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Maddyqc
6 years agoFrequent Visitor
Not able to filter
Hello, As you can see, I am a newbie here. I am trying to make a table with tota cases (total rows) and total deaths in the same table. When I make separate tables, it works. When try to have them i...
- 6 years ago
It is your data model. One of those tables isn't filtering the other. You can turn on crossfiltering by using something like this:
TEST = CALCULATE( SUM( table2[field] ), CROSSFILTER ( table1[key], table2[key], BOTH ) )But the fundamental issue is your model. You should have a star schema where your field in the table should be from a DIMENSION table that is filtering both of these FACT tables vs having the FACT tables filter one another.
edhans
6 years agoCommunity Champion
It is your data model. One of those tables isn't filtering the other. You can turn on crossfiltering by using something like this:
TEST =
CALCULATE(
SUM( table2[field] ),
CROSSFILTER ( table1[key], table2[key], BOTH )
)
But the fundamental issue is your model. You should have a star schema where your field in the table should be from a DIMENSION table that is filtering both of these FACT tables vs having the FACT tables filter one another.