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Anonymous
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5 years ago

Choose earliest value as true value

Hi,   I'm stuck on this annoying problem. I would like to indicate where the highest cost arises based on  - NAME - ALIAS - BRANCH - MONTH   Now my following MAX(COST)-column makes the follow...
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parry2k's avatar
parry2k
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5 years ago

Anonymous here is the measure and the result

 

Max Cost = 
VAR __table =         
        ALLEXCEPT (
            'Cost', 
            'Cost'[MONTH],
            'Cost'[NAME],
            'Cost'[ALIAS],
            'Cost'[BRANCH]
        )
VAR __id = 
CALCULATE (
    MIN ( Cost[ID] ),
    TOPN ( 1, __table, CALCULATE ( MAX ( Cost[COST] ) ), DESC ) 
)
VAR __return =  
IF ( MIN ( Cost[ID] ) = __id , 1  )
RETURN __return

 

 

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    5 years ago

    What if I don't have an ID-column? How should I then approach it? I know it sounds silly, but making this code work without using the ID would be better in my case 🙂

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    5 years ago

    When I try the code it just gives me the circular reference error. How can that be?

    • v-henryk-mstf's avatar
      v-henryk-mstf
      Icon for Community Support rankCommunity Support
      5 years ago

      Hi Anonymous ,


      You need to copy the code to measure instead of calculated column.


      Best Regards,
      Henry


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