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venkatramp
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Dynamic Metrics Selection

Can someone help in creating dynamic table based on user selection (ala a carte metrics)

Based on user selection the table should change dynamically and only show those metrics seleted by user.

Lets say I have 10 Metrics in my slicer and user selects only 5 metrics, table should only show 5 metrics selected by user.

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v-lili6-msft
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hi, @venkatramp

First, you should know that calculated column and calculate table can't be affected by any slicer. you could create a measure instead of column.

Notice:

1. Calculation column/table not support dynamic changed based on filter or slicer.
2. Measure can be affected by filter/slicer, so you can use it to get dynamic summary result.

here is reference:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Different-between-calculated-column-and-measure-Using-SUM/t...

https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/calculated-columns-and-measures-in-dax/

Second, you want to change the table dynamic, you could just use Parameters in Power BI to change the parameter and refresh the dataset.

This is the tutorial for you to refer to

reference:https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/4475/using-parameters-in-power-bi/

 

 

Best Regards,
Lin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Support Team _ Lin
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-lili6-msft
Community Support
Community Support

hi, @venkatramp

First, you should know that calculated column and calculate table can't be affected by any slicer. you could create a measure instead of column.

Notice:

1. Calculation column/table not support dynamic changed based on filter or slicer.
2. Measure can be affected by filter/slicer, so you can use it to get dynamic summary result.

here is reference:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Different-between-calculated-column-and-measure-Using-SUM/t...

https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/calculated-columns-and-measures-in-dax/

Second, you want to change the table dynamic, you could just use Parameters in Power BI to change the parameter and refresh the dataset.

This is the tutorial for you to refer to

reference:https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/4475/using-parameters-in-power-bi/

 

 

Best Regards,
Lin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Support Team _ Lin
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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