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Jos13
Helper III
Helper III

Bottom N not working as expected

Hi Team,

I have the following tables

City

Jos13_0-1620396459495.png

Sales

Jos13_1-1620396490015.png

In this example only 3 cities(city 1 through city 3) have sales.

I created a measure to calculate the bottom 2 cities based on sales as follows;

Bottom Cities =
CALCULATE (
[Total Sales],
TOPN ( 2, ALL ( CityTable[City] ), [Total Sales], ASC ),
VALUES ( CityTable[City] )
)
 
When I drag this measure to the chart I get a blank visual.
I created a calculated table as follows 
Jos13_2-1620396883915.png

The measure I created finds cities 4 and 5 as the bottom 2 cities, I want to exclude these 2 cities and show City 3 & City 2 as the bottom 2 cities. 
What changes should I do in the measure to get the correct results?

Please help

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Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

Hi, @Jos13 

Please try the below measure.

 

Bottom Cities =
CALCULATE (
[Total Sales],
TOPN ( 2, FILTER(ALL ( CityTable[City] ), [Total Sales]>0), [Total Sales], ASC ),
VALUES ( CityTable[City] )
)
 

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Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

Hi, @Jos13 

Please try the below measure.

 

Bottom Cities =
CALCULATE (
[Total Sales],
TOPN ( 2, FILTER(ALL ( CityTable[City] ), [Total Sales]>0), [Total Sales], ASC ),
VALUES ( CityTable[City] )
)
 

Hi, My name is Jihwan Kim.


If this post helps, then please consider accept it as the solution to help other members find it faster, and give a big thumbs up.


Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/jihwankim1975/

Twitter: twitter.com/Jihwan_JHKIM


If this post helps, then please consider accepting it as the solution to help other members find it faster, and give a big thumbs up.


Click here to visit my LinkedIn page

Click here to schedule a short Teams meeting to discuss your question.

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