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SWITCH + SELECTEDVALUE function doesn't work
Hi! I have a table with date, income statement categories and values. The table looks like below:
| date | category | value |
| 2023-01-01 | margin | 1000 |
| 2023-01-01 | income | 3000 |
| 2023-01-01 | percentage margin | |
| 2023-01-02 | margin | 1200 |
| 2023-01-02 | income | 5000 |
| 2023-01-02 | percentage margin |
I made a measure to create income statement:
statement =
SWITCH(
SELECTEDVALUE(table_name[category]),
"percentage margin", [margin] / [income],
SUM(table_name[value])
)
[margin] = CALCULATE(SUM(table_name[value]), table_name[category] = "margin")
[income] = CALCULATE(SUM(table_name[value]), table_name[category] = "income")
Unfortunately, as a result, I have an empty value under the "percentage margin" category.
The function only worked when I created a separate table with categories with no relation to the table with values. Then the measure looked like this:
statement =
SWITCH(
SELECTEDVALUE(table_name_2[category]),
"margin", [margin],
"percentage margin", [margin] / [income],
"income", [income]
)
But it isn't an option because the real table has much more categories and referring to each one slows down the entire visualization greatly.
I have no idea what could be wrong, that's why I'm asking for help or some advice.
2 Replies
Hi jkoclejda
Using a DIVIDE function will return a blank value if the denominator is zero or empty, which is a better approach than using the / operator sign.
Please try the following:
statement =
SWITCH(
SELECTEDVALUE(table_name[category]),"percentage margin", DIVIDE([margin], [income]),
SUM(table_name[value])
)
[margin] = CALCULATE(SUM(table_name[value]), table_name[category] = "margin")
[income] = CALCULATE(SUM(table_name[value]), table_name[category] = "income")
================= OR ===================statement =
SWITCH(
SELECTEDVALUE(table_name[category]),"percentage margin", IF(ISBLANK([margin]) || ISBLANK([income]), BLANK(), DIVIDE([margin], [income])),
SUM(table_name[value])
)
[margin] = CALCULATE(SUM(table_name[value]), table_name[category] = "margin")
[income] = CALCULATE(SUM(table_name[value]), table_name[category] = "income")See relevant solution on stackoverflow
Please let me know if this help.
Thanks
Babatunde Dallas
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