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Hello,
I'm facing an issue with my Waterfall chart in Power BI, specifically when trying to exclude the item "A" from the breakdown. I would greatly appreciate your insights and suggestions on how to resolve this problem.
Here's a brief overview of the issue:
| LEVEL2 | Prior | Current | Variance |
| A | X | X | X |
| B | X | X | X |
| C | X | X | X |
| D | X | X | X |
| Total | X | X | X |
I've tried using various DAX expressions, including the SWITCH function and conditional statements, but I haven't been successful in achieving the desired outcome. When I try to exclude the "A" item from the breakdown, the chart ends up being empty.
Here's the DAX expression I'm currently using:
walk =
VAR walkitem = SELECTEDVALUE(Walk[Value])
RETURN
SWITCH(
walkitem,
"CY", CALCULATE([Current], [LEVEL2] = "A"),
"PY", IF(COUNTROWS(FILTER(VALUES([LEVEL2]), [LEVEL2] <> "A")) = 1, -[Variance], CALCULATE([Prior], [LEVEL2] = "A")),
BLANK()
)
But unfortunately I still see A as breakdown, for example
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