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Anonymous
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Dynamically create measure based table

I have a datamodel with 5 tables- each having 2 measures M1 & M2

All M1 measures for each of these tables relate to Tasks- so i want to call the row as "Tasks"

All M2 measures for each of these tables relate to Travelers- so i want to call this row as "Travelers"

Those 10 measures are M1T1, M1T2, M1T3..............M2T5 as shown in some cells in a sample image below

 

I want to create a 6th table "Table 6" which would use these 10 measures in each of the cells highlighted below to show me something as this in data mode:

 

                                   Table 1       Table 2       Table 3       Table 4      Table 5

Measure 1- Tasks        M1T1         M1T2          M1T3         1529          836

Measure 2- Travelers   M2T1         200             1200           1200         M2T5

 

I need to create this 6th table with this view having multiple measures because i want to use a visualization using the values in this table.

Currently, i cannot use any visualization that would show me a graph based on 10 different measures clubbing them in 2 categories (Tasks, Travelers) without thinking of this 6th table.

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parry2k
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@Anonymous you can create a table using summarize function and then use UNION to append these tables together, something like dax expression given below

 

Table6 = 
UNION (
SUMMARIZE ( Table1, Table1[Id], "Name", "Table1", "Tasks", [Task Measure], "Travelers", [Traveles Measure] ),
SUMMARIZE ( Table2, Table2[Id], "Name", "Table2", "Tasks", [Task Measure], "Travelers", [Traveles Measure] ),
SUMMARIZE ( Table3, Table3[Id], "Name", "Table3", "Tasks", [Task Measure], "Travelers", [Traveles Measure] )
)

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@Anonymous solution attached, the similar thing you can do in power query instead of Dax

 

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Ashish_Mathur
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Super User

Hi,

I am not clear with your question.  Share some data and show the expected result.


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Ashish Mathur
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parry2k
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous you can create a table using summarize function and then use UNION to append these tables together, something like dax expression given below

 

Table6 = 
UNION (
SUMMARIZE ( Table1, Table1[Id], "Name", "Table1", "Tasks", [Task Measure], "Travelers", [Traveles Measure] ),
SUMMARIZE ( Table2, Table2[Id], "Name", "Table2", "Tasks", [Task Measure], "Travelers", [Traveles Measure] ),
SUMMARIZE ( Table3, Table3[Id], "Name", "Table3", "Tasks", [Task Measure], "Travelers", [Traveles Measure] )
)

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Anonymous
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Hi @parry2k , i was trying to create it- but i may need a bit more help- please suggest:- 

What should be referenced for Table1[Id], Table2[Id]......? 

Also, these Task Measures and Traveler Measure would be unique like M1T1 for Table 1, Taks Measure and M2T5 for Table 5 Traveler Measure?

@Anonymous table 1 , 2, 3 refers to the name of your tables. Id is just an example column. whatever common columns you want from these tables, you will list all there.



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Anonymous
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@parry2k There are no common columns- i think this is what would be needed to group them right?

Unfortunately, these table do not relate to one another

I'll share more to be clear- please see if that helps

 

 Table 1Table 2Table 3Table 4Table 5
Tasks1237131515741529836
Travelers751420012001200800

 

In the table above- i have all 10 measures giving me values as is highlighted in orange.

But i don't know if Summarize would work since i don not have a common column- i just want these measures to appear as shown above in a table so that later i can use them in some visualization.

 

@parry2k - Is there a way i can use any visual would would take in all these 10 measures? I want to show something like this 

 

Gguliani_0-1593049204571.png

 

Anonymous
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Hi @parry2k , @Ashish_Mathur 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IW3idw1azJ2-1wf2Z-HXy610hKlsmorX/view?usp=sharing

 

I created dummy data which replicates my requirement in this PBIX file attached.

So, this PBIX file has 5 tables- each has 2 columns- Tasks and Travelers. The values in any of the tables do not relate to the value in another table.

In Excel- my data would look like below- Tasks as Count & Travelers as Distinct Count

 

 Table1Table2Table3Table4Table5
TASKS (COUNT)10020304050
TRAVELERS (DISTINCT COUNT)5010152025

 

I want to create a visual out of these 5 tables as below:- 

 

Gguliani_0-1593098964576.png

 

 

@Anonymous solution attached, the similar thing you can do in power query instead of Dax

 

I would  Kudos if my solution helped. 👉 If you can spend time posting the question, you can also make efforts to give Kudos whoever helped to solve your problem. It is a token of appreciation!

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