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Hi all, I was trying to group the data from a table column (brand) into A, B, C....Z so that I can use them as the filter. Example as shown below:
TableName:
Data in column 'brand' showing in filter now:
What I want to achieve:
Hopefully someone can guide me through this, thank you!
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@Anonymous,
Import Hierarchyslicer custom visual to Power BI Desktop, then create HierarchySlicer.
Regards,
Lydia
@Anonymous,
You can use Grouping feature in Power BI Desktop to group the data into A,B,C….Z, then you are able to filter data using the group column.
Regards,
Lydia
Hi @Anonymous and @AGo,
Thanks for the reply!
Just wondering if I can achieve something similar to the example below instead of grouping them as I want to show it in a dropdown list:
Cheers!
@Anonymous,
Import Hierarchyslicer custom visual to Power BI Desktop, then create HierarchySlicer.
Regards,
Lydia
Are you meaning you want to filter brands by the first letter?
Yes!
You have to create a new column in the table brands with the LEFT function: LEFT(brand;1) .
And use that column in your filter.
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