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Anonymous
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Slicer inconsistent, all filled, or all empty

Hi, I have a slicer with only two values. There are no other values available, nor any blancs.

 

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If I select both values I should select everything, and I get a result of a checksum that is say 500.

 

Now the strange part. If I leave the slicer all empty, normally that is the same thing, select everying. But now I get a value of 700!

 

Something is filtering in the relations in one table, when it should not. Can any give my a hint what is going on behind the scenes? If I delete the slices all together I also get 700. So I get a feeling there is an optimization down deep in Power BI that will omit a check if nothing is selected, but is triggered then everying is selected. I just cannot find what is wrong.

 

Any ideas?

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

The information you have provided was not clear enough. What does your data model look like and are you doing any calculation?

 

Best Regards,

Jay

Anonymous
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Well understood. But the model is large, and I fail to reproduce it in a small model. 

 

But what is the difference of a slicer accoring the the picture, where all is selected, and none is selected? Normally it provide the same result (it shows all), but not this time.

jdbuchanan71
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@Anonymous 

It will be very difficult to help with your question without being able to see your data model.  Please take a look at this post to give you an idea of the information we need to help you.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/td-p/1447523

 

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