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Hello,
I would like to build a reverse slicer in Power BI based on the two tables below:
| Product Category | Product Name | 
| A | Pencil | 
| A | Pen | 
| A | Ruler | 
| B | Pencil | 
| B | Watch | 
| C | Sticker | 
| C | Monitor | 
| C | Ruler | 
| D | Monitor | 
| D | Keyboard | 
| 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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@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)
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@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)
⭕  Subscribe and learn Power BI from these videos
 ⚪ Website ⚪  LinkedIn ⚪  PBI User Group 
Here is the link to the PBIX file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mi35996s75lm1ty/Product%20Category%20%26%20Product%20Name.pbix?dl=0
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