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Create Table using a measure
I'm trying to create a table based on another table by filtering using a measure.
Table2 =
VAR
SeletedYear = IF ( COUNTROWS( ALLSELECTED( TimeSet[Year] ) ) = 1, VALUES(TimeSet[Year]), BLANK())
RETURN
FILTER(Table1, YEAR( Table1[Date] ) = SelectedYear )
The result is blank (i.e. no rows).
Yet, if I make SelectedYear = 2017 (i.e. a static number) then it works.
I need Table2 to be created as a result of a selected year from a slicer.
Is that possible?
You define calculated tables with DAX but they are not dynamic. Basic workaround could look like this:
- Reference your original table twice
- Create calculated column
- For the second table with year - 1
- For the third table with year - 2
- Create look-up table for years
Now you can create slicer out of your look-up table and slice all three tables:
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Hi AndyTrezise
No, you can't dynamically re-populate a calculated table based on interactive selections made to a slicer.
You are better off putting all the data you need in the calculated table and then use the slicer to filter the data down to what you need.
Thanks for the response
What I failed to put in the previous post is that I also need a third table - so I would end up with Table 1, Table 2 and Table 3.
Its not not practicle to get the user to filter each table seperately. That's 3 x slicers when I only need them to pick from one so I need to do this interactively through DAX - I think :-)
I just want to be able to select a year (or year & month) from a single slicer and then filter table 1 to that selection, table 2 to year+1 and table 3 to year+2.
I'm not quite sure why in my previous example if I set the variabe to a static number it works but if I get the number from the selected value in the slicer it doesn't.
Is there any other way of filtering 3 tables via one slicer through code/DAX?
You define calculated tables with DAX but they are not dynamic. Basic workaround could look like this:
- Reference your original table twice
- Create calculated column
- For the second table with year - 1
- For the third table with year - 2
- Create look-up table for years
Now you can create slicer out of your look-up table and slice all three tables:
