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mizaskun
Helper II
4 years ago
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Filtering two unconnected tables

Good morning,

 

I have the following shcema in the DB:

 

Many controls could have many risks and many risks could have many controls. I cannot connect both risk and control tables any other way, and I need add a filter through which the information in the report gets filtered. That is why I tried to create the Area master to use it as the filter input. However, the area master - controls relation gets disabled. 

 

Is there any way I could achieve this? Getting the info that comes from both tables filtered at the same time.

 

Thank you so much!! 

  • Ok, first of all delete the relationships between the tables and the RisksControls table. Now join the Area table to both tables in a 1:N relationship single direction with the corresponding fields in the tables. (I have also created a dimension table for year)

     

    The relevant model should look like this:

    Nest create a slicer with the field from Area table, create visuals with the fields of both the fact tables and you should get this:

     

    I've attached the smple PBIX file

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    • mizaskun's avatar
      mizaskun
      Helper II

      How could I use that? I am not calculating any measure. I just want to filter that info. Any suggestion? 

       

      Thank you ziyabikram96 !!! 

    • mizaskun's avatar
      mizaskun
      Helper II

      Thank you so much! I guess I am not getting it though. As I understand, TREATAS function is used to calculate a measure, right? I need just a way to filter the data. Is it possible? 

       

      Thank you so much! 

      • PaulDBrown's avatar
        PaulDBrown
        Community Champion

        TREATAS won't work beacuse both tables must contain the same field

  • PaulDBrown's avatar
    PaulDBrown
    Community Champion

    you should be able to use the Risks Controls table to filter both tables if the values correlate (ie they are not a simple list of values unrelated to each other. 

    Can you show a depiction  of the actual tables in the model view?

    Also please show a depiction of the expected outcome and provide sample data or a PBIX file 

     

    • mizaskun's avatar
      mizaskun
      Helper II

      Good morning,

       

      The input would be:

       

      The outcome should be the following tables with no filter applied:

       

      If the filter Area = A, the outcome should be:

       

      The filter would be in a dropdown list that depends on the Area table.

       

      Thank you so much PaulDBrown !

       

      • PaulDBrown's avatar
        PaulDBrown
        Community Champion

        Ok, first of all delete the relationships between the tables and the RisksControls table. Now join the Area table to both tables in a 1:N relationship single direction with the corresponding fields in the tables. (I have also created a dimension table for year)

         

        The relevant model should look like this:

        Nest create a slicer with the field from Area table, create visuals with the fields of both the fact tables and you should get this:

         

        I've attached the smple PBIX file