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Nicholas_B
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3 years ago
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Creating filter for multiple values in one column

Hello, 

 

I am having an issue creating a filter that will let me filter items with mulitple values in a column separated by commas. Here is an example of the table I am using: 

 

I want this filter to be able to show names based on a color, with that color being in any of the three positions. For instance, If I were to click Blue I would want it to filter to Bill, David, Roger, Steven and Thomas as they all have blue somewhere in their color preference. 

 

I have tried approaching this a few different ways. I have tried splitting the columns by delimeter into separate columns. The problem when I do that is the filter will only recognize the first entry so if I were to click Blue only Thomas would show up. Also I still only want one column for Color Preference and this splits Color Preference into 3 columns: 

 

 

 

I have also tried using the delimeter to split them into multiple rows but then the issue becomes I have multiple rows repeating the same persons name: 

 

 

Is there anyway to create the filter I need?

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  • jgeddes's avatar
    jgeddes
    3 years ago

    One way to approach it would be to create a second table with your colors, but do not relate it to the original table. Use this table as the filter.

    Create a measure that looks for the selected value in the color table and and then looks in the color preference column for that value.

    filteredNames = 
    var _selectedColor = 
    IF(
        HASONEVALUE(colors[Color]),
        SELECTEDVALUE(colors[Color])
    )
    var _nameCalc =
    CALCULATE(
        MIN('Table'[Name]),
        FILTER('Table', CONTAINSSTRING('Table'[Color Preference], _selectedColor))
    )
    Return
    _nameCalc

    As long as you keep the color preference column in your table you will get the result you are looking for.

     

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  • jgeddes's avatar
    jgeddes
    Super User
    3 years ago

    One way to approach it would be to create a second table with your colors, but do not relate it to the original table. Use this table as the filter.

    Create a measure that looks for the selected value in the color table and and then looks in the color preference column for that value.

    filteredNames = 
    var _selectedColor = 
    IF(
        HASONEVALUE(colors[Color]),
        SELECTEDVALUE(colors[Color])
    )
    var _nameCalc =
    CALCULATE(
        MIN('Table'[Name]),
        FILTER('Table', CONTAINSSTRING('Table'[Color Preference], _selectedColor))
    )
    Return
    _nameCalc

    As long as you keep the color preference column in your table you will get the result you are looking for.