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Hello guys
I am trying to make a subset of a particular column of values using a percentile (like extracting the 80% highest values), but the percentile measure I've created doesn't work in the comparison row to row. To be more clear about the procedure I tought:
-measure Percentile1 = PERCENTILE.INC(Sheet1[Value_Cost],0.2)
when I display this measure in a card or in a table along with other values from Sheet 1, the calculation is ok
- calculated column DataSet_Filtered1 = if(Sheet1[Value_Cost]>[Percentile1],Sheet1[Value_Cost],null)
I wanted to create a column only with the 80% highest values from the first dataset. The result of the calculation doesn't seem correct.
When I try to display only the Percentile1 in a calculated column, I've got the error (Expressions who generate variable types of data cannot be used to define calculated columns), so I couldn't see how the Percentile calculation looks like within the calculated column.
Any toughts on how to make it work?
Thanks a lot
Here's the calculated column:
DataSet_Filtered1 =
var __percentileAcrossFullSet =
PERCENTILE.INC(
Sheet1[Value_Cost],
0.2
)
return
if(
Sheet1[Value_Cost] > __percentileAcrossFullSet,
Sheet1[Value_Cost]
)
Your formula does not work because... you have to learn what context transition is, what row context is and how CALCULATE interacts with the latter.
Best
D
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