|710AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|8B0AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|750AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339
Unit4	Central Ontario	FALSE	990AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|C4BE4E26-D198-EC11-B3FE-000D3A09E9DA|710AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|8B0AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|750AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339
Unit5	Northern Ontario	FALSE	990AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|C4BE4E26-D198-EC11-B3FE-000D3A09E9DA|710AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|8B0AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|850AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339
Unit6	Northern Ontario	FALSE	990AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|C4BE4E26-D198-EC11-B3FE-000D3A09E9DA|710AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|8B0AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|850AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339

---

Best Regards

[Jp_ON]

the expecation is that if Ontario(8B0AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339) is selected in the Region list because it exists in the HierarchyPath (990AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|C4BE4E26-D198-EC11-B3FE-000D3A09E9DA|710AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339|8B0AA956-C095-EC11-B400-0022486DE339) of all those units, they all would have "HeirarchyRegionInPath"= True. The Formula's presented above are what I'm trying to get to represent these conditions/Hierarchy

[v-yiruan-msft]

Hi @Jp_ON ,

I created a sample pbix file(see the attachment), please check if that is what you want.

Best Regards

[Jp_ON]

Really appreciate your assistance on this. It seems that in your pbix that you merged the Unit records and the Region

What I have is Region list that is a table specifically for this selection criteria, so that it doesn't filter based on selected value only.

The relationships of tables are

ESI_Region --> Account --> ESI_UnitRecords

The expectation is to have the selected 'Region List' GUID be matched to any that contain that GUID and Filter/Flag based on that. 

Based on this relationship and the formula you provided as well as all I've tried it doesn't seem to take the Variable of Selctedvalue(), it only seems to work when hard coded.

[v-yiruan-msft]

Hi @Jp_ON ,

Base on your feedback, it seems that my provided method still can't help you get the expected result. Could you please prepare a simiplifed pbix file with the above three tables(ESI_Region --> Account --> ESI_UnitRecords)? You can refer the following link to upload the file to the community. Later I will check the file and provide the solution asap.

How to upload PBI in Community

Best Regards

[Jp_ON]

let me know if you have any issue accessing or downloading this PBIX

PathContains from SelectedValue issue with GUID.pbix

[v-yiruan-msft]

Hi @Jp_ON ,

I updated the attached file, please check if that is what you want.

HeirarchyRegionInPath_New = 
VAR _Selectedname =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Region list'[Name] )
VAR _account =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Units'[Account] )
VAR _terr =
    CALCULATETABLE (
        VALUES ( 'esi_region'[esi_territory] ),
        FILTER (
            'esi_region',
            IFERROR ( SEARCH ( _Selectedname, 'esi_region'[Name], 1, 0 ), 0 ) > 0
            && IFERROR( SEARCH ( 'esi_region'[Region], 'esi_region'[HierarchyPath], 1, 0 ), 0 ) > 0
        )
    ) 

VAR _accounts =
    CALCULATETABLE (
        VALUES ( 'account'[Name] ),
        FILTER ( 'account', 'account'[esi_territory] IN _terr )
    )
RETURN
    IF ( _account IN _accounts, 1 )

Best Regards

[Jp_ON]

I'm afraid what you have provided is the same as if I had just allowed the user to select the Region directly.

We need the PathContains(esi_region[HierarchyPath], _SelectedRegion) 

That way if Ontario is selected all units will be displayed as the Guid(region column) from Ontario is in all of the "HierarchyPath" 

[v-yiruan-msft]

Hi @Jp_ON ,

Do you mean all of units should display when the Name slicer select the option "Ontario"? If yes, what's the judgement logic? Could you please explain it with more details? Thank you.

Best Regards

[Jp_ON]

absolutely, perhaps my data set was two specific.

The expectation is that when a parent Region is selected,  the units that are assigned to that region, as well as any Child Region that has that Parents GUID in the Path would be shown.

Based on the example Data, all units would show if Ontario was selected. If Central, Unit 4 and 5 would only show, Northern, unit 6, 7, 8 would show, Southern would show no units.

Ontario

----Northern Ontario

----Central Ontario

----Southern Ontario

let me know if you need anything further. Greatful for your assistance 🙂

[v-yiruan-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Jp_ON ,

Thanks for your detailed reply. I updated my sample pbix file, please check if that is what you want. Please update the formula of measure [HeirarchyRegionInPath] as below:

HeirarchyRegionInPath_New = 
VAR _Selectedname =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Region list'[Name] )
VAR _account =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Units'[Account] )
VAR _terr =
    CALCULATETABLE (
        VALUES ( 'esi_region'[esi_territory] ),
        FILTER (
            'esi_region',
            IFERROR ( SEARCH ( _Selectedname, 'esi_region'[Name], 1, 0 ), 0 ) > 0
        )
    )
VAR _accounts =
    CALCULATETABLE (
        VALUES ( 'account'[Name] ),
        FILTER ( 'account', 'account'[esi_territory] IN _terr )
    )
RETURN
    IF ( _account IN _accounts, 1 )

Best Regards

[v-yiruan-msft]

Hi @Jp_ON ,

You can update the formula of measure [HeirarchyRegionInPath] as below, please check if it can return the expected result...

HeirarchyRegionInPath =
VAR SelectedRegion =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Region list'[Region] )
VAR hpath =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( esi_region[HierarchyPath] )
RETURN
    IF (
        NOT ( ISBLANK ( SelectedRegion ) )
            && IFERROR ( SEARCH ( SelectedRegion, hpath, 1, 0 ), 0 ) > 0,
        TRUE (),
        FALSE ()
    )

If the above one can't help you figure out, please provide some raw data in your table 'account' (exclude sensitive data) with Text format and your expected result with backend logic and special examples base on provided raw data. Is there any relationship between the table 'esi_region' and 'account'? If yes, please provide the relationship info(cardinality, direction etc.). It would be helpful to find out the solution. You can refer the following link to share the required info:

How to provide sample data in the Power BI Forum

Best Regards

[rajendraongole1]

Hi @Jp_ON - update the IF() logic in the HeirarchyRegionInPath measure

HeirarchyRegionInPath =
VAR SelectedRegion = SELECTEDVALUE('Region list'[Region], BLANK()) -- Use SELECTEDVALUE()
VAR RelatedRegionPath =
LOOKUPVALUE(
ESI_region[HierarchyPath],
esi_region[Region],
RELATED(account[esi_territory])
)
RETURN
IF (
NOT(ISBLANK(SelectedRegion)) &&
PATHCONTAINS(RelatedRegionPath, SelectedRegion),
TRUE(),
FALSE()
)

if the above is logic not working, can you revisiting the relationships between the tables to ensure that the lookup functions are pulling the correct data.