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dkr
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Dynamic Table based on Slicers

Please excuse the newbie question...

 

I have created my first report, with a slicer which work as expected.  I am now trying to take it one step further by adding another slicer, but have hit a stumbling block and after a lot of googling I haven't found the answer I need.

 

Slicer Tables

Table A

Column 1

Value 1

Value 2

Value 3

 

Table B

Column 1      Column 2

Value 1          A

Value 1          B

Value 2          A

Value 2          C

 

Datatables

Table C

Column 1        Column 2    Column 3

Value 1          A                   Z

Value 1          B                   X

Value 2          A                   Z

Value 2          C                   Y

 

Table D

Column 1        Column 2    Column 3

Value 1          A                   ZZ

Value 1          B                   XX

Value 2          A                   ZZ

Value 2          C                   YY

 

All tables can have a relationhip with with Table A using Column 1

 

My slicers are derived from table A & Table B

 

When I select something in Slicer 1 (Table A), it changes the values in Slicer 2 (Table B) which is great. 

 

But because Table B has multiple values in column 2 I cannot create a relationship with tables C & D.  I think I need to create an intermediary dynamic table which just holds the unique values from Table B after a selection has been made on Table A and use these results in my 2nd slicer instead of Table B.  However, I cannot workout how to get the values from Table B based on the selection on Table A. 

 

Am I going about this the wrong way?

 

Many thanks for any help/pointers you can provide.

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anandav
Skilled Sharer
Skilled Sharer

Hi @dkr,

As you have mentioned amy be you can create a new table with unique values of table B and use that to create relationship with tables C and D. You will then use the new table valuces in Slicer B.

 

 You can create a new table by selecting the New Table buttion in Modelling tab.

Table = Values('TableB'[Column1])

 

If you can upload a pbix  file with sample data to a cloud drive and share the link, we could try to help.

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v-huizhn-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @dkr,

>> I think I need to create an intermediary dynamic table which just holds the unique values from Table B after a selection has been made on Table A and use these results in my 2nd slicer instead of Table B. 

 

 It's possible to create a dynamical calculated column/table based on slicer, please review this knowledage base: Calculated Column/Table Change Dynamically According to Slicer Selection in the Report.

You can create a measure to get the selected value of a slicer by using SELECTEDVALUE.

Best Regards,
Angelia

Anonymous
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Calculated Column/Table Change Dynamically According to Slicer Selection in the Report. This link is not accessible. Do you have any other reference for this.

 

Thanks,

Joe

anandav
Skilled Sharer
Skilled Sharer

Hi @dkr,

As you have mentioned amy be you can create a new table with unique values of table B and use that to create relationship with tables C and D. You will then use the new table valuces in Slicer B.

 

 You can create a new table by selecting the New Table buttion in Modelling tab.

Table = Values('TableB'[Column1])

 

If you can upload a pbix  file with sample data to a cloud drive and share the link, we could try to help.

dkr
Frequent Visitor

Many thanks for your help.  It was the Bi-Directional setting on the relationship that I had overlooked.

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