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lcd
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9 years ago
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New table with measures values

Hi everyone, 

my case is that:

- I have a main table with measures based on other fact tables and a calendar table

- now I want to build a table with DAX code (with SELECTCOLUMNS) to hold the measures values in a new table.

 

To this point, no problem.

The problem is that the visuals based on this new table are not affected by the calendar table values. I thougt that I could use the calendar table values because they are in the measures calculation. In fact, the visuals based on measures are affected by the calendar values, but not the new table's.

 

Any ideas?? 

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  • v-ljerr-msft's avatar
    v-ljerr-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi lcd,

     

    It is the expected behavior.

     

    Not like measures, calculate columns/tables(like your myMeasureTable) are computed during database processing(e.g. data refresh) and then stored in the model, they do not response to user selections on the report(like a Slicer).

     

    So it is not possible to create a calculate table which can change dynamically with user selections on the report. :smileyhappy:

     

    Regards

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  • Reid_Havens's avatar
    Reid_Havens
    Most Valuable Professional
    9 years ago

    Hi there,

     

    So if the DAX measure is written correctly, it should work the same way regardless of what table it is held in. You just need to make sure that any column reference in the DAX measure includes both the table and column name. Unless I'm misunderstanding the question. I just posted an article about measures tables today actually, not sure if that's coincidence or that you read that and ended up here with your question.

     

    Reid Havens - Principal Consultant

    PowerPivotPro

    • lcd's avatar
      lcd
      Frequent Visitor
      9 years ago

      Thanks Reid, but I need more help and so I give more information:

       

      My 3 tables:

      - EXPENSES: it's a fact table with expenses transactions.

      - CALENDAR: It has all the dates I need and it's linked with EXPENSES by a date column.

      - COMPANY: it's a table with companies info and it's linked with EXPENSES by companyID. In this table I have the measure:

       

      myMeasure = TOTALYTD(sum(EXPENSES[AMOUNT]);CALENDAR[DATE]) 

       

      Now, I need to have a new table with myMeasure:

       

      myMeasureTable = SELECTCOLUMNS(COMPANY;"companyId";COMPANY[companyId];"myMeasureField";COMPANY[myMeasure])

       

      When I use a visual with COMPANY[myMeasure] and a slicer with CALENDAR[DATE], I can control the visual with the slicer.

      But when I use a visual with myMeasureTable, the slicer with CALENDAR[DATE] doesn't work.

       

      Thanks

      • v-ljerr-msft's avatar
        v-ljerr-msft
        Microsoft Employee
        9 years ago

        Hi lcd,

         

        It is the expected behavior.

         

        Not like measures, calculate columns/tables(like your myMeasureTable) are computed during database processing(e.g. data refresh) and then stored in the model, they do not response to user selections on the report(like a Slicer).

         

        So it is not possible to create a calculate table which can change dynamically with user selections on the report. :smileyhappy:

         

        Regards