Creating matrix visual using values as row header/value

[Zakk2000]

Hi All,

I am stuck on creating a visual using Matrix.

Sample Data:

Case No.	Sales by	Being Assistant 1	Being Assistant 2
1A	Person A	Person B	Person C
2B	Person A	Person B	Person C
3C	Person B	Person C	Person D
4D	Person B	Person C	Person D
5E	Person C	Person D	Person A
6	Person C	Person D	Person A
7	Person D	Person A	Person B

I am trying to translate on how many case for a person have done for each "sales by", "being assitant 1" and "being assistant 2".

Intended Matrix:

Person	Sales by	Being Assitant 1	Being Assistant 2	Total Cases
Person A	2	1	2	5
Person B	2	2	1	5
Person C	2	2	2	6
Person D	1	2	2	5

Appreciate all the help on this.

[Greg_Deckler]

@Zakk2000 Maybe:

Sales By Measure = COUNTROWS('Table')

Sales By Being Assistant 1 Measure =
  VAR __Person = MAX('Table'[Sales by])
  VAR __Result = COUNTROWS(FILTER(ALL('Table'),[Being Assistant 1] = __Person))
RETURN
  __Result

Sales By Being Assistant 2 Measure =
  VAR __Person = MAX('Table'[Sales by])
  VAR __Result = COUNTROWS(FILTER(ALL('Table'),[Being Assistant 2] = __Person))
RETURN
  __Result


Total Cases Measure = [Sales By Measure] + [Sales By Being Assistant 1 Measure] + [Sales By Being Assistant 2 Measure]

[Zakk2000]

Hi @Greg_Deckler ,

Your solution managed to do on everything for the values side, but I am still struggling on the 'Person' column. I tried to create a new table and merge the columns by distinct 'Person' name.

Column_Person = DISTINCT(UNION(

DISTINCT('Table'[Sales By]),

DISTINCT('Table'[Being Assistant 1]),

DISTINCT('Table'[Being Assitant 2])

)

)

Person	Sales by	Being Assitant 1	Being Assistant 2	Total Cases
Person A	2	1	2	5
Person B	2	2	1	5
Person C	2	2	2	6
Person D	1	2	2	5

[Greg_Deckler · Accepted solution]

@Zakk2000 I was assuming that you would just use Sales by column in your matrix visual. If for some reason that is not feasible, you could create a new table like this (I would leave as a disconnected table).

Person Table = 
  DISTINCT(
    UNION(
      SELECTCOLUMNS('Table',"Person",[Sales By]),
      SELECTCOLUMNS('Table',"Person",[Being Assistant 1]),
      SELECTCOLUMNS('Table',"Person",[Being Assistant 2]),
    )
  )

You would change the measures like this:

Sales By Measure = 
  VAR __Person = MAX('Person Table'[Person])
  VAR __Result = COUNTROWS(FILTER(ALL('Table',[Sales By] = __Person
RETURN
  __Result

Sales By Being Assistant 1 Measure =
  VAR __Person = MAX('Person Table'[Person])
  VAR __Result = COUNTROWS(FILTER(ALL('Table'),[Being Assistant 1] = __Person))
RETURN
  __Result

Sales By Being Assistant 2 Measure =
  VAR __Person = MAX('Person Table'[Person])
  VAR __Result = COUNTROWS(FILTER(ALL('Table'),[Being Assistant 2] = __Person))
RETURN
  __Result


Total Cases Measure = [Sales By Measure] + [Sales By Being Assistant 1 Measure] + [Sales By Being Assistant 2 Measure]

[Zakk2000]

Hi @Greg_Deckler ,

Your solution helps a lot 🙂

I am confuse with the error by my power BI.

The "total" (bolded) at the bottom of the table that generated by Matrix viz is only showing the last person (Person D). Is there a way to fix this?

Result received:

Person	Sales by	Being Assitant 1	Being Assistant 2	Total Cases
Person A	2	1	2	5
Person B	2	2	1	5
Person C	2	2	2	6
Person D	1	2	2	5
Total	1	2		5

[Greg_Deckler]

@Zakk2000 First, please vote for this idea: https://ideas.powerbi.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=082203f1-594f-4ba7-ac87-bb91096c742e

This looks like a measure totals problem. Very common. See my post about it here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/DAX-Commands-and-Tips/Dealing-with-Measure-Totals/td-p/63376

Also, this Quick Measure, Measure Totals, The Final Word should get you what you need:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Measure-Totals-The-Final-Word/m-p/547907

Also: https://youtu.be/uXRriTN0cfY
And: https://youtu.be/n4TYhF2ARe8