Create a filter with custom string values

[lukelukas]

I am trying to create custom string filters that bring up different set or combinations of columns.

I have Columns representing model features like so:

For example, if I select "Model 1" I want the table to show Column1, Column2, and Column3. If I select "Model 2" I want the table to show Column2, Column 4, and Column 5. The columns are not related which works fine and I can select columns from fields, but I can't figure out how to create a slicer/filter for custom strings like "Model 1".

Thanks very much.

[kpost · Accepted solution]

create a new table called 'Selection_Options' with a single column, 'Options',  with no relationships to other tables.

Make the data in the Options column like this:

Model1
Model2
Model3

etc.

Then, for each column  you'll have in your table visual, you'll have a measure like this:

Column_1_Switch =

    VAR Selection =

    SELECTEDVALUE('Selection_Options'[Options], "All")

    RETURN

    SWITCH(

        TRUE(),

        Selection = "Model1", [Expression1],

        Selection = "Model2", [Expression2],

        Selection = "Model3", [Expression3]

        --etc.

    )

Alright.  NOW, lastly, add a slicer to the page with your  'Selection_Options'[Options] column, and go to Visualizations> Format Visual> Visual> Slicer Settings> Single Select  and turn Single Select ON!


Now, depending on what is selected in your slicer, each column can display a totally different measure.

You may have to have the same number of lines in each switch statement, one for each model.  But that doesn't mean you can't have it return BLANK() if you want one model to have 4 columns and the other to have 3 etc.

The caveat is the columns headers will be the SAME in each model.  So you may want to look into another solution if that is unacceptable to you.

[lukelukas]

Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for!
Would you have any tips on how to list column values in the table visual? What I mean is, instead of the [Expression] I would like to simply have column values like in my screenshot above?
Thanks for your help!

[kpost]

Based on your example, here's what I would have for each of the 3 switch statements.

Column_1_Switch =

    VAR Selection =

    SELECTEDVALUE('Selection_Options'[Options], "All")

    RETURN

    SWITCH(

        TRUE(),

        Selection = "Model1", COALESCE(SUM(Table(['Feature 1']), 0),

        Selection = "Model2", COALESCE(SUM(Table(['Feature 2']), 0)

    )

Column_2_Switch =

    VAR Selection =

    SELECTEDVALUE('Selection_Options'[Options], "All")

    RETURN

    SWITCH(

        TRUE(),

        Selection = "Model1", COALESCE(SUM(Table(['Feature 2']), 0),

        Selection = "Model2", COALESCE(SUM(Table(['Feature 4']), 0)

    )

Column_3_Switch =

    VAR Selection =

    SELECTEDVALUE('Selection_Options'[Options], "All")

    RETURN

    SWITCH(

        TRUE(),

        Selection = "Model1", COALESCE(SUM(Table(['Feature 3']), 0),

        Selection = "Model2", COALESCE(SUM(Table(['Feature 5']), 0)

    )

[lukelukas]

That's perfect, thank you so much

[Alex_Sawdo]

You can "technically" do something like this with a field parameter. When building a field parameter, you can only select columns once but after it's initially built you can add rows as you choose by following the syntax in the definition. In addition, you can add another column to each element with the model numbers. Then, you can use the field parameter object and use this new column with the models as your slicer to dynamically choose which columns you need displayed.