Dynamically create column based on measure name

[rjobaan]

I have two tables:

One table with all measure names in it:

TABLE NAME: MEASURES

Column OBJECT

Column Table

other table with the measur calculation in it

TABLE NAME: ACTUAL

Measure Actual - Gross

Measure Actual -Nett

Now i wanti to create a column as follows

KPI=

SWITCH (

    TRUE(),

  'MEASURES'[OBJECT] ="Actual - Gross",[Actual - Gross],

 'MEASURES'[OBJECT] ="Actual - Nett",[Actual - Nett],

0

)

This is working, but I have a lot of measures so this will take me a lot of time to create

The name of the measure is the same as the name in the object

Is there a possbility to make the dax code as follows:

KPI=

  'MEASURES'[OBJECT_NAME] ,MEASURES'TABLE'.MEASSURES[OBJECT]]

)

hopefully you understand what i try to accomplish

[v-rzhou-msft]

Hi @rjobaan ,

According to your statement, I know your requirement is that you want to auto-match the measure name in "Measure" table with the actual measures by code in format ([Actual measure], table name , [MeasureName]).

As far as I know, there is not any function in Power BI that support us to do this. I think SWITCH() function should be the best way. I think you can update your code as below.

KPI =
SWITCH (
    'MEASURES'[OBJECT],
    "Actual - Gross", [Actual - Gross],
    "Actual - Nett", [Actual - Nett],
    "Measure3", [Measure3],
    ...,
    0
)

Add all measures names and all measure into this code.

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

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[rjobaan]

This is already what I have, but i have to many measures..And if measure are deleted or added I need to add again.