Calculating Top N across columns

[Clint]

Hello,

I have a datasource that tracks initiatives and the projects that affect each initiative.  Each initiative is a column and each project is a row.  I've been asked to show a Top N (Top 3 Initiatives by count of projects) across these initiatives.  I Is there a way to calculate a Top N across columns w/o modifying the data model?  If not, what is the best practice approach to doing so?

[Anonymous]

hi @Clint 

You can try this:

-In the visual level filters on the right side of your report as shown in the screesnhot below:

-in the BY Value , you can drag the Project field from your dataset and chnage it to count.

- Change pay plan field to your required field

Hope this helps!

[Clint]

Hello @Anonymous ,

To clarify, I need to calculate the Top N across values in multiple columns, not just one.  I have something like 7 columns representing various attributes and each row in the dataset is a project name.  I need to find the Top N (3) of project name count from all 7 columns; meaning which three 3 columns have the highest number of projects associated to them.

[Anonymous]

Hi @Clint ,

May be you can provide me some sample data to recreate the issue.

Thanks,

Tejaswi

[Clint]

Hello @Anonymous ,

Here is a dummy of what the table structure looks like (removing proprietary info)

Project Name	Status	Close Reason	Micro Stage Gate	Date Created	Closure Date	Variance	Column1	Column2	Column3	Column4	Column5	Column6	Column7	Column8	Column9	Column10
Project 1	Open						1			1	1		1		1	1
project 2	In progress							1	1			1	1
Project 3	Closed			6/30/2019			1	1				1		1	1
Project 4	Open						1		1				1			1

[Anonymous]

Hi Clint,

What I understood after looking at your dummy data is that, you want the summation of all the count in each column for all your projects and identify the highest summation for each of these columns.

Correct me if I am wrong.

if What i undersood is correct, then can you show the table somethign like this??

This is because Power BI support doesn't support multiple Top N in Visual level filters.

May be you need a Calculated column.

you can refer this post :

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/TOPN-for-two-columns/td-p/545097

Thanks,

Tejaswi

[Clint]

Thanks @Anonymous , I just created a couple of tables in excel to pull the data together in the way I needed it to do the Top N.  The datamodel of the source just needs to be restructured I think to give us more flexibility in working with it.