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Anonymous
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4 years ago
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[DAX] Complex (?) Filter Context

Hello Everyone,

 

I'm struggling to create filter context with below assamptions.

 

1. I have simplified my data model to represent my real-life scenario and presented in on screens below.

 

 

2. I need to filter table factBuys using column Country from dimCountry. The filter needs to go throught factSales and check if Amount <> blank() AND isPremium = 1. Then it needs to filter table dimProduct and finally factBuys.

 

3. I would really like to avoid using both cross filter direction as my original model is much more complex and I'm really afraid it will crash after introducing it.

 

Many thanks for any guidance! Kamil

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

    I created a sample pbix file(see attachment), please check whether that is what you want. You can create a measure as below to get the sum of amount from factBuys base on selected countries...

    nAmount = 
VAR _selcountry =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'dimCountry'[CountryID] )
VAR _products =
    CALCULATETABLE (
        VALUES ( 'factSales'[ProductID] ),
        FILTER (
            'factSales',
            'factSales'[CountryID] = _selcountry
                && 'factSales'[isPremium] = 1
                && NOT ( ISBLANK ( 'factSales'[Amount] ) )
        )
    )
RETURN
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ( 'factBuys'[Amount] ),
        FILTER ( 'factBuys', 'factBuys'[ProductID] IN _products )
    )

    Best Regards

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  • parry2k's avatar
    parry2k
    Super User
    4 years ago

    Anonymous instead of creating the cross filter direction to both, you can write a measure and in that measure you can force cross filter direction to both:

     

    New Measure = 
CALCULATE (  
   [Your Measure], 
   CROSSFILTER ( FactSales[ProductId], dimProduct[ProductId], both ),
   <<add other conditions here>>
)

     

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    4 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

    I created a sample pbix file(see attachment), please check whether that is what you want. You can create a measure as below to get the sum of amount from factBuys base on selected countries...

    nAmount = 
VAR _selcountry =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'dimCountry'[CountryID] )
VAR _products =
    CALCULATETABLE (
        VALUES ( 'factSales'[ProductID] ),
        FILTER (
            'factSales',
            'factSales'[CountryID] = _selcountry
                && 'factSales'[isPremium] = 1
                && NOT ( ISBLANK ( 'factSales'[Amount] ) )
        )
    )
RETURN
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ( 'factBuys'[Amount] ),
        FILTER ( 'factBuys', 'factBuys'[ProductID] IN _products )
    )

    Best Regards

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      4 years ago

      Thank you Anonymous, it works indeed. Many thanks for your support!