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Anonymous
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Change Dax from numeric values to categorical values

Hi,

 

I have this 

MedidaAMostrar = IF(HASONEVALUE(Medida[Medida]);SWITCH(VALUES(Medida[Medida]);"Gasto";[GastoT];"Exposicion";[Exposicion]))
 
And works if GastoT and Exposicion are meassures. I need something similar but, with a particularity, I need to select string columns instead of numerical values. it will be like Gasto and Exposicion having these values

GastoT

AAAA
BBB
CCC
DDD

 

Exposicion

XXXXX

YY
ZZZ
WWW

 

So MedidaAMostrar will be a column with Exposicion categories or GastoT categories depending on what I selected in Medida[Medida]

 

 

Thanks!!!

 

Regards

 
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v-lionel-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

try this:

 

MedidaAMostrar =
IF (
    HASONEVALUE ( Medida[Medida] ),
    SWITCH (
        VALUES ( Medida[Medida] ),
        "Gasto", FORMAT ( [GastoT], "" ),
        "Exposicion", FORMAT ( [Exposicion], "" )
    )
)

 

 

Best regards,
Lionel Chen

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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v-lionel-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

try this:

 

MedidaAMostrar =
IF (
    HASONEVALUE ( Medida[Medida] ),
    SWITCH (
        VALUES ( Medida[Medida] ),
        "Gasto", FORMAT ( [GastoT], "" ),
        "Exposicion", FORMAT ( [Exposicion], "" )
    )
)

 

 

Best regards,
Lionel Chen

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

Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
Community Champion

I am not following this, can you post sample data as text and expected output? Please see this post regarding How to Get Your Question Answered Quickly: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/ba-p/38490



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