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anuraagmucherla
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How To Filter Data in a Visual based on Column Values from another Visual

I have below two tables:

Visual 1 - Table 1 (Permissions table)
Desc: Shows what permissions exist for each group)

CompanyFolderPermissionGroup
C1RWXGP-C1-Admin
C1RWXGP-C1-Developer
C1RGP-C1-Analyst
C2RWXGP-C2-Admin
C2RWXGP-C2-Developer
C2RGP-C2-Analyst



Visual 2 - Table 2 (GroupMember table)
Desc: Group-Member is Many-to-Many association. Each group can have multiple members. Each member can be part of multiple groups.

GroupMembers
GP-C1-AdminScott
GP-C2-AdminScott
GP-C1-DeveloperTom
GP-C2-Developer

Tom

GP-C1-AnalystMatt
GP-C2-AnalystMatt
GP-C1-DeveloperJohn

 

Question:
I have two visuals in my PowerBI report with each visual showing data from above tables. If I filter for a specific member in Visual 2, I want Visual 1 to reflect to show only those permissions that exists for the selected member.

Ex: Let's say I filter for "Scott" in Visual 2, I want Visual 1 to look like below:

Visual 2

GroupMembers
GP-C1-AdminScott
GP-C2-AdminScott


Visual 1

CompanyFolderPermissionGroup
C1RWXGP-C1-Admin
C2RWXGP-C2-Admin

 

P.S.
Table 1->Table 2 is a many-to-many relationship. But I CANNOT JOIN them together to create a single view because the data is very huge (~1billion rows) and PowerBI is stuck during refresh if I do that.

Looking for alternative suggestions! (Can I apply drilldown or multi column filters on multi-visuals?)
Thanks in advance!

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@anuraagmucherla , You need to create common dimensions and join both tables with them. And use those in visuals and filters. As the tables are big, better to bring those from the source.

 

Here is the DAX example

 

Power BI- DAX: When I asked you to create common tables: https://youtu.be/a2CrqCA9geM
https://medium.com/@amitchandak/power-bi-when-i-asked-you-to-create-common-tables-a-quick-dax-soluti...

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