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Anonymous's avatar
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 following calculation:
IF(CALCULATE(MAX('TABLE'[COST]),

ALLEXCEPT('TABLE', 'TABLE'[MONTH],
'TABLE'[NAME],
'TABLE'[ALIAS],
'TABLE'[BRANCH))='TABLE'[COST],'TABLE'[COST],BLANK())

 

And my INDICATOR-column then makes it as a "1" if the entry is the maximum.

 

I have following table

IDNAMEALIASBRANCHMONTHYEARCOSTMAX(COST)INDICATOR
1VICTORVLACAR120206206201
2VICTORVLACAR12020453  
3VICTORVLACAR120206206201
4VICTORVLACAR12020249  
5VICTORVLATRUCK22020121912191
6CARLCHOCAR220203103101
7CARLCHOTRUCK22020918  
8CARLCHOTRUCK22020132813281

 

But, I only want my INDICATOR to count the earliest MAX-value, i.e. the second "620" given the same filters should just be blank as following:

 

IDNAMEALIASBRANCHMONTHYEARCOSTMAX(COST)INDICATOR
1VICTORVLACAR120206206201
2VICTORVLACAR12020453  
3VICTORVLACAR12020620  
4VICTORVLACAR12020249  
5VICTORVLATRUCK22020121912191
6CARLCHOCAR220203103101
7CARLCHOTRUCK22020918  
8CARLCHOTRUCK22020132813281

 

As you can se from the table MAX(COST) is blank for ID='3'. How do I make sure my INDICATOR takes this into account? 

 

Thanks in advance.

Need Help

4 Replies

  • parry2k's avatar
    parry2k
    Icon for Super User rankSuper User
    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
      Not applicable
      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


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