Set Default value of a visual affected by a slicer

[AdelNawar]

I have a list of vendors, each with a list of materials,

When I select a certain vendor, then select a material, it's name will appear in the card.

Without selection, it displays the name of the first material in all list "alphabetical order".

What I want to do is: make the default value, before selection, a text like: Awaiting selection, or whatever.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[v-yaningy-msft]

Hi, @AdelNawar 

Based on your description, I have created some measures to achieve the effect you are looking for. Following picture shows the effect of the display.

Measure:

CardVisual =

VAR _meterial =

    SELECTEDVALUE ( Providers[Materials] )

VAR _default = "Awaiting selection, or whatever."

RETURN

    IF ( ISFILTERED ( Providers[Materials] ), _meterial, _default )

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Yang
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[AdelNawar]

Dear,

Thanks for your support.

Your solution seems to be working, but is missing one small detail:

I don't want the card to display the selected material code. (which is how your solution works).

I want it to display the material name from the data set in a column called (material description).

So my dataset contains 3 columns:

Vendor

Material (which is the material code we select after selecting the vendor)

Material description (which is the material name I want to be displayed upon selecting the vendor and the material description)

Can you edit your measure to match that?

Thanks and sorry for all time and effort

[v-yaningy-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi, @AdelNawar 

Of course, the effect you want to achieve is very simple, please refer to the MEASURE below. the Material description is displayed only when both slicers are selected.

Data:

Measure:

CardVisual =
VAR _meterialDescription =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( Providers[Material description] )
VAR _default = "Awaiting selection, or whatever."
RETURN
    IF (
        ISFILTERED ( Providers[Material] ) && ISFILTERED ( Providers[Providers] ),
        _meterialDescription,
        _default
    )

Best Regards,
Yang
Community Support Team

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[AdelNawar]

That's just Amazing !
Exactly what I wanted. Thanks.

[AdelNawar]

Thanks a lot.

I will be able to try it on Sunday Morning, but according to your screenshot, this is exactly what I want.

Hopefully I will be back on Sunday to thank you again and accept it as a solution (f)

[nareshr89]

Update your current measure or create a new measure then use that measure in your report.

[AdelNawar]

Thanks a lot for your continuous help,

It works fine when nothing is selected, but once I select any vendor, it doesn't do the job of mentioning the material name:

Here I am not selecting any, "all", and it's working fine.

Here: I started selecting:

[nareshr89]

Try this

DP =

var DP_Ven = SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[Vendor])

var DP_Mat = SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[Matrial])

var result = CONCATENATE(DP_Ven,CONCATENATE("|",DP_Mat))

RETURN

IF(DP_Ven = BLANK() || DP_Ven = ALL('Table'[Vendor]) || DP_Mat = BLANK() || DP_Mat = ALL('Table'[Matrial]),"Awaiting Selection", result)

[AdelNawar]

Thanks a lot for your help 🙂 I am still a beginner, can you please tell me what to do with that dax? Like make a new measure or what? Detailed steps will be much much appreciated.