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anacpint
Helper I
Helper I

Switch function not working

‎07-01-2022 09:09 AM

Hello,

First, I developed a measure to replace the nulls with zeros.

RFTC_NoBlank = IF(ISBLANK(SUM(Fact_RFTC[Countof])),0,SUM(Fact_RFTC[Countof]))

This the result of the measure.

anacpint_0-1656691148766.png

After this step I created a measure to do the conditional formatting.

ColorSwitchRFT = VAR RFT = VALUES(Fact_RFTC[rft_classification])
RETURN
SWITCH(
TRUE(),
RFT="Correct", "#11A82B",
RFT="Low","#A9CC0D",
RFT="Moderate","#F2CB49",
RFT="New_Requirement", "#12ABDB",
RFT="Severe","#FF6961"
)
And this is the result:
anacpint_1-1656691340079.png
So, this measure doesn't assume the zeros created by the first measure and don't change the color.
The final result should be something like this:
anacpint_2-1656691703307.png

 

I'm working with live connection so I cannot create a calculated column.
Is there any way to solve this?
 
Thanks in advance.
Ana Pinto
 
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‎07-04-2022 04:58 AM

@anacpint , this is my suggestion:

Create a new Calculated Table called dimClassification:

 

dimClassification = VALUES('factRFTC'[Classification])

 

Add a relationship between the dimClassification table and factRFTC table. Make sure the relationship is Many to One, and the direction flows from the dimClassification table to the FactRFTC table.

EylesIT_0-1656935500494.png

The measure that you use for the conditional formatting in the matrix should be changed to this:

 

ColorSwitchRFT = 
    VAR vClassification = SELECTEDVALUE('dimClassification'[Classification])
    RETURN
        SWITCH(
            TRUE(),
            vClassification = "Correct", "#11A82B",
            vClassification = "Low","#A9CC0D",
            vClassification = "Moderate","#F2CB49",
            vClassification = "New_Requirement", "#12ABDB",
            vClassification = "Severe","#FF6961"
        )

 

Then delete the Fact_RFTC[rft_classification] field from the Rows field from the matrix, and add dimClassification[Classification] in its place.

EylesIT_2-1656936267093.png

Set the Conditional Formatting of the RFTC_NoBlank field in the matrix for Background Color to be Format Style "Field Value", and set the "What field should we base this on" to your [RFTC_NoBlank] measure.

 

When I do that with some test data, this is what I get. Note that my test data in FactRFTC has no rows at all for month March 2021, but the cell for {Mar-21, Low} is correctly coloured green because it gets the value for Classification from dimClassification.

Hope this helps.

EylesIT_3-1656936444709.png

 

 

 

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anacpint
Helper I
Helper I
In response to Anonymous

‎07-04-2022 05:58 AM

I cannot create a calculated table or column because I'm working with Live connection with a SSAS database.

What I'm gonna do is to create that dimension directly on the cube and follow all your steps.

Thanks for all your help!

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In response to anacpint

‎07-04-2022 06:48 AM

@anacpint , you're welcome. Please update us on whether it worked or not.

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anacpint
Helper I
Helper I
In response to Anonymous

‎07-12-2022 08:03 AM

Hello @Anonymous,

I followed your suggestion and is working! Combining the classification from the Dim and the measure to replace the blanks, worked fine.

Thank you for your help.

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Anonymous
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‎07-01-2022 09:34 AM

@anacpint , what is the tablename and fieldname on the matrix for the classification? In your ColorSwitchRFT measure you should use the classification column from the dimension table, not the fact table.

I assume in your fact table Fact_RFTC there are no rows that have Fact_RFTC[rft_classification] = "Low"? If that is the case, then when the measure executes "VALUES(Fact_RFTC[rft_classification])", then it will never equal "Low", and so the measure result will never be "#A9CC0D".

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anacpint
Helper I
Helper I
In response to Anonymous

‎07-01-2022 09:51 AM

@EyIesIT Thanks for your answer! So the fiel used is [rft_classification] and there's no dim for this field.

The problem isn't with the "Low" values, is with the 0 values that came from the measure RFTC_NoBlank.

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