Filtering Lookup Tables?

[pe2950]

In need of a little help on a report:

1. Data table has "appointments", each record has an appointment date, and a "resource GUID" that i particuarlly care about
2. The "resource ID" has a relationship to a resource lookup table
3. I've created a measure called 'CountRows" that will count the number of appointment rows
4. The question the report will answer "How many upcoming appointments do we have, broken down by resource in the next X number of days"

Report Settings:

• Axis = DateKey 
• Value = CountRows(Measure) [Defined as = COUNTROWS(Appointments) + 0]
• Legend = Resource_Description
  • Filter: CountRows = All; DateKey = is in the next 14 days

Issue Description:

• The report generates the correct counts, but in the legend I get all 100+ entries in the resource lookup table. All but 2 entries in the resource lookup table have a count of 0.
• Is there a problem with my relationship, or do i need to change the measure, or add a filter to "only display resources where the count is > 0?
  • As a "fix" i set the filter on "Resource" to display relative top N (2) values; value by CountRows. I feel this is a "hacky" fix, as if a new resource is established that has events, it will not be displayed in the report.

Suggestions?

• I essentially need a filter on the resource "where countRows > 0; but i can only seem to get this by doing a Top N which requires a static value? 

[v-chuncz-msft · Accepted solution]

@pe2950,

It seems that you may just set Show items when the value is not 0 for measure in Visual level filters.