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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 meas...
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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

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

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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

    • lcd's avatar
      lcd
      Frequent Visitor
      9 years ago

      Thanks v-ljerr-msft, I understand. I thought this kind of tables were like measures. I will look for other solution.

      Regards

       

      • rbaleche's avatar
        rbaleche
        Advocate I
        8 years ago

        Hello lcd,

        I don't know if you still haven't found a solution for this topic, but here is what I've done.

        1) Created a disconected table with the categories I wanted to show in my waterfall chart;

         

         


        2) Created a measure using SWITCH to display the wanted value for each category;


        WATERFALL VAR =
        SWITCH(MAX(p_gross_margin_variances[id_var_factor]);
        1;[BL05BT-GROSS MARGIN];
        2;[BL03VR-PRICE VAR];
        3;[BL04VR-COST VAR];
        4;[BL05VR-GROSS MARGIN VAR];
        5;[BL03VR-VOLUME VAR];
        6;[BL03VR-MIX VAR];
        7;[BL03VR-MIX AND VOL VAR];
        8;[BL05AC-GROSS MARGIN];
        BLANK())


        3) Put the categories and values in their respective fields and voilá:

         

         

        The only thing is that you'll have to consider the Total bar as the Actual Value since it's not possible to change the bar name.

         

        To do that you can use the Ultimate Waterfall from dataviz.

         

        Hope it helped!

         

        Regards