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el_lloydie
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10 years ago
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Ranking help please

Hi guys   I'm very new to this so I could well be running before I can walk.   I essentially have a table that details suppliers with a monthly performance score.   Can anyone help me with a fo...
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  • v-caliao-msft's avatar
    v-caliao-msft
    10 years ago

    Hi EL_lloydie,

     

    According to your description, you need to background sort them by score and get the top 10 suppliers, and display them order by jobs raised, right?

     

    I have tested it on my local environment, the steps below is for you reference.

     

    1. Click Edit Queries > Edit Querie
    2. Click arrow in Overall Score column > Sort Descending
    3. Click Keep Rows > Keep Top Rows, type 10 in the Number of rows textbox.
    4. Click Close & Apply button
    5. Create a calculated column using the DAX below.
      Rank = RANKX(Supplier,Supplier[Job Raised])
    6. Then display the data on the visuals.

    Regards,

    Charlie Liao

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achinm45
Advocate IV
10 years ago

There is RANKX function in DAX. You can use that to Rank.

 

ADD a new Column in your table . Lets Say we call it as Rank

Rank = RANKX(ALL(Table),MonthlyPerformanceScore,Number of Jobs)

 

I hope this works

BR

Achin

el_lloydie's avatar
el_lloydie
New Member
10 years ago

Thanks Achin

 

It sort of works, only I can't understand the rankings!

 

Below is my data (admittedly, sorted by score (high to low).

 

I need it to background sort them by score (high to low) and then by jobs raised (so that it goes high to low). Then the supplier at the top would be ranked 1, the next supplier would be 2 and so on.

 

 

Thanks,

Gareth

  • waltheed's avatar
    waltheed
    Impactful Individual
    10 years ago

    The result of DAX queries is never sorted. You have to do that in your client tool.

    The sorting in your table screenshot may look strange because you do not show the decimals?

    Also note the last argument of the RANKX function, which defines how to deal with ties.

     

    The approach is good.

    Add a column with rank, call it Ranking:

    =RANKX(ALL('Supplier Master');[Overall Score];;DESC;Dense)

     

    Do your query (not sure where you are creating the table, but you could do it like this, e.g. with the DAX Studio add-in for Excel):

    evaluate

    topn(10,'Supplier Master',[Ranking],ASC)

    order by [Ranking] ASC, [Jobs Raised] DESC

     

    • Sean's avatar
      Sean
      Community Champion
      10 years ago

      Yes it would be nice if RANKX could actually use another [Measure] to break the ties!

  • v-caliao-msft's avatar
    v-caliao-msft
    Microsoft Employee
    10 years ago

    Hi EL_lloydie,

     

    According to your description, you need to background sort them by score and get the top 10 suppliers, and display them order by jobs raised, right?

     

    I have tested it on my local environment, the steps below is for you reference.

     

    1. Click Edit Queries > Edit Querie
    2. Click arrow in Overall Score column > Sort Descending
    3. Click Keep Rows > Keep Top Rows, type 10 in the Number of rows textbox.
    4. Click Close & Apply button
    5. Create a calculated column using the DAX below.
      Rank = RANKX(Supplier,Supplier[Job Raised])
    6. Then display the data on the visuals.

    Regards,

    Charlie Liao