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Nikhilpowerbi
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Dynamic topn()

Is there a way in power bi to display top n rows in a table based on varying criterea such as sales amount, expected sales, actual sales, etc.
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CheenuSing
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Hi @Nikhilpowerbi

 

Try the following

 

1. Create table called as Measure with column names - MeasureId, MeasureName

    Eg :  Row 1 -  1, Quantity

            Row 2 - 1, Value

   Create as many rows as you want depending on the number of measures you wish to alternate.

 

2.  Create table called TopTable as follows :

         TopTable =
                           Union (
                                  TOPN (10, SUMMARIZE('Product',[Item],"Qty",sum('Product'[StockAvailable]),"Value",0),[Qty],DESC ),
                                  TOPN (10, SUMMARIZE('Product',[Item],"Qty",0,"Value",sum('Product'[StockValue])),[Value],DESC )
                             )

           This is creating  a table with columns Item, Sum(StockQty), sum(StockValue)  from the Product table. Replace your fact table names accordingly.

 

3.  Create measure ShowMeasure as

     ShowMeasure = switch (TRUE,
              Min ( 'Measure'[MeasureID] ) = 1,
                                       SUM(TopTable[Qty] ),
                            Min ( 'Measure'[MeasureID] ) = 2,
                          SUM ( TopTable[Value] ))

 

4. Create a Filter using the MeasureName at Step 1.

5.  Create a report using Item from TopTable and ShowMeasure and in the filters for the report for ShowMeasure set not equal to zero.

6. This will work.

 

 

Capture.GIF

 

Output when select Value

                            Capture.GIF 

 

If this works for you please accept it as solution and also give KUDOS.

 

Cheers

CheenuSIng

 

 

 

 

Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution and also give KUDOS !

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CheenuSing
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hi @Nikhilpowerbi

 

Try the following

 

1. Create table called as Measure with column names - MeasureId, MeasureName

    Eg :  Row 1 -  1, Quantity

            Row 2 - 1, Value

   Create as many rows as you want depending on the number of measures you wish to alternate.

 

2.  Create table called TopTable as follows :

         TopTable =
                           Union (
                                  TOPN (10, SUMMARIZE('Product',[Item],"Qty",sum('Product'[StockAvailable]),"Value",0),[Qty],DESC ),
                                  TOPN (10, SUMMARIZE('Product',[Item],"Qty",0,"Value",sum('Product'[StockValue])),[Value],DESC )
                             )

           This is creating  a table with columns Item, Sum(StockQty), sum(StockValue)  from the Product table. Replace your fact table names accordingly.

 

3.  Create measure ShowMeasure as

     ShowMeasure = switch (TRUE,
              Min ( 'Measure'[MeasureID] ) = 1,
                                       SUM(TopTable[Qty] ),
                            Min ( 'Measure'[MeasureID] ) = 2,
                          SUM ( TopTable[Value] ))

 

4. Create a Filter using the MeasureName at Step 1.

5.  Create a report using Item from TopTable and ShowMeasure and in the filters for the report for ShowMeasure set not equal to zero.

6. This will work.

 

 

Capture.GIF

 

Output when select Value

                            Capture.GIF 

 

If this works for you please accept it as solution and also give KUDOS.

 

Cheers

CheenuSIng

 

 

 

 

Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution and also give KUDOS !

Proud to be a Datanaut!

can you please share the pbix file

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