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Ramachandran
Helper III
Helper III

Multiple column cannot converted into scalar value

Hi, I am trying to retrieve get topn sum of values using category on visual but I'm getting the error "The expression refers to multiple columns. Multiple columns cannot be converted to a scalar value."

 

For your reference, the code is below and I'm trying to get data from cube source

Sumof TopN values =
var ProductstoRank = 'TopN'[TopN Value]
var IsOtherSelected = SELECTEDVALUE('Source Product Category Name'[Product Category.Product Category]) = "Top Total"
var IsOtherSelectedPer = SELECTEDVALUE('Source Product Category Name'[Product Category.Product Category]) = "% of Total"
var ProductwithSalesAmt =
ADDCOLUMNS(
ALLSELECTED('Source Product Category Name'[Product Category.Product Category]),
"@Amt", 'SMI Data Miner'[GSMData]
)
var Top3Prods = TOPN(ProductstoRank, ProductwithSalesAmt, [@Amt])
var SalesofTop3 = SUMX(Top3Prods, [@Amt])

Return Top3Prods

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Ramachandran , Try like

 

Sumof TopN values =
var ProductstoRank = 'TopN'[TopN Value]
var IsOtherSelected = SELECTEDVALUE('Source Product Category Name'[Product Category.Product Category]) = "Top Total"
var IsOtherSelectedPer = SELECTEDVALUE('Source Product Category Name'[Product Category.Product Category]) = "% of Total"
var ProductwithSalesAmt =
ADDCOLUMNS(
ALLSELECTED('Source Product Category Name'[Product Category.Product Category]),
"@Amt", 'SMI Data Miner'[GSMData]
)
var Top3Prods = TOPN(ProductstoRank, ProductwithSalesAmt, [@Amt])
var SalesofTop3 = calculate( SUMX(ProductwithSalesAmt, [@Amt]) ,TOPN(ProductstoRank, ProductwithSalesAmt, [@Amt]))

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Ramachandran , Try like

 

Sumof TopN values =
var ProductstoRank = 'TopN'[TopN Value]
var IsOtherSelected = SELECTEDVALUE('Source Product Category Name'[Product Category.Product Category]) = "Top Total"
var IsOtherSelectedPer = SELECTEDVALUE('Source Product Category Name'[Product Category.Product Category]) = "% of Total"
var ProductwithSalesAmt =
ADDCOLUMNS(
ALLSELECTED('Source Product Category Name'[Product Category.Product Category]),
"@Amt", 'SMI Data Miner'[GSMData]
)
var Top3Prods = TOPN(ProductstoRank, ProductwithSalesAmt, [@Amt])
var SalesofTop3 = calculate( SUMX(ProductwithSalesAmt, [@Amt]) ,TOPN(ProductstoRank, ProductwithSalesAmt, [@Amt]))

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