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Hi,
I have the following measure, which creates a natural sentence, which I then put on a hover page, to show up when a user hovers over the individual bars of a barchart.
Overview_hover_txt =
var TvsP = IF(SELECTEDVALUE(Overview_MostRecentYR[Diagnoses]) = SELECTEDVALUE(Overview_MostRecentYR[PersonsWithDx]),
"",
" ("&&format(SELECTEDVALUE(Overview_MostRecentYR[Diagnoses]), "#,#")&" tumours)"
)
RETURN
"In "&max(Overview_MostRecentYR[year])&", "&format(sum(Overview_MostRecentYR[PersonsWithDx]), "#,#")&" Victorians were diagnosed with "&SELECTEDVALUE(TumourGrouping[SumPage_LvL1_label], "cancer")&TvsP&". Our most recent data shows that 5-year survival is "&format(sum(Overview_MostRecentYR[Survival]), "#.#%")&" (95% confidence interval "&format(SELECTEDVALUE(Overview_MostRecentYR[Survival_LL]), "#.#%")&"-"&format(SELECTEDVALUE(Overview_MostRecentYR[Survival_LL]), "#.#%")&" for the period "&SELECTEDVALUE(Overview_MostRecentYR[Period])&"). In "&max(Overview_MostRecentYR[year])&", "&format(sum(Overview_MostRecentYR[Deaths]), "#,#")&" Victorians died from "&SELECTEDVALUE(TumourGrouping[SumPage_LvL1_label], "cancer")&"."
It works where the condition is met (i.e. the IF statement returns ""):
, but I get an error when the condition is not met. The error is:
What can I do to let the if statement return
Solved! Go to Solution.
@LucMarv
Need to unders why "&&" in the below line (Value for False Condition) . I think this is causing problem
("&&format(SELECTEDVALUE(Overview_MostRecentYR[Diagnoses]), "#,#")&" tumours)
Proud to be a Super User!
Yep that was it! Too bad PowerBI does not give an informative error message when this happens!
Thanks for taking the time to help me! Much appreciated!
@LucMarv
Need to unders why "&&" in the below line (Value for False Condition) . I think this is causing problem
("&&format(SELECTEDVALUE(Overview_MostRecentYR[Diagnoses]), "#,#")&" tumours)
Proud to be a Super User!
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