RANKX on selected field parameter

[nhniniras]

Is there anyone who have succeded creating a dynamic RANKX based on a Parameter Field selection?

Today I have a this "static" Rank measure:

Rank BU and Gross Revenue = RANKX(all(DimOrganisation[BU]), [Gross Revenue],,DESC)

But I would be able to create a Rank, based on two parameters I have created as Field Parameters:

Rank Dynamic = RANKX(all("Parameter field selected"), "Parameter measure selected",,DESC)

Is that possible?

[v-easonf-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi， @nhniniras 

Are you referring to this kind of ‘Field-parameters’ ?

Currently, PowerBI does not support direct use of field parameters in measure.

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason

[nhniniras]

Thank you for your suggestion, I relly appreciate your help 🙂

I am not sure I understand it correctly, but as far as I understand I can't use your "what is selected" as a part of my "Rank dynamic" measusre.
Your suggestion is another approach of solving the problem, including a new measure "what is selected" and then you will put that measure into a kind of Switch function -  Have I understood it correctly?

[v-easonf-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi， @nhniniras 

Are you referring to this kind of ‘Field-parameters’ ?

Currently, PowerBI does not support direct use of field parameters in measure.

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason

[klaborde · Accepted solution]

Hello @nhniniras ,

I was also looking a solution for this in the web, and then I realized that "field parameter" is only for Power Bi to understand it, but at the end is about the columns you have included in your fields.

So what I did is to created a measure with an if statement according to the Order of my fields names and is working perfectly (I used the measure to show a specific number of customers in a visual according to a slicer, hence the switch true):

IF(SELECTEDVALUE(localCustomers[localCustomers Order]) = 0

    ,SWITCH(TRUE()

        ,RANKX(

            ALLSELECTED('Dim Customer'[LOCAL_CUSTOMER_NAME])

            ,[businessMetricCP]

            ,,,Dense

        ) <= SelectedTop,

        1

    )

    ,SWITCH(TRUE()

        ,RANKX(

            ALLSELECTED('Dim Customer'[CUSTOMER_KEY])

            ,[businessMetricCP]

            ,,,Dense

        ) <= SelectedTop,

        1

    )

)

Hope can help others with the same doubts.

[nhniniras]

Hi and sorry for my late respons, but thank you very much.
I think we more or less ended up with the same solution with some IF and Swithc functions 🙂

In my solution I ended up writing a bunch of measures and used the Switch function to find the "parameter" measure the user wants create a Top X on.

------- 1. My Switch function

Measure TopX selected =

SWITCH (

    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'ParameterTopX'[Parameter_TopX Fields] ),

    "'ALL_Measures'[Top X BU]",

        [Top X BU]

            / CALCULATE (

                [Measure selected],

                ALLSELECTED ( DimOrganisation_project[BU_Initial] )

            ),

    "'ALL_Measures'[Top X Company]",

        [Top X Company]

            / CALCULATE (

                [Measure selected],

                ALLSELECTED ( DimOrganisation_project[ReportCompanyDescription] )

            ),

    "'ALL_Measures'[Top X Customer]",

        [Top X Customer]

            / CALCULATE ( [Measure selected], ALLSELECTED ( Customer_Bridge[Customer] ) ),

---- 2. create measures for all "parameter" measures used in Switch function to filter Top X (number of Top X ranks the user wants to see)

Top X BU =

IF ( [Rank BU] <= 'TopXSeries'[TopXValue], [Measure selected] )

---- 3. create the Rank function

Rank BU =

IF (

    HASONEVALUE ( DimOrganisation_project[BU_Initial] ),

    RANKX (

        ALLSELECTED ( DimOrganisation_project[BU_Initial] ),

        [Measure selected]

    )

)

 I don't know if it could have been made easier, but it works as it should - so thank you all for your input.

[amitchandak]

@nhniniras , You can get what is selected like this

example

What is selected = maxx(filter(;]'Axis Slicer', 'Axis Slicer'[Axis Slicer Order]= SELECTEDVALUE('Axis Slicer'[Axis Slicer Order])),'Axis Slicer'[Axis Slicer])

better to have two measure and switch that