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sflaming
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Non-Mutually Exclusive Slicers (The logical "OR")

Hi there! 

 

I have contact data that I am mapping, and want to be able to filter by discipline (architect, civil engineer, construction manager, etc.)

 

Right now, I am taking the "Disciplines" column from my raw data and adding 6 additional columns which have Y or N depending on whether or not that particular discipline is included for that contact. The problem being that many contacts have more than one discipline listed, so I can't make this into a single column. 

 

What I would like to do on this map/table is, for example, use a slicer to select "architect" and "structural engineer" which would then filter my results to show BOTH architects and structural engineers (not necessarily a single contact with both disciplines, but rather all contacts with one or both of those disciplines listed). 

 

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If you have any ideas for how I could make this happen, let me know! Thanks in advance for the help. 

 

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Ritaf1983
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Hi @sflaming 
If I understand you correctly you need some workarounds to use multiple slicers with "or" please refer to the linked tutorial:

https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/using-or-conditions-between-slicers-in-dax/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5JX3G5Ntzk (video version )

If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

 

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

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sflaming
Frequent Visitor

@Ritaf1983 This is helpful, thank you. 

 

However, my situation is a little bit different than this - I am not trying to calculate a value based on the slicers, but rather to display a table with the corresponding contacts. I haven't been able to figure out how to apply this tutorial to my situation. 

Ritaf1983
Super User
Super User

Hi @sflaming 
If I understand you correctly you need some workarounds to use multiple slicers with "or" please refer to the linked tutorial:

https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/using-or-conditions-between-slicers-in-dax/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5JX3G5Ntzk (video version )

If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

 

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile

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