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AndySmith
Helper III
1 year ago
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SWITCH measures - sorting issue

I have a few switch measures in order to toggle between various time frame calcs for customer sales (MTD, YTD and MAT). They seem to calculate correctly, but if I try to sort by the Sales value measu...
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    Anonymous
    1 year ago

    Hi AndySmith,

     

    I think your issue is based on your data model. Could you share a sample file with us and hsow us a screenshot with the result you want. This will make it easier for us to find the solution.

     

    Best Regards,
    Rico Zhou

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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AndySmith
Helper III
1 year ago

Thanks for the reply. I get an error message saying that COALESCE is not a function and cannot be found? I am using a tabular model. Is that likely to make a difference?

  

 

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rajendraongole1
Super User
1 year ago

Hi AndySmith -The COALESCE function was introduced in more recent versions of Power BI and SSAS (post-SQL Server 2016).

COALESCE not being recognized in your tabular model is likely because COALESCE is not supported in DAX within earlier versions of SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Tabular Models. 

you can try with iferror

Switch - Customer TimeFrame - Discount % =
VAR SelectedFrame = SELECTEDVALUE('Slicer - TimeFrame'[Select Time Frame], "MTD")
VAR DiscountResult =
SWITCH(
TRUE(),
SelectedFrame = "MTD", IFERROR([VE - Discount % MTD], 0),
SelectedFrame = "YTD", IFERROR([VE - Discount % FYTD], 0),
SelectedFrame = "MAT", IFERROR([VE - Discount % MAT], 0),
SelectedFrame = "Date Range", IFERROR([VE - Discount %], 0),
0
)
RETURN DiscountResult

 

or if isblank() function too

Switch - Customer TimeFrame - Discount % =
VAR SelectedFrame = SELECTEDVALUE('Slicer - TimeFrame'[Select Time Frame], "MTD")
VAR DiscountResult =
SWITCH(
TRUE(),
SelectedFrame = "MTD", IF(ISBLANK([VE - Discount % MTD]), 0, [VE - Discount % MTD]),
SelectedFrame = "YTD", IF(ISBLANK([VE - Discount % FYTD]), 0, [VE - Discount % FYTD]),
SelectedFrame = "MAT", IF(ISBLANK([VE - Discount % MAT]), 0, [VE - Discount % MAT]),
SelectedFrame = "Date Range", IF(ISBLANK([VE - Discount %]), 0, [VE - Discount %]),
0
)
RETURN DiscountResult