Filtering out 'blank' results in a Matrix

[tharford]

I have a Matrix where the rows are Employee Names, columns are the Day & Date and the values are a Measure that is essentially a nested If that looks up whether the employee accessed a door on the given day & whether they had been approved to. The result of the measure colous the cell where:

• Red (#ff0018) = Approved, but didn't Access
• Green (#108372) = Approved, and Accessed
• Angry Red (#840029) = Accessed without Approval
• else Blank ("")

My problem is that I want to show only the rows (Employees) where I have data. All the traditional filter methods I can think of result in the filter being applied to the first date column. So if I have data in the second date it dissapears.

[amitchandak]

@tharford , your problem is what shown screenshot or conditional formatting

[tharford]

@amitchandak

Screenshot #1 shows an unfiltered list.

Screenshot #2 shows when I have applied a filter (the filter in that case is a measure in it's own right - see DAX below):

DisplayAccessStatus =
IF (
    [Access Status] = "#ff0018",
    1,
    IF ( [Access Status] = "#108372", 1, IF ( [Access Status] = "#840029", 1, 0 ) )
)

But I get the same result if I apply a 'Is Not Blank' filter on my Value Measure (for the record that is this DAX):

Access Status = 
IF (
    [ComplianceSiteAccesses] = "Accessed"
        && [ComplianceAccessApproved] = "Approved",
    "#108372",
    IF (
        [ComplianceSiteAccesses] = "Accessed"
            && [ComplianceAccessApproved] = "",
        "#840029",
        IF (
            [ComplianceSiteAccesses] = ""
                && [ComplianceAccessApproved] = "Approved",
            "#ff0018",
            ""
        )
    )
)

My issue is that the filter seems to apply to the first column of the matrix only. I'd like to only filter out when the whole row is blank. See Alexander dissapears from my filtered view (Screenshot #2).

I am very confused, and very close to this data so please let me know if I am not being clear...😁

[tharford · Accepted solution]

I've fixed it! AND I have learned an important lesson!

"" is not blank!

So I have replaced the "" at the end of my nested if statement with BLANK() and my filter expression works as intended. I can now concentrate on finishing the conditional formatting issues

Access Status =
IF (
    [ComplianceSiteAccesses] = "Accessed"
        && [ComplianceAccessApproved] = "Approved",
    "#108372",
    IF (
        [ComplianceSiteAccesses] = "Accessed"
            && [ComplianceAccessApproved] = "",
        "#840029",
        IF (
            [ComplianceSiteAccesses] = ""
                && [ComplianceAccessApproved] = "Approved",
            "#ff0018",
            BLANK ()
        )
    )
)