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hideakisuzuki01
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4 years ago
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Question on variable on measure

Hi, I am trying to calculate sales amount excluding certain regions, and I have two measures, which seem almost identical to me but somehow one is working but the other one is not.     Can someone...
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    tackytechtom
    4 years ago

    Hi hideakisuzuki01 ,

     

    I think this is due to the fact that variables are calculated first and the calculated value becomes a constant and can not be changed with filters anymore. 

     

    So in your case, you first calculate the sum of all sales and store that result in the variable Expression1. Afterwards, you apply the filter from Table1 ("North America") to that result. However, applying a filter on a constant does not change the value of your result. So to sum it up, your filter does not kick in.

     

     

     

    Does this help? 🙂

     

    /Tom
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tackytechtom
Most Valuable Professional
4 years ago

Hi hideakisuzuki01 ,

 

I think this is due to the fact that variables are calculated first and the calculated value becomes a constant and can not be changed with filters anymore. 

 

So in your case, you first calculate the sum of all sales and store that result in the variable Expression1. Afterwards, you apply the filter from Table1 ("North America") to that result. However, applying a filter on a constant does not change the value of your result. So to sum it up, your filter does not kick in.

 

 

 

Does this help? 🙂

 

/Tom
https://www.tackytech.blog/
https://www.instagram.com/tackytechtom/