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matsahiro's avatar
matsahiro
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5 years ago
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Bin Naming Output

Hello all,

 

I'm currently binning some records. Say I have products that need to be binned by the amount of revenue each product brings in. Revenue is 0 to 100k, where I'll need 10 bins. Right now, the bin outputs of revenue are 0, 10k, 20k, 30k... etc. How do I have the output of binning be 1, 2, 3.... 10 (representing each number bin)? I can not use the switch function as the values of revenue and distribution will change.

 

Should look something like this

 

RevenueRevenue Bin (Don't want)Bin Number (Want)
300001
16,00010,0002
35,00030,0004
56,00050,0006
87,00080,0009

 

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Hi matsahiro ,

     

    So you should want the effect of dynamic selection.

     

    Here's my workaround.

    1.Create two what-if parameters.

     

    2.Create a measure.

    Bin Number = 
VAR maxbinnum =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Bin Range'[Bin Range] )
VAR maxrev =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Revenue Range'[Revenue Range] ) * 1000
VAR interval =
    DIVIDE ( maxrev, maxbinnum )
RETURN
    ROUNDUP ( DIVIDE ( MAX ( 'Table'[Revenue] ), interval ), 0 )

     

     

    You can check more details from here.

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Stephen Tao

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

     

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  • PhilipTreacy's avatar
    PhilipTreacy
    Icon for Super User rankSuper User
    5 years ago

    Hi matsahiro 

    Not entirely clear.  You mention Distribution but don't say how this affects your calculations.

    Is this what you need to create a new column?

    Bin = SWITCH(

    TRUE(),

    'Table'[Revenue] < 10000, 1,

    'Table'[Revenue] < 20000, 2,

    'Table'[Revenue] < 30000, 3,

    'Table'[Revenue] < 40000, 4,

    'Table'[Revenue] < 50000, 5,

    'Table'[Revenue] < 60000, 6,

    'Table'[Revenue] < 70000, 7,

    'Table'[Revenue] < 80000, 8,

    'Table'[Revenue] < 90000, 9,

    10
)

    Regards

    Phil

    • matsahiro's avatar
      matsahiro
      Icon for Helper II rankHelper II
      5 years ago

      Hello Phil, thanks for the reply! The data is constantly changing, meaning the bin sizes will be different each time the data refreshes. Revenue could be 0 to 100k one day and 0 to 200k the next day. I want to make sure that I always have 20 bins in the visual that are labeled 1-20 even with the bin sizes changing. The reason I cannot use switch in that way is that the bin sizing will change.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    5 years ago

    Hi matsahiro ,

     

    So you should want the effect of dynamic selection.

     

    Here's my workaround.

    1.Create two what-if parameters.

     

    2.Create a measure.

    Bin Number = 
VAR maxbinnum =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Bin Range'[Bin Range] )
VAR maxrev =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Revenue Range'[Revenue Range] ) * 1000
VAR interval =
    DIVIDE ( maxrev, maxbinnum )
RETURN
    ROUNDUP ( DIVIDE ( MAX ( 'Table'[Revenue] ), interval ), 0 )

     

     

    You can check more details from here.

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Stephen Tao

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.