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I have 2 tables as below. I have to create a new coloumn in "PO Table" - The value should be looked up from "Org Table".
Requester has to be looked wiht "Org Table - Engineer", then whatever the entries as not found - has to be looked up with "Org Table - Team Leader",
then whatever the entries as not found - has to be looked up with "Org Table - Manager",
then whatever the entries as not found - has to be looked up with "Org Table - Senior Manager",
Can someone help me with the query.
PO Table:
Requester | PO Number | Cost | PO Date |
John | 123 | € 100.00 | 03/05/2023 |
Cristy | 234 | € 200.00 | 23/04/2023 |
Tom | 321 | € 300.00 | 21/04/2023 |
Rocky | 432 | € 400.00 | 31/04/2023 |
Mitchel | 111 | € 150.00 | 01/05/2023 |
Kevin | 211 | € 50.00 | 01/05/2023 |
Org Table:
Engineer | Team Leader | Manager | Senior Manager |
John | Cristy | Tom | Rocky |
Michael | Cristy | Tom | Rocky |
Angela | Mitchel | Tom | Rocky |
Tony | Mitchel | Kevin | Rocky |
Solved! Go to Solution.
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Check this sample, if this is what you are looking for ...
Source: PO Table and Org Tables:
Relationships:
Measure:
Requester Level =
var _sel = SELECTEDVALUE('PO Table'[Requester])
var _LevelID = SWITCH( TRUE(),
-- is Engineer?
LOOKUPVALUE('Org Table'[L4 ID], 'Org Table'[Engineer], _sel) <> BLANK(), LOOKUPVALUE('Org Table'[L4 ID], 'Org Table'[Engineer], _sel),
-- is team leader
LOOKUPVALUE('Org Table'[L3 ID], 'Org Table'[Team Leader], _sel) <> BLANK(), LOOKUPVALUE('Org Table'[L3 ID], 'Org Table'[Team Leader], _sel),
-- is Manager
LOOKUPVALUE('Org Table'[L2 ID], 'Org Table'[Manager], _sel) <> BLANK(), LOOKUPVALUE('Org Table'[L2 ID], 'Org Table'[Manager], _sel),
-- is Senion Manager
LOOKUPVALUE('Org Table'[L1 ID], 'Org Table'[Senior Manager], _sel) <> BLANK(), LOOKUPVALUE('Org Table'[L1 ID], 'Org Table'[Senior Manager], _sel),
BLANK()
)
RETURN _LevelID
Final output:
Not sure what is the output you are looking for ?
Check this sample, if this is what you are looking for ...
Source: PO Table and Org Tables:
Relationships:
Measure:
Requester Level =
var _sel = SELECTEDVALUE('PO Table'[Requester])
var _LevelID = SWITCH( TRUE(),
-- is Engineer?
LOOKUPVALUE('Org Table'[L4 ID], 'Org Table'[Engineer], _sel) <> BLANK(), LOOKUPVALUE('Org Table'[L4 ID], 'Org Table'[Engineer], _sel),
-- is team leader
LOOKUPVALUE('Org Table'[L3 ID], 'Org Table'[Team Leader], _sel) <> BLANK(), LOOKUPVALUE('Org Table'[L3 ID], 'Org Table'[Team Leader], _sel),
-- is Manager
LOOKUPVALUE('Org Table'[L2 ID], 'Org Table'[Manager], _sel) <> BLANK(), LOOKUPVALUE('Org Table'[L2 ID], 'Org Table'[Manager], _sel),
-- is Senion Manager
LOOKUPVALUE('Org Table'[L1 ID], 'Org Table'[Senior Manager], _sel) <> BLANK(), LOOKUPVALUE('Org Table'[L1 ID], 'Org Table'[Senior Manager], _sel),
BLANK()
)
RETURN _LevelID
Final output:
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