Ranking Across Columns

[renecornish]

I have distance travelled data between various locations ~ stipulated in individual columns.  I am now wanting to rank which location is first, second, third closest (or less in distance).  How do I rank theses?  I can't seem to Group the columns as I was hoping to use the RANK.EQ formaul which works in excel and not here.

Example:  Location 1 is positioned 3rd closest...

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Thank you for your prompt reply @Greg_Deckler 

Hi @renecornish 

Based on your needs, I have created the following table.

Then in power query, hold down the Ctrl key to select all columns, click "unpivot column".

Click"close and apply", Then you can use the following Dax to get the rank of the column:

Column = RANKX('Table','Table'[Value],,DESC)

Result:

Best Regards,

Jayleny

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[renecornish]

Thank you Greg, however when I use this (as above) - it runs an error.  "A table of multiple values was supplied where a single value was expected".

[Greg_Deckler]

@renecornish Probably have to do something along these lines:

Column = 
  VAR __Table = 
    UNION(
      { [Location 1] },
      { [Location 2] },
      { [Location 3] },
      { [Location 4] },
      { [Location 5] },
      { [Location 6] }
    )
...

      

Then you could use RANKX and then lookup the RANK for whatever value [Location 1] is for your Location 1 rank column, etc.