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wes-shen-poal
Helper III
9 years ago
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Dynamic Chart Based on Rank

Hi there,   I'm wanting to create a column chart that will show me the count of vehicles for TopN Consignees + Other. It is the Other i don't know how to calculate. Other refers to all the Consigne...
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  • v-ljerr-msft's avatar
    v-ljerr-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi wes-shen-poal,

     

    After reviewing your shared pbix file, I find that you may need to modify the following three measures, then it should work as expected. And I have sent you the modified pbix file in private message. :smileyhappy:

     

    Count = 
VAR currentConsignee =
    FIRSTNONBLANK ( Consignee_List[Consignee], 1 )
RETURN
    CALCULATE (
        DISTINCTCOUNT ( 'VMS Vehicle'[VehicleID] ),
        FILTER ( 'VMS Vehicle', 'VMS Vehicle'[Consignee] = currentConsignee )
    )

    Rank = RANKX(ALL('Consignee_List'[Consignee]),[Count], ,DESC)
    Count for TopN Consignees = 
VAR othersCount =
    SUMX (
        FILTER ( ALL ( Consignee_List ), [Rank] > [SelectedTopNNumber] ),
        [Count]
    )
RETURN
    IF (
        HASONEVALUE ( Consignee_List[Consignee] ),
        SWITCH (
            VALUES ( Consignee_List[Consignee] ),
            "Other", othersCount,
            IF ( [Rank] <= [SelectedTopNNumber], [Count] )
        )
    )

     

    Regards

wes-shen-poal's avatar
wes-shen-poal
Helper III
9 years ago

Hi v-ljerr-msft

 

Thanks so much. I can't do CALCULATE( SUM('VMS Vehicle'[Count]) i think because it's a calculated measure and not a column.

So I just tried doing CALCULATE([Count] instead, but then it gives me blank visualisation.

 

I'm not sure if this is relevant, but each row in the table 'VMS Vehicle' we are using represents a car vehicle with a unique VehicleID. And each unique VehicleID has a Consignee. So therefore, one Consignee can have many VehicleIDs.

 

My Rank formula

Rank = RANKX(ALL('VMS Vehicle'[Consignee]),'VMS Vehicle'[Count], ,DESC)

...ranks the Consignees based on their count of VehicleIDs (or rows).

 

I am just wondering whether this piece of information is helpful to tweak the formulas you gave me so that it doesn't return blank visualisation?

 

 

Thanks
Wes

v-ljerr-msft's avatar
v-ljerr-msft
Microsoft Employee
9 years ago

Hi wes-shen-poal,

 

Could you share a sample pbix file which can reproduce the issue, so that I can help further investigate on it? You can upload it to OneDrive or Dropbox and post the link here, or sent it to me in private message. Do mask sensitive data before uploading. :smileyhappy:

 

Regards

  • wes-shen-poal's avatar
    wes-shen-poal
    Helper III
    9 years ago

    Hi v-ljerr-msft

     

    I have privately messaged you the OneDrive link.

     

    Thanks again for your help


    Wes

    • v-ljerr-msft's avatar
      v-ljerr-msft
      Microsoft Employee
      9 years ago

      Hi wes-shen-poal,

       

      After reviewing your shared pbix file, I find that you may need to modify the following three measures, then it should work as expected. And I have sent you the modified pbix file in private message. :smileyhappy:

       

      Count = 
VAR currentConsignee =
    FIRSTNONBLANK ( Consignee_List[Consignee], 1 )
RETURN
    CALCULATE (
        DISTINCTCOUNT ( 'VMS Vehicle'[VehicleID] ),
        FILTER ( 'VMS Vehicle', 'VMS Vehicle'[Consignee] = currentConsignee )
    )

      Rank = RANKX(ALL('Consignee_List'[Consignee]),[Count], ,DESC)
      Count for TopN Consignees = 
VAR othersCount =
    SUMX (
        FILTER ( ALL ( Consignee_List ), [Rank] > [SelectedTopNNumber] ),
        [Count]
    )
RETURN
    IF (
        HASONEVALUE ( Consignee_List[Consignee] ),
        SWITCH (
            VALUES ( Consignee_List[Consignee] ),
            "Other", othersCount,
            IF ( [Rank] <= [SelectedTopNNumber], [Count] )
        )
    )

       

      Regards

      • wes-shen-poal's avatar
        wes-shen-poal
        Helper III
        9 years ago

        Thank you so much v-ljerr-msft

         

        It works great, however, as the x-axis now uses the Consignee from the Consignee_List table, I can't seem to use this column chart to cross-filter other charts.

         

         

        Is it because there's no relationship established between Consignee_List table and VMS Vehicle table? If so, I tried establishing a relationship using "Consignee" in the Consignee_List table and the one in the VMS Vehicle table, but then I get an error saying that one of the columns must have unique values.

         

        Is there a way I can get the cross-filtering between the charts working again?

         

        As an extension to this, I was wondering if you can kindly show me the formula to get the % of Total Count for each Top Consignee +Other?

         

        I will have it showing in the tooltip 

         

        Thanks

        Wes