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Anandakash
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Help with PowerBi Dax(Filtering a Table with contains)

let say i have 2 table A, B like below:

Table A=

Typevalue
a10
a+b6
a+b+c4
b+c

5

 

Table B=

Type

a
b

c

 

I have a slicer created from Table B. I want a measure "total" to calculate value (10+6+4) if only "a" is selected, as in table A first 3 rows has type that contains "a" as substring and (10+6+4+5) if "a" and "b" both are selected as in Table A all the rows contains either "a" or "b" or both as substring.

 

Thanks in advance.

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v-yanjiang-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anandakash ,

According to your description, heres my solution.

Total is a measure.

Total =
SWITCH (
    CONCATENATEX ( VALUES ( 'TableB'[Type] ), 'TableB'[Type], "," ),
    "a",
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'TableA'[Value] ),
            FILTER ( 'TableA', 'TableA'[Type] IN { "a", "a+b", "a+b+c" } )
        ),
    "b",
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'TableA'[Value] ),
            FILTER ( 'TableA', 'TableA'[Type] IN { "a+b", "a+b+c", "b+c" } )
        ),
    "c",
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'TableA'[Value] ),
            FILTER ( 'TableA', 'TableA'[Type] IN { "a+b+c", "b+c" } )
        ),
    "a,b",
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'TableA'[Value] ),
            FILTER ( 'TableA', 'TableA'[Type] IN { "a", "a+b+c", "a+b", "b+c" } )
        ),
    "b,c",
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'TableA'[Value] ),
            FILTER ( 'TableA', 'TableA'[Type] IN { "a+b", "a+b+c", "b+c" } )
        ),
    "a,c",
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'TableA'[Value] ),
            FILTER ( 'TableA', 'TableA'[Type] IN { "a", "a+b", "a+b+c", "b+c" } )
        ),
    "a,b,c",
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'TableA'[Value] ),
            FILTER ( 'TableA', 'TableA'[Type] IN { "a", "a+b", "a+b+c", "b+c" } )
        )
) 

vkalyjmsft_0-1638266371461.png

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ kalyj

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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v-yanjiang-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anandakash ,

According to your description, heres my solution.

Total is a measure.

Total =
SWITCH (
    CONCATENATEX ( VALUES ( 'TableB'[Type] ), 'TableB'[Type], "," ),
    "a",
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'TableA'[Value] ),
            FILTER ( 'TableA', 'TableA'[Type] IN { "a", "a+b", "a+b+c" } )
        ),
    "b",
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'TableA'[Value] ),
            FILTER ( 'TableA', 'TableA'[Type] IN { "a+b", "a+b+c", "b+c" } )
        ),
    "c",
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'TableA'[Value] ),
            FILTER ( 'TableA', 'TableA'[Type] IN { "a+b+c", "b+c" } )
        ),
    "a,b",
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'TableA'[Value] ),
            FILTER ( 'TableA', 'TableA'[Type] IN { "a", "a+b+c", "a+b", "b+c" } )
        ),
    "b,c",
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'TableA'[Value] ),
            FILTER ( 'TableA', 'TableA'[Type] IN { "a+b", "a+b+c", "b+c" } )
        ),
    "a,c",
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'TableA'[Value] ),
            FILTER ( 'TableA', 'TableA'[Type] IN { "a", "a+b", "a+b+c", "b+c" } )
        ),
    "a,b,c",
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'TableA'[Value] ),
            FILTER ( 'TableA', 'TableA'[Type] IN { "a", "a+b", "a+b+c", "b+c" } )
        )
) 

vkalyjmsft_0-1638266371461.png

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ kalyj

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

 

Anandakash
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

this could solve it if i wanted that slicer to be only single select, but i want that slicer to be multiselect as i mentioned above i can select both "a" and "b" at the same time in the slicer.

amaniramahi
Helper V
Helper V

Measure =
SUMX(
FILTER('Table A',SEARCH(SELECTEDVALUE('Table B'[Type]),'Table A'[Type])),
'Table A'[Value]
)



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