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7 years ago

DAX ALL Function not working as expected

Hello,   I have a fairly basic problem that doesn't seem to rectify itself where I am trying to remove a filter context through the ALL() function, but the measure ignores this command and I do not...
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Anonymous
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7 years ago

try

Day Average Rack = 
    CALCULATE( 
        AVERAGE(Table1[Rack]), 
        ALLEXCEPT(Table1, Table1[date])
    )

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7 years ago

Thanks for the idea, but the full table has six different attributes. I can specify them and then explicity specify any dimension tables I link the table to. It really doesn't seem like a sustainable solution, because if I add a new dimension table, I then have to go into the measure (and any measure like it) and add the new dimension table. I guess I'm surprised there isn't a simpler, more straightforward way to just remove a single filter instead of specifying all the filters I don't want removed. I know I can force an average through a calculated column because I can just calculate the average but that's really not best practice either. I'm interested in the proper syntex to unfilter the one column within the measure if it's possibe. Based upon this sqlbi.com article, they certainly do it, but I do not get the expected result at all. Is it because they are removing filters on the related Sales table instead of a filter in the Products table itself?

 

https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/managing-all-functions-in-dax-all-allselected-allnoblankrow-allexcept/

  • PaulDBrown's avatar
    PaulDBrown
    Community Champion
    7 years ago

    Hi montrealpie,

     

    I found a solution reading the article you posted from sblbi.com. Apparently in my case I needed to include CALCULATETABLE in the filter expression of my measure in order to get the CALCULATE function to ingnore the date filter context. (I am trying to get the earliest date each lead was emailed regardless of the date filter context)

     

    You can see the different behaviours in this screenshot:

     

     

     

     

     

    My guesss  is it should work for you given the right parameters.

     

    Best,

    Paul.

     

    PS. Despite the solution, I still don't understand why the ALL function does not remove the filter context by itself...
    In fact, both measures using a simple ALL in my example return the same result as a simple MIN function In first column: MIN(Mails [date sent])