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chsardas1
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Help with DAX Measure

Hello,

 

I am trying to create a metric that distributes people according to 20% ranges based on the accumulated sales ordered in descending order. I mean,, a person is categorized as "Category 1" when their sales added to the sales greater than themselves are less than 20% of the total sales.

 

Example:

chsardas1_0-1715092660562.png

 

 

I have tried RANKX but the calculation never finishes and gives a resource error.

 

Thank you

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Anonymous
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Hi @chsardas1 ,

 

Thanks for the reply from @parry2k , please allow me to provide another insight: 

 

If you are trying to sort by a range of 20% based on %Cumulative, then you can use the switch function. More information about the switch function can be found in the documentation:SWITCH function (DAX) - DAX | Microsoft Learn.

 

Measure = 
SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    MAX([%Cumulative]) <= 0.2, 1,
    MAX([%Cumulative]) <= 0.4, 2,
    MAX([%Cumulative]) <= 0.6, 3,
    MAX([%Cumulative]) <= 0.8, 4,
    5
)

vkaiyuemsft_0-1715146834869.png

 

If your Current Period does not refer to this, please clarify in a follow-up reply.

 

Best Regards,

Clara Gong

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @chsardas1 ,

 

Thanks for the reply from @parry2k , please allow me to provide another insight: 

 

If you are trying to sort by a range of 20% based on %Cumulative, then you can use the switch function. More information about the switch function can be found in the documentation:SWITCH function (DAX) - DAX | Microsoft Learn.

 

Measure = 
SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    MAX([%Cumulative]) <= 0.2, 1,
    MAX([%Cumulative]) <= 0.4, 2,
    MAX([%Cumulative]) <= 0.6, 3,
    MAX([%Cumulative]) <= 0.8, 4,
    5
)

vkaiyuemsft_0-1715146834869.png

 

If your Current Period does not refer to this, please clarify in a follow-up reply.

 

Best Regards,

Clara Gong

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

parry2k
Super User
Super User

@chsardas1 RANKX is the way to go. Check these blog posts How to use RANKX in DAX (Part 1 of 3 - Calculated Columns) - RADACAD



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