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Anonymous
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Multiple values are supplied where a single value was expected - If Statement

Hi All,

 

I am stuck on a verge of closure, please help.

 

I have a table where i have create 2 column one financials in Euros and another one Financials in Dollar.

I need to display the values as per filter Selection of currency - Euro/USD

I tried switch function, it did not work for multiple values hence i thought of creating another another column with IF Statement and take the output for my work but i am getting the above error, Please guide it is urgent. I need the output in column to create waterfall chart of financials

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amitchandak
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@Anonymous 

You are trying to create a column with a slicer value. Only  a measure can use  Slicer Value. 

 

new mesure =

if([selected Value] ="EUR",max(Waterfall[Result]),max(Waterfall[Result2]))

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amitchandak
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@Anonymous 

You are trying to create a column with a slicer value. Only  a measure can use  Slicer Value. 

 

new mesure =

if([selected Value] ="EUR",max(Waterfall[Result]),max(Waterfall[Result2]))

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az38
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hi @Anonymous 

try SELECTEDVALUE():

= if(selectedvalue([selected currency]) = "eur", [Result], [Result2])

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