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RingoSun
Helper II
Helper II

Changing what columns will appear in a matrix table based on a slicer

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So I have this matrix table above but I want to filter it in such a way that if I use a Subcategory slicer and choose Convection microwave, it will only show specific competitor columns and the rest of the competitors will be grouped as Others. Something like below. 

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And then if I select Portable in the Subcategory slicer then it would show me different columns again like below.

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That's basically the whole idea.

 

The way I approached this problem was I created additional columns in my Brand dimension table in order to specify which columns would appear.

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I tried creating a measure with a Switch function in it to return a column based on the selected value on the slicer but of course it won't work since I will not be able to put the measure in the Columns field of the visual.

 

There's probably a better way to do it but I just cannot figure out what. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

SAMPLE PBIX

 

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amitchandak
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@RingoSun , check if field parameter feature of May 2022 update can help you

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-may-2022-feature-summary/#post-19361-_Toc103022212

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@amitchandak 

Great for additional knowledge but unfortunately not quite enough for my requirement

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