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Anonymous
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Substitute Value in Filter

I have a simple measure that counts the number of enrollments for three unique periods, Fall, Spring and Summer.   Using SelectedValue I can tell what priod has been requested and only want to return those entries.   My measure is as follows and I would like to substitute the term variabale (Fall, Spring or Summer) in the FIlter line.

 

I have have no sucesss, if you enter "Fall" it works great, so I need a method to have Quotiations in the substution,

 

 

CALCULATE(COUNTROWS(Enrollment),

 All(Enrollment[Deposit Intent to Enroll Date/Time]),
 Enrollment[Program] = _program,
 Enrollment[Start Term and Year] = _termyear,
 Enrollment[Deposit Intent to Enroll] = "Yes",
 Enrollment[Deposit Intent to Enroll Date/Time] <=enddate,
 FILTER('Enrollment',CONTAINSSTRING('Enrollment'[Start Term and Year],_term))))

 

Amy and all suggestions willbe greatly appreciated.

 

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tamerj1
Super User
Super User

Hi @Anonymous 

manually create 'Terms' a disconnected single column table that contains fall, spring, summer 

in the measure define the variable 

VAR _term = SELECTEDVALUE ( Terms[Term] )

 

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tamerj1
Super User
Super User

Hi @Anonymous 

manually create 'Terms' a disconnected single column table that contains fall, spring, summer 

in the measure define the variable 

VAR _term = SELECTEDVALUE ( Terms[Term] )

 

Anonymous
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tamerj1,

 

Thank you very much for your quick reply,

 

I made a quick test and am still having an issue.  

 

Here are the steps I have taken.

 

  1. Made a quick Term table which looks like this

pjb120_0-1680531621919.png

 

  1. Added the following selection statement, which returns “Fall”  VAR _term = SELECTEDVALUE(FallTerm[Term])
  2. Add _term to filter statement and there was no return of column data.

 

  1. Removed the quotations and there was no return of column data.

 

  1. Hard coded “Fall” in filter statement and column data is returned.

 

 

I have to assume the only two items that are causing the problem is that created the Term table incorrectly, or something else needs to done to handle the quotation marks.

 

I really appreciate your time with this issue, it appears to be a simple problem , unfortunately I have not been able to find the answer,

 

Pjb120

 

@Anonymous 

87CCC394-EB32-41E4-B314-E04905D450DE.jpeg

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