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Quenril
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2 years ago
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Create a TopN DAX measure across multiple columns

Hello,   I am trying to create a series of card dashboards for the top performers in our business for each activity type. For each activity type I have a fact table with counts - screenshot example...
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    Quenril
    2 years ago

    Hello Ashish,

     

    Amazing, that was so simple, I need to remember that filters applied in Query Editor load so thank you. 

     

    Sorry to be a pain (😶) however I have one final query to finesse this formula.... Depending on the time period I select in my slicer, sometimes the Top N Consultant Name is someone who has actually now left the business. Is there an easy way I can filter the measure to include just current Consultants? I don't want to delete the underlying data in the 'Client Meetings' table as I need that for my aggregate YOY measures etc.

     

    I have a seperate table called 'Consultant lookup' which contains all the names, departments, codes and the dates when each person was joined the business. For people who moved teams internally that is also indicated on this sheet. Is there any way I can use this to limit my Top N formula to just individuals who are still working for our company as of the current date? I can add a further column with a simple 'In the business on current date Y/N' type selection if that helps?

     

    This is an example of my Consultant lookup table:

    Effective from dateConsultant NameDivision
    01/01/2020Consultant ABusiness Tranformation
    01/04/2022Consultant BFinance
    08/04/2022Consultant CBoard
    15/04/2023Consultant DBoard
    07/06/2023Consultant EBusiness Tranformation
    31/10/2023Consultant ADigital & Technology
    31/10/2023Consultant DSales & Marketing
    01/11/2023Consultant FDigital & Technology

     

    Thank you

    Becky

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Quenril
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2 years ago

Hello Ashish,

Thank you so much for this. So the formulas are both working however Measure 2 is returning a blank result. This is actually correct as in my data table where I have unpivoted the 3 Consultant columns (which included blank fields), the majority of my 'Consultant Name' column is showing as blank. Is there a way that after I have unpivoted the columns I can remove any rows in my fact table where that 'Consultant Name' column is blank? Essentially those rows now contain duplicate data.

Thank you so much

Quenril

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    Ashish_Mathur
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    2 years ago

    You are welcome.  In the Query Editor, after the Unpivot step, filter out the blanks/nulls.