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Anonymous
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4 years ago
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Saving Filters as Measures

Hello Power BI Community,   I frequently find myself saving filters as VARs and then applying the variable using the CALCULATE function. See below:   myExpression = VAR testFilter = FILTER(ta...
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    v-yanjiang-msft
    4 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

    As FILTER function returns a table, so you cannot save it as a measure or column, but you can save it as a new table to solve your issue, like this:

    1.Create a new table.

    2.Create relationship.

    3.Directly use the new table as a filter in your DAX.

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ kalyj

    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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Anonymous
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4 years ago

I could, but this doesn't really solve the issue of re-writing the conditional statement over and over again.

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Anonymous
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4 years ago

It would be nice if I could change this in one place (like you can with a measure). Something like:

 

myFilter = FITLER(table,table[column]="condition")

To ultimately use the filter in multiple measures like this:
measure1 = CALCULATE(SUM(table[column]),myFilter))
measure2 = CALCULATE(SUM(table[column1]),myFilter))