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Anonymous
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7 years ago

Filtering matrix rows by a column value

I created a matrix with client names and colums of different policy types. the measure in the matrix, is the count of distinct plicy numbers.  I want to be able to only filter the # of clients who had nonblanks in atleast 2 of my column categories ( the type of policy), in other words they have more than one policy type. 

 

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    7 years ago

    Anonymous 

    I could misunderstand your question, but you can use the filter of the visual to set conditions of the returned rows.  

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      7 years ago

      I cant because the policy categories always has a value, i want to be able to count for each row, if there is more than 1 policy type. which means i need to filter my policy categories (columns) to show me if there is atleast 2 non blanks.

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    Cmcmahan
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    7 years ago

    So it looks like in your example data, each person has 1 policy number, but can have different types of policy under that same policy number?  What happens when you use COUNT of policy number instead of DISTINCTCOUNT?

     

    I would use a count of the category column insetad of distinct policy numbers, so that the total comes out correct.  You may have to use a measure like this to create a visual level filter or slicer:

     

    NumberOfCategories = COUNT(Policies[Type])

    and then filter on that where it's greater or equal to 2.

     

    Could you share how you have your table(s) structured? It would help us give you a better answer