Sort a slicer by a dynamically generated measure

[jakubw]

I have a problem with sorting a slicer in Power BI desktop.

Let's say I have a table with movies, that feeds the slicer in question.

movies:

Title	Box office	Year
Avengers: Endgame	$2,797,800,564	2019
Avatar	$2,789,958,507	2009
Titanic	$2,187,463,944	1997
Star Wars: The Force Awakens	$2,068,223,624	2015
Avengers: Infinity War	$2,048,359,754	2018

And another table with their ratings, related by the Title column:

ratings:

Title	Site	Rating
Avengers: Endgame	Metacritic	78%
Avengers: Endgame	Rotten Tomatoes	94%
Avengers: Endgame	IMDB	85%
Titanic	Rotten Tomatoes	92%
Titanic	IMDB	91%

I want to sort the movies by average rating from chosen services.

I tried to make a measure like AvgRating = AVERAGE(ratings[Rating]), and it computes exactly what I wanted, but you cannot sort a slicer by measure.
I also tried making a calculated column in the movies table: AvgRating = AVERAGE(ratings[Rating]), so I can use the "sort by column" option. However, calculated columns in PBI are only refreshed on data load, so the results do not change when I choose different services.

Is there any option to do this kind of thing, or am I doomed?

Thanks in advance!

[v-alq-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Based on your description, I created data to reproduce the scenario. ‘AvgRatings’ is a column. ‘AvgRating’ is a measure.

AvgRatings = CALCULATE(AVERAGE(ratings[Rating]),RELATEDTABLE(ratings))

AvgRating = AVERAGE(ratings[Rating])

It is unavailable to sort a slicer by measure. As a workaround, you can use the ‘Hierarchical Filter - xViz’ visual from Marketplace and use ‘AvgRating’ measure as value. And in the ‘Fields’, click the ‘drop down’ button and choose ‘show item with no data’.

Result:

If I misunderstand your thought, please show me your expected output, I am glad to solve the problem for you.

Best Regards,

Allan

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