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TAlvarez
Frequent Visitor
10 years ago

Dynamic Column based on aggregated measure

Hello all,   I am trying to create a dynamic dimension based on a slicer, to do this I could use the switch function to populate a column based on a measurement such as max or min from a detached t...
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TAlvarez
Frequent Visitor
10 years ago

Thank you for your suggestion, I have tried this before and it only gives you the min of the all the column values, no matter the slicers or filters you choose.

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v-sihou-msft
Microsoft Employee
10 years ago

TAlvarez

 

Please try to create two calculated measures as below. ALLSELECTED looks like a function that is able to understand what the user selected.

 

MinNum = MIN ( Table1[TestNum] )

TestMeasure = CALCULATE ( [MinNum], ALLSELECTED ( Table1[TestNum] ) )

 

Regards,

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    TAlvarez
    Frequent Visitor
    10 years ago

    HI Simon,

     

    I have also tried this before but it won't work either.  Remember I am trying to make a dynamic dimension which means I need a column to change value when a measurement does.  If you input the calculate column value into a column it will alwyas read the max or min value of the total dataset, even if you filter or set any calculation filters.

     

    What Power BI here really needs is a global variable that can be interchanged among tables and measurements.

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      v-sihou-msft
      Microsoft Employee
      10 years ago

      TAlvarez

       

      Now variables are only available within the expression where you define them. You can vote this idea (global variable) here.

       

      Regards,