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Irshadn03
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Top N + Others but total is not adding up

I was trying to do "Top N + others", tried many options from different community and finaly only one solution worked for me from below link,
https://www.goodly.co.in/top-n-and-others-power-bi/

Now problem is total is not considering "Others" - it should be 29M instead of 4M.

Can anyone suggest how to fix this "Total"..

Irshadn03_0-1637993627609.png

 

Here is the DAX used ,

Top N Sum Sales =
VAR TopNSelected = SELECTEDVALUE('TopN Selection'[Value])
VAR TopProdTable =
TOPN(
TopNSelected,
ALLSELECTED('Pseudo Prod Table'),
[Total Sales]
)
VAR TopProdSales =
CALCULATE(
[Total Sales],
KEEPFILTERS( TopProdTable )
)
VAR OtherSales =
CALCULATE(
[Total Sales],
ALLSELECTED('Pseudo Prod Table')
) -
CALCULATE(
[Total Sales],
TopProdTable
)
VAR CurrentProd = SELECTEDVALUE('Pseudo Prod Table'[Product])
RETURN
IF(
CurrentProd <> "Others",
TopProdSales,
OtherSales
)

 

attached two solutions PBIX files I used here,
https://we.tl/t-xIzgNWAzme

 

Thanks in advacne 

 

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AlexisOlson
Super User
Super User

This is because your CurrentProd is blank for the Total case (since multiple Products are in scope).

 

Try updating the RETURN part of your DAX to this:

RETURN
    IF(
        ISBLANK ( CurrentProd ),
        TopProdSales + OtherSales,
        IF (
            CurrentProd <> "Others",
            TopProdSales,
            OtherSales
        )
    )

 

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Hmm. Maybe the bottom products don't have any sales, so they're returning blank.

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AlexisOlson
Super User
Super User

This is because your CurrentProd is blank for the Total case (since multiple Products are in scope).

 

Try updating the RETURN part of your DAX to this:

RETURN
    IF(
        ISBLANK ( CurrentProd ),
        TopProdSales + OtherSales,
        IF (
            CurrentProd <> "Others",
            TopProdSales,
            OtherSales
        )
    )

 

Thank you so much  @AlexisOlson  , it is adding up now.
Any option to do the same for "Bottom" N instead of "Top" for the same table - couldn't find a solution

You can use the opposite sorting in the TOPN function. That is, use ASC rather than the default DESC.

Tried it but getting only "Others" total.

Top N Sum Sales v2 = 
VAR TopNSelected = SELECTEDVALUE('TopN Selection'[Value])
VAR TopProdTable = 
    TOPN(
        TopNSelected,
        ALLSELECTED('Pseudo Prod Table'),
        [Total Sales],ASC
    )    
VAR TopProdSales =
    CALCULATE(
        [Total Sales],
        KEEPFILTERS( TopProdTable )
    )
VAR OtherSales = 
    CALCULATE(
        [Total Sales],
        ALLSELECTED('Pseudo Prod Table')
    ) - 
    CALCULATE(
        [Total Sales],
        TopProdTable
    )
VAR CurrentProd = SELECTEDVALUE('Pseudo Prod Table'[Product])
RETURN
    IF(
        ISBLANK ( CurrentProd ),
        TopProdSales + OtherSales,
        IF (
            CurrentProd <> "Others",
            TopProdSales,
            OtherSales
        )
    )

here is the output 

Irshadn03_0-1638247382963.png

 


 

Hmm. Maybe the bottom products don't have any sales, so they're returning blank.

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