Custom Slicer: All values and all except one

[crln-blue]

Hello!

I'm having some trouble regarding the logic of my slicer.

I'm aware that to create a slicer, you have to drag the column and the unique values of that certain column will serve as choices for your slicer. But I have a different case.. I want to have a slicer (filter for my materials) where the options are:

• All materials
• All materials except material B

I have a list of materials (A to Z) and I created a calculated column:

Material Filter = if(Query1[MATERIAL] <> "B", "All materials except material B", "All materials")

But I think this is wrong haha! Because if I choose "All materials" only the values for material B will appear. Is there a way where I can have a DAX measure as a slicer filter? How can I create my own slicer with this logic?

Thanks a lot in advance!

[Anonymous]

Hi @crln-blue ,

I'm glad that I can help you resolve this issue. The max function in this measure is used to define the exact value of each row. The value of measure must be calculated according to the context. The logic you gave is that everything except B is "All materials except material B", and the rest is only B, so only B is called "All materials". My method is to create two different variables that will show different values when different conditions are met. So I think the MAX function is not the cause of the error.

Best Regards,

Yuna

[Anonymous]

Hi @crln-blue ,

I'm glad that I can help you resolve this issue. The max function in this measure is used to define the exact value of each row because the value of measure should be calculated according to the context.

Best Regards,

Yuna

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @crln-blue ,

Based on your description, you can do some steps as follows.

1. create a table that contains only "All materials except material B" and "All materials". (I used "Enter Data" option)

2. create a measure and drag it to the filter of the table visual.(is equal to 1)

Measure = 

var x1=SELECTEDVALUE('slicer'[S])

var x2=IF(MAX('Query1'[material])<>BLANK(),"All materials")

var x3=IF(MAX('Query1'[material])<>"B","All materials except material B")

return

IF(x1="All materials",1,IF(x1=x3,1,0))

Result:

Hope that's what you were looking for.

Best Regards,

Yuna

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

[crln-blue]

Thanks @Anonymous ! This solved my problem. I did this but I did not use the MAX function for checking the material that's why my slicer is not reflecting in the matrix.

I just have a question, what's the MAX function in material for? I just want to understand the measure. Thanks again!

[parry2k]

@crln-blue you can surely have a visual level filter for the slicer, read this post.

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