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I have a calculated column, that I would like to implement as measure:
Rank =
RANKX (
FILTER (
Boston_All,
EARLIER (Boston_All[Cat]) = Boston_All[Cat]
),
Boston_All[Index],
,
ASC
)-1
And for calculated columns this does the following:
INDEX Cat Rank
1 1 0
2 1 1
3 1 2
4 1 3
5 1 4
6 2 0
7 2 1
8 2 2
9 3 0
10 3 1
Now if a filter on a visual is applied, I would like it to recalculate the ranking, something a Calculated Column does not do. Measures do do this, but it has issues with EARLIER. Now in the article below somebody has found a way around it using a SUMX example, but I fail to modify it so it can be used for my RANKX example.
https://javierguillen.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/can-earlier-be-used-in-dax-measures/
Anybody any ideas?
Thanks, Norbert
Solved! Go to Solution.
@nwesterhuijs
You can use the following measure:
Rank =
VAR __Source = ALLSELECTED( Boston_All[Index] , Boston_All[Cat] )
VAR __Result =
RANK(
DENSE,
__Source,
ORDERBY( Boston_All[Index],ASC , Boston_All[Cat], ASC ),,
PARTITIONBY( Boston_All[Cat] )
) - 1
RETURN
IF( ISINSCOPE(Boston_All[Index] ) , __Result )
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@nwesterhuijs
You can use the following measure:
Rank =
VAR __Source = ALLSELECTED( Boston_All[Index] , Boston_All[Cat] )
VAR __Result =
RANK(
DENSE,
__Source,
ORDERBY( Boston_All[Index],ASC , Boston_All[Cat], ASC ),,
PARTITIONBY( Boston_All[Cat] )
) - 1
RETURN
IF( ISINSCOPE(Boston_All[Index] ) , __Result )
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@Fowmy Thank you for your shift reply.
Although I do not get an error, it also does not seem to calculate anything either.
I do not have the rights to link a file here, so I have dropped a test file containing the calculated column as well as the measure on my OneDrive (link below).
Test_Rank_Measure.pbix
Your assistance is highly appreciated as well as any further suggestions that I can try to resolve it.
Thanks, Norbert
@nwesterhuijs
You need to add the Index column to the table visual:
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