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ScottG
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10 years ago
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How can I switch the measure a chart or table is using based on a slicer choice?

Good Day,   We are creating a Power BI report where the data source is a live SSAS Tabular Cube.   We would like to create a number of pages within the report where the report user can switch whi...
  • asocorro's avatar
    asocorro
    10 years ago

    If you mean something like this:

     

     

    Then it's all in the data model.  These are the (simplified) two main tables supporting the report above:

     

     

    In our case, we have three similar but separate pages (and three corresponding measure tables), because the measures have different data types (percentage, currency, and whole number).

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ScottG
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10 years ago

So far I have been able to include the Measure Table with Measure Name as a slicer, however how does this relate back to the fact tables in this case? I.E. how does Power BI know to filter to that column or calculated measure for the fact table?

 

My appologies as I mentioned I am quite new to Tabular.

  • B_Real's avatar
    B_Real
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    9 years ago

    anithat the link you supplied does not work (error 404 page not found). Can you update?

  • ScottG's avatar
    ScottG
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    10 years ago

    This looks quite clear, Thank you for the sample! I will try it out first thing tomorrow.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    9 years ago

    This link is no longer valid. Does anyone have the example archived? Thanks!