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Georg
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IF Function not working

Hi Experts,

I try an If function and it seems I am missing a very basic point.

The IF function is in the calculated column 'FilteredLevel' and referes to a calculated measure:

 If Function.PNG

 

 

Since LevelH1 is not "L5" I expext to get "NO". The formula is not working as expected. What am I missing?

 

kind regards,

 

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Dog
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Hi @Georg

 

what's the formula behind measure [LevelH1]?

 

Thanks

 

Georg
Frequent Visitor

Hi,

 

the formula is

 

LevelH1:= VAR Lvl=
IF ( ISFILTERED ( [Level5] );
                    "L5";
                   IF(ISFILTERED(ProfitCenterH1[Level4]);
"L4";"XXX"))
return Lvl

 

I have a hierarchy with 8 levels. What I want to achieve is a column with the childs of the selected parent. E.G. if Level5 is selected the calculated column should display all members of Level6.

 

kind regards,

Georg

Hi @Georg,

You use ISFILTERED function in the LevelH1 measure, how do you judge if there is a filter? I create the simple data, and use the similar measure, it always return XXX. Could you please share your .pbix for further analysis?

Best Regards,
Angelia

Dog
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Hi George, 

 

if you are just looking at this in raw data then it's not currently filtered - what results do you get if you add the columns into a table within powerbi, ensuring you pull through the columns you are checking to see if they are filtered?

 

Dog

Georg
Frequent Visitor

Hi,

while LevelH1 is changing according to the selected level, FilteredLevel remains unchanged.

 

LevelIssu1.PNGLevelIssu2.PNG

 

 

kind regards,

Georg

Dog
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Hi George. 

 

you'll probably need to change the filteredlevel to a measure as well as calculated columns are only calculated the once. they do not get re calculated by filter changes. 

 

Dog

 

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