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Dynamically choose columns based on slicer
I have a table with 4 values : City Name, State Code, Data1, Data2. I am using a Clustered Column chart to Visualize this data.
I added a slicer that Selects off the City Name. If I choose a city the entire chart just shows the one city I selected.
What I would like to do is based on that one city I selected show all the cities in that state? What tool should I be using to get the state from the slicer selection and have the clustered chart show all those columns with that state?
HI tchamberlain99,
Normal slicer not support operation what you mentioned, you need a few complex steps to achieve similar effect.
First, you need to create new table with city and its percents as source of slicer.
Selector =
DISTINCT (
SELECTCOLUMNS ( table, "City Name", [City Name], "State Code", [State Code] )
)Second, write a measure to get selected item's parent and use it as condition to compare with original table row content to return filter tag.
In Range = VAR _list = CALCULATETABLE ( VALUES ( Selector[State Code] ), ALLSELECTED ( Selector ) ) VAR _current = SELECTEDVALUE ( table[State Code] ) RETURN IF ( _current IN _list, "Y", "N" )Finally, apply filter tag on visual level filter to remove unrelated records.(drag to visual level filter and keep item "Y")
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
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HI tchamberlain99,
Normal slicer not support operation what you mentioned, you need a few complex steps to achieve similar effect.
First, you need to create new table with city and its percents as source of slicer.
Selector =
DISTINCT (
SELECTCOLUMNS ( table, "City Name", [City Name], "State Code", [State Code] )
)Second, write a measure to get selected item's parent and use it as condition to compare with original table row content to return filter tag.
In Range = VAR _list = CALCULATETABLE ( VALUES ( Selector[State Code] ), ALLSELECTED ( Selector ) ) VAR _current = SELECTEDVALUE ( table[State Code] ) RETURN IF ( _current IN _list, "Y", "N" )Finally, apply filter tag on visual level filter to remove unrelated records.(drag to visual level filter and keep item "Y")
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
Thank you for your response.
I'm a little confused about where the first bit of code gets entered in or how it turns into a slicer. I believe the second bit of code I got, I just add a measure to table i'm visualizing. Though of course at this point its still complaing that it can't figure out what Selector is.
What steps would I need to do to get to the point I can enter in the code for the Selector. I tried adding it as a new query and that didn't create a new table.
Hi tchamberlain99,
Selector is a new calculated table based on my code(dax formula).
After finish create it, you can use city column as source to create a slicer.
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
I have a table with 4 values : City Name, State Code, Data1, Data2. I am using a Clustered Column chart to Visualize this data.
I added a slicer that Selects off the City Name. If I choose a city the entire chart just shows the one city I selected.
What I would like to do is based on that one city I selected show all the cities in that state? What tool should I be using to get the state from the slicer selection and have the clustered chart show all those columns with that state?
