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AleksandrG
Helper I
Helper I

DAX. Filtering the calculation through a parameter.

Guys, hello!

Please help me to solve the following problem.
I want to calculate the lost profit only for products whose profit is less than the specified value in the parameter.
I created a measure:

 
Lost profit =
SUMX (
    VALUES ( Assortment4 ),
    IF (
        [Remainder] = 0,
        VAR Profit =
            CALCULATE ( [Profit], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) )
        VAR SalesQty =
            CALCULATE ( [Sales Qty], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) )
        VAR SalesPerDay =
            CALCULATE ( [Sales Per Day], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) )
        RETURN
            DIVIDE ( Profit, SalesQty, 0 ) * SalesPerDay
    )
)

She works as she should.

Further, I decided to improve this measure so that it calculates only for goods that have a profit greater than specified in the parameter.

Lost profit_2 =
VAR _1 =
    ADDCOLUMNS(  Assortment4, "Percent", [% Profit] )

RETURN
SUMX (
    FILTER (
        _1,
        [Percent] > '% Profit'[Meaning % Profit]),
    IF (
        [Remainder] = 0,
        VAR Profit =
            CALCULATE ( [Profit], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) )
        VAR SalesQty =
            CALCULATE ( [Sales Qty], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) )
        VAR SalesPerDay =
            CALCULATE ( [Sales Per Day], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) )
        RETURN
            DIVIDE ( Profit, SalesQty, 0 ) * SalesPerDay
    )
)
 
But the Lost profit_2 measure doesn't work for some reason. I have changed the first argument to SUMX so that I can filter products by % profit.
 
Tell me, please, what is my mistake? How can this be fixed?

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

here is the solution 🙂

VAR _table =
    FILTER (
        ADDCOLUMNS (
            Assortment4,
            "Persent", CALCULATE ( [% Profit], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) ),
            "Profit"CALCULATE ( [Profit], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) ),
            "SalesQty"CALCULATE ( [Sales Qty], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) ),
            "SalesPerDay"CALCULATE ( [Sales Per Day], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) )
        ),
        [Persent] > '% Profit'[Meaning % Profit]
    )
RETURN
    SUMX (
        _table,
        IF (
            [Remainder] = 0,
            DIVIDE ( [Profit], [SalesQty], 0 ) * [SalesPerDay]
        )
    )

 

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@AleksandrG , to filter a measure you need to force a group by. or use measure in the visual level filter

 

example

suxm(filter(values(Table[Name]), [percent] < selectedvalue(whatif[value]) ), [Measure])

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Hello)
Many thanks for the advice.
I'd really like to do this functionally - via Create Parameter if possible)
But is there really no way to make a filter through Create parameter - Numeric parameter?

Screenshot_1.png

It seems that everything is obvious, at first glance, how to implement it.)) But for some reason it does not work.
I have already started trying through creating a DAX virtual table.
Here's what happens:
If I create a virtual table without the FILTER function, then everything works as it should.

 

VAR _table =
    ADDCOLUMNS (
        Assortment4,
        "Persent", [% Profit],
        "Profit", CALCULATE ( [Profit], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) ),
        "SalesQty", CALCULATE ( [Sales Qty], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) ),
        "SalesPerDay", CALCULATE ( [Sales Per Day], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) )
    )
RETURN
    SUMX (
        _table,
        IF ( [Remainder] = 0, DIVIDE ( [Profit], [SalesQty], 0 ) * [SalesPerDay] )
    )


But as soon as I start filtering the table through the created parameter, the data from the chart disappears.

 

VAR _table =
    FILTER (
        ADDCOLUMNS (
            Assortment4,
            "Persent", [% Profit],
            "Profit", CALCULATE ( [Profit], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) ),
            "SalesQty", CALCULATE ( [Sales Qty], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) ),
            "SalesPerDay", CALCULATE ( [Sales Per Day], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) )
        ),
        [Persent] > '% Profit'[Meaning % Profit]
    )
RETURN
    SUMX (
        _table,
        IF (
            [Remainder] = 0,
            DIVIDE ( [Profit], [SalesQty], 0 ) * [SalesPerDay]
        )
    )
 
What am I doing wrong?) How to fix this?

here is the solution 🙂

VAR _table =
    FILTER (
        ADDCOLUMNS (
            Assortment4,
            "Persent", CALCULATE ( [% Profit], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) ),
            "Profit"CALCULATE ( [Profit], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) ),
            "SalesQty"CALCULATE ( [Sales Qty], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) ),
            "SalesPerDay"CALCULATE ( [Sales Per Day], ALLSELECTED ( 'Calendar' ) )
        ),
        [Persent] > '% Profit'[Meaning % Profit]
    )
RETURN
    SUMX (
        _table,
        IF (
            [Remainder] = 0,
            DIVIDE ( [Profit], [SalesQty], 0 ) * [SalesPerDay]
        )
    )

 

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