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Hello,
When I use TopN for 2 it gives me more than 2 records back ... it gives me all the records that have one of the 2 maximum numbers. How can I restrict the output to 2? And if multiple values have the maximum number it should choose a random sample....
Example:
A: 3
B: 7
C: 7
D : 7
E: 4
-> Top 2 gives me C,D,B, E (because the 2 maximum numbers are 7 and 4) but I just want C and D (or C and B ... does not matter, but just 2).
Can you help me?
~Anna
Solved! Go to Solution.
| Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension! |
DAX is simple, but NOT EASY! |
| Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension! |
DAX is simple, but NOT EASY! |
First, put the Top 2 Numbers into a table VAR (which will return 3 rows of Number 7).
Second, get the Top 2 Letters from the table VAR in Step 1 above.
Regards,
Nathan
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