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PDRTXRA
3 years agoHelper I
Finding Best Product per Client
Hello. I have two tables. One with clients. One with sales. I want to create 3 columns in my clients table. First column: Name of the product in which they spent the most money. Second colu...
- Anonymous3 years ago
Hi PDRTXRA ,
You can try code as below to create calculated columns in 'Client' table.
First column = VAR _ADDCOLUMN = ADDCOLUMNS ( Sales, "Rank", RANKX ( FILTER ( Sales, Sales[ClientID] = EARLIER ( Sales[ClientID] ) ), Sales[SalesValue], , DESC, DENSE ) ) RETURN MAXX ( FILTER ( _ADDCOLUMN, AND ( [ClientID] = EARLIER ( Client[ClientID] ), [Rank] = 1 ) ), [ProductName] )Second column = VAR _ADDCOLUMN = ADDCOLUMNS ( Sales, "Rank", RANKX ( FILTER ( Sales, Sales[ClientID] = EARLIER ( Sales[ClientID] ) ), Sales[SalesValue], , DESC, DENSE ) ) RETURN MAXX ( FILTER ( _ADDCOLUMN, AND ( [ClientID] = EARLIER ( Client[ClientID] ), [Rank] = 2 ) ), [ProductName] )Third column = VAR _ADDCOLUMN = ADDCOLUMNS ( Sales, "Rank", RANKX ( FILTER ( Sales, Sales[ClientID] = EARLIER ( Sales[ClientID] ) ), Sales[SalesValue], , DESC, DENSE ) ) RETURN MAXX ( FILTER ( _ADDCOLUMN, AND ( [ClientID] = EARLIER ( Client[ClientID] ), [Rank] = 3 ) ), [ProductName] )Result is as below.
Here I create a virtual table in my code, if you don't want to add a rank column in 'Sales' table, you can use the workaround above. Or you can add a rank column firstly in Sales table and then column will be easier.
Rank = RANKX ( FILTER ( Sales, Sales[ClientID] = EARLIER ( Sales[ClientID] ) ), Sales[SalesValue], , DESC, DENSE )First column 1 = CALCULATE ( MAX ( Sales[ProductName] ), FILTER ( Sales, AND ( [ClientID] = EARLIER ( Client[ClientID] ), Sales[Rank1] = 1 ) ) )Second column and Third column are in the same logic.
Best Regards,
Rico ZhouIf this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
LQuedas
3 years agoResolver II
Hey Guys,
just to give a complementary approach, you can use VARIABLES instead EARLIER function as suggested by DAX GUIDE , what makes the code more readable
First column =
VAR _ADDCOLUMN =
ADDCOLUMNS (
Sales,
"Rank",
VAR CurrentClientID = Sales[ClientID]
RETURN RANKX (
FILTER ( Sales, Sales[ClientID] = CurrentClientID),
Sales[SalesValue],
,
DESC,
DENSE
)
)
RETURN
MAXX (
FILTER (
_ADDCOLUMN,
VAR CurrentClientID = Client[ClientID]
RETURN AND ( [ClientID] = CurrentClientID, [Rank] = 1 )
),
[ProductName]
)
Cheers, LQ