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dokat's avatar
dokat
Post Prodigy
4 years ago
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Slicer Select all option while excluding one value

Hi,

I am trying to create a slicer and have select all option but want to exclude one value from the selectall.

 

Here are the four values for the sicer.  I'd like to have select all options only to combine "Grocery+Drug+Depot"

"Grocery"

'Drug"

"Depot"

"Maintenance"

 

Is this possible to do with POwer BI?

 

Need Help
  • bcdobbs's avatar
    bcdobbs
    4 years ago

    You can't make a slicer default to only certain values when you click Select All.

    However you could build the logic into a measure:

     

    Sum Of Amount (Special Slicer) = 
    IF ( 
        ISFILTERED ( Sales[Item Type] ),
        SUM ( Sales[Amount] ),
        CALCULATE ( 
            SUM (Sales[Amount] ),
            Sales[Item Type] <> "Maintenance"
        )
    )


    Example File

  • dokat's avatar
    dokat
    4 years ago

    bcdobbs I just downloaded your file and it's working however when i applied to my report it is not. Logic is solid and makes sense not sure why but it is not working on my end.

    Here is the code i am using.

    Special Slicer TY = 
    IF ( 
        ISFILTERED ( 'POS CY'[Slicer]),
         [POS TY],
        CALCULATE ( 
            [POS TY],
            'POS CY'[Slicer] <> "Maintenance"
        )
    )

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  • bcdobbs's avatar
    bcdobbs
    Community Champion
    4 years ago

    You can't make a slicer default to only certain values when you click Select All.

    However you could build the logic into a measure:

     

    Sum Of Amount (Special Slicer) = 
    IF ( 
        ISFILTERED ( Sales[Item Type] ),
        SUM ( Sales[Amount] ),
        CALCULATE ( 
            SUM (Sales[Amount] ),
            Sales[Item Type] <> "Maintenance"
        )
    )


    Example File

    • dokat's avatar
      dokat
      Post Prodigy
      4 years ago

      bcdobbs Thanks for your reply. If i exclude maintenance in the measure and select maintenance from slicer it will return blank value. I want to have option to be able to select Maintenance and total without maintenance.

       

      Thanks

       

       

      • bcdobbs's avatar
        bcdobbs
        Community Champion
        4 years ago

        No, in the measure there's an IF statement that tests whether there is a filter on the column.

         

        If there is it returns the sum you'd expect. It only excludes when everything is selected.

    • dokat's avatar
      dokat
      Post Prodigy
      4 years ago

      bcdobbs  Thanks for your response. I just tried your code however when click on select all option in the slicer it didnt exclude the values for "Maintenance". Filter didnt work and include sum for all values.

       

      Thanks

      • bcdobbs's avatar
        bcdobbs
        Community Champion
        4 years ago

        Hi,

        Have you seen the sample file I sent: Example File

        As far as I can see that code is working in there:

         

        Selecting all excludes the two 4's:

        Selecting "Maintencance" returns 8:

         

        Entirely possible I'm missing the point of what you're trying to achieve; if so appologies.

         

    • dokat's avatar
      dokat
      Post Prodigy
      4 years ago

      bcdobbs This code works perfectly when i select all. It excludes Maintenance sales from the total. However my challenge is after select all if i click on any other slicer selection, sum includes Maintenance. Its almost like bypassing Filter. I only want to include Maintenance sales when user clicks and selects it. Otherwise i'd like to filter out Maintenance sales. Is this possible to do or force user to uncheck select all before making another slicer selection? Appreciate any help.