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gladies123
Helper I
Helper I

Reg:Default selection of slicer value(MAX DATE)

Hi team,

I have created calendar table as calendar(min(date_refresh),max(date_refresh) date_refresh is a column which is located in my another table called business.Kindly provide solution to make default selection of max date in slicer , if my data is updated till 12-9-2021 so default selection has to be 12/9/2021 in slicer  then if my data is updated till 13-9-2021 so default selection has to be 13/9/2021 in slicer and it should be displayed all dates in slicer  but it should make a default selection max date

 

THANKS,

GLADIS

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Anonymous
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Hi  @gladies123 ,

This function power bi can’t be realized for the time being, you can try it: change the label of the maximum date to "Maxdate" and place it on the top of the slicer for better identification.

I created some data:

Table1: 2021.1.1 – 2021.3.1

vyangliumsft_0-1632807723942.png

Calendar table: CALENDAR(MIN('Table'[date]),MAX('Table'[date]))

vyangliumsft_1-1632807723946.png

Here are the steps you can follow:

1. Create calculated column.

Column =
var _max=MAXX(ALL('Calendar table'),'Calendar table'[Date])
return
IF(
    'Calendar table'[Date]=_max,"Maxdate",FORMAT('Calendar table'[Date],"yyyy/mm/dd"))

2. Place [Column] in the slicer and set Sort descending.

vyangliumsft_2-1632807723948.jpeg

3. Result:

Will change the maximum date to "Maxdate" and stay at the top of the slicer:

vyangliumsft_3-1632807723948.png

Add a row of dates in the Table: 2021.4.1

Then 2021.4.1 becomes "Maxdate" and stays at the top of the slicer

vyangliumsft_4-1632807723949.png

 

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

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halfglassdarkly
Responsive Resident
Responsive Resident

It's a bit of a hack, but if you have a date dimension you could create a column that checks for the current/max data date and groups every other date under 'future' or 'previous' so eg

 

=switch(true(),

[Date] > Today(), "Future",

[Date] < Today(), "Past",

"Current")

 

Then add that to your slicer before the date column to form a hierarchy in the slicer. That way you could save the file with the 'Current' parent ticked, which would include only the current date which should update dynamically.

 

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