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Hi, I am a new user of Power BI and I might not have explained my issue clearly. I've set up a parameter that enables users to choose the column they want as the x-axis for a graph. However, there are empty cells in the data, and I want to exclude these blank values from the graph when users select the respective field. I attempted using the filter pane, but it seems to affect other fields as well when I set Is not Blank for the field I selected. Do you have any suggestions on how to solve this issue?
Many thanks.
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Create a measure using the pattern below. The SWITCH function should have an entry for each column in your field parameter. Add this measure as a visual filter (greater than 0).
Visual Filter =
VAR vSelectedParameter =
SELECTCOLUMNS (
SUMMARIZE ( 'Parameter', 'Parameter'[Parameter], 'Parameter'[Parameter Fields] ),
"Parameter", 'Parameter'[Parameter]
)
VAR vResult =
SWITCH (
vSelectedParameter,
"ACTMEAN",
SUMX (
DimTable,
VAR vColumn = DimTable[ACTMEAN]
RETURN
IF ( NOT ISBLANK ( vColumn ), 1 )
),
"ACTONTRACK",
SUMX (
DimTable,
VAR vColumn = DimTable[ACTONTRACK]
RETURN
IF ( NOT ISBLANK ( vColumn ), 1 )
)
)
RETURN
vResult
Proud to be a Super User!
Create a measure using the pattern below. The SWITCH function should have an entry for each column in your field parameter. Add this measure as a visual filter (greater than 0).
Visual Filter =
VAR vSelectedParameter =
SELECTCOLUMNS (
SUMMARIZE ( 'Parameter', 'Parameter'[Parameter], 'Parameter'[Parameter Fields] ),
"Parameter", 'Parameter'[Parameter]
)
VAR vResult =
SWITCH (
vSelectedParameter,
"ACTMEAN",
SUMX (
DimTable,
VAR vColumn = DimTable[ACTMEAN]
RETURN
IF ( NOT ISBLANK ( vColumn ), 1 )
),
"ACTONTRACK",
SUMX (
DimTable,
VAR vColumn = DimTable[ACTONTRACK]
RETURN
IF ( NOT ISBLANK ( vColumn ), 1 )
)
)
RETURN
vResult
Proud to be a Super User!
Thank you! It totally works!
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