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Anonymous
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Create hierarchy for filter from the same table

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:

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Data in column 'brand' showing in filter now:
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What I want to achieve:
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Hopefully someone can guide me through this, thank you!

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Anonymous
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@Anonymous,

Import Hierarchyslicer custom visual to Power BI Desktop, then create HierarchySlicer.

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Regards,
Lydia

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Anonymous
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@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.

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Regards,
Lydia

Anonymous
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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: 

 

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Cheers!

 

Anonymous
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@Anonymous,

Import Hierarchyslicer custom visual to Power BI Desktop, then create HierarchySlicer.

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Regards,
Lydia

AGo
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Are you meaning you want to filter brands by the first letter?

Anonymous
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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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