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Anonymous
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Power BI Reverse Slicer (Lookup Returning Multiple Values)

Hello,

 

I would like to build a reverse slicer in Power BI based on the two tables below:

Product CategoryProduct Name
APencil
APen 
ARuler
BPencil
BWatch
CSticker
CMonitor
CRuler
DMonitor
DKeyboard

 

Product Name
Pencil
Pen 
Ruler
Watch
Sticker
Monitor

 

When filtering (a slicer) on Product Name = Ruler, I only would like to see the result below in a matrix (because only Product Category B & D do not contain Product Name = Ruler):

 

Product Category
B
D


Similarly, when filtering (a slicer) on Product Name = Pencil,  I only would like to see the result below in a matrix (because only Product Category C & D do not contain Product Name = Pencil):

 

Product Category
C
D

 

I tried using Lookupvalue, but it did not work because it would only return a single value. Please help.  Thanks!

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Fowmy
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous 

Create this measure and assign it to the visual filter of the matrix and set it equal to 1. The file is attached below my signature.

Filter Measure = 

var __product = SELECTEDVALUE('Product Name'[Product Name]) 
var __category =  SELECTEDVALUE('Product Category & Name'[Product Category])
var __prodcat = 
    CALCULATE(
        MAX('Product Category & Name'[Product Category]),
        'Product Category & Name'[Product Name] = __product
    ) <> __category
return
    INT(__prodcat)

 

Fowmy_0-1626202213224.png

 

 

 

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Anonymous
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@Fowmy  Thank you so much. It works perfectly! 

Fowmy
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous 

Create this measure and assign it to the visual filter of the matrix and set it equal to 1. The file is attached below my signature.

Filter Measure = 

var __product = SELECTEDVALUE('Product Name'[Product Name]) 
var __category =  SELECTEDVALUE('Product Category & Name'[Product Category])
var __prodcat = 
    CALCULATE(
        MAX('Product Category & Name'[Product Category]),
        'Product Category & Name'[Product Name] = __product
    ) <> __category
return
    INT(__prodcat)

 

Fowmy_0-1626202213224.png

 

 

 

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