Filter for display only - not for interactions with other visuals

[SiroPW]

I have something which feels simple but I can't get to work how I need.

My data is as follows (simplified);

as_at_date	organisation	value
31/01/2020	AAA	10
31/01/2020	ZZZ	400
30/03/2020	AAA	20
30/03/2020	ZZZ	500
30/06/2020	AAA	30
30/06/2020	ZZZ	600

dates, orgs and a value.

In visual #1 I'm plotting a line chat of axis = 'as_at_date' and values = sum 'value'.

Essentially plotting:

as_at_date	value
31/01/2020	410
30/03/2020	520
30/06/2020	630

No problem there.

Visual #2 is a matrix. rows = 'organisation' and values = sum 'value'.

Plotting:

organisation	value
AAA	60
ZZZ	1500

Again no problem.

I'd actually like visual #2 to only show the latest as_at_date.

That's easy enough to apply a visual level filter for as_at_date to make that happen.

HOWEVER.

I would also like to be able to click on an organisation AAA or ZZZ in visual two and have visual one (the line chart) filter for AAA but NOT for the latest as_at_date too.

Does that make sense?

Right now if I click the matrix, it will apply both the organisation and as_at_date filters but I only want the organisation I've selected to filter but still show all dates.

Thanks for any help.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @SiroPW ,

The PBIX file is here for you to see if it is what you want.

Please kindly refer to, which tells you to use Visual interactions to change how visualizations on a report page impact each other.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/service-reports-visual-interactions

Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

[mahoneypat]

Instead of adding a filter to Visual 2, use a measure instead to get the result you want.  In your case, the LASTNONBLANKVALUE() function should do that.

Last Value = LASTNONBLANKVALUE(Table1[Date], MAX(Table2[Value])) // replace Table1 and Table2 with your actual table names

Regards,

Pat