Display Slicer value dynamically on card

[abap32]

I have a Month slicer and i want to display the Month name of the selected number ( 8 = August) on a card.

 

I am using the following measure: 
dynamic_text_last = "Sum of January until " & LASTNONBLANK(Month_Table[Column_Month_Names],Month_Table[Column_Month_Names])

What i get as a result is the following:
 

Somehow the sorting of the table is lost while using the LASTNONBLANK function. I figured that out while entering the number 12 for December and got September on the card instead. If you sort the months by their name, then September is the 12th month. That seems to be the case here - my original sorting by monthID is replaced magically with an alphabetical order. I have been trying for hours and i cannt find a workaround this problem.

I hope that someone could provide a solution to that matter!

[v-ljerr-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @abap32,

Based on my test, the formula below should work in your scenario. 

dynamic_text_last =
"Sum of January until "
    & FORMAT ( DATE ( 1900, MAX ( Month_Table[Column_Month_Number] ), 1 ), "mmmm" )

Regards

[abap32]

@v-ljerr-msft Is there a possibility to alter your code in order to display the Month names in German language?

[v-ljerr-msft]

Hi @abap32,

Try the formula below. It may not be a smart way, but it should work. 

dynamic_text_last = 
VAR monthNameInGerman =
    SWITCH (
        MAX ( Month_Table[Column_Month_Number] ),
        1, "der Januar",
        2, "der Februar",
        3, "der März",
        4, "der April",
        5, "der Mai",
        6, "der Juni",
        7, "der Juli",
        8, "der August",
        9, "der September",
        10, "der Oktober",
        11, "der November",
        12, "der Dezember"
    )
RETURN
    "Sum of January until " & monthNameInGerman

Regards

[abap32]

@v-ljerr-msft i cannot thank you enough!

[abap32]

Many many many thanks @v-ljerr-msft

[vcastello]

Hi @abap32 

When you say ...

"That seems to be the case here - my original sorting by monthID is replaced magically with an alphabetical order"

means that you selected the 'Order by Column' feature and it does not work? Or that you originally sorted by monthID in the original table?

Vicente

[abap32]

Hi @vcastello,

i have used both ordering options on monthID. However the values that are returned from that LASTNONBLANK function are ordered by name. I cannot find another explanation why i am getting the wrong month name returned ( which only makes sense if the month name is ordered alphabetically).

[vcastello]

Hi @abap32

Try changing the formula to ...

dynamic_text_last = "Sum of January until " & MAX(Month_Table[Column_Month_Names])

[abap32]

Hi @vcastello,

didnt work. 

[vcastello]

Hi @abap32

Could you provida a sample .pbix file somewhere to see exactly the data model?

Thanks

Vicente

[abap32]

Thank you for your help @vcastello, but i am really not allowed to do this. I will keep fighting the beast alone 🙂