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Hi
I have an interesting problem when trying to create a measure in PBI Desktop.
I have data thats akin to this, which I have used SUMMARIZE to create categories and a count of their respective sales.
Category COUNT of sales
Apples 32
Kiwi 46
Bananas 65
Oranges 23
Dragon 87
Grapes 54
Mango 126
Cherry 84
There are 8 categories, but I am specifically looking to SUM the Top 5 categories by the amount of the COUNT.
So in my example, I am looking for a measure which will allow me to SUM Mango,Dragon,Cherry,Bananas and Grapes. My expected response is 416 in this example.
Whilst I can easily SUMMARIZE my data and apply the count, I am struggling with how to SUM the specific Top 5 by the COUNT.
Can anyone assist please?
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi, @powerbiuser9999
You can try the following methods.
Rank =
RANK.EQ ( [COUNT of sales], 'Table'[COUNT of sales], DESC )
2. Create a measure to sum the top five.
Measure =
CALCULATE (
SUM ( 'Table'[COUNT of sales] ),
FILTER ( ALL ( 'Table' ), 'Table'[Rank] <= 5 )
)
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _Charlotte
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more.
Hi, @powerbiuser9999
You can try the following methods.
Rank =
RANK.EQ ( [COUNT of sales], 'Table'[COUNT of sales], DESC )
2. Create a measure to sum the top five.
Measure =
CALCULATE (
SUM ( 'Table'[COUNT of sales] ),
FILTER ( ALL ( 'Table' ), 'Table'[Rank] <= 5 )
)
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _Charlotte
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more.
Hi @YukiK
Thanks so much for your reply.
This hasn't worked for scenario, but i may have worded this incorrectly.
I am going to start a new question which is better worded, but thank you so much for your time.
Try a measure like this one:
TOP5 sum of count of sales =
CALCULATE( SUM('Table'[ COUNT of sales] ),
TOPN (
5,
ADDCOLUMNS (
VALUES ( 'Table'[Category ] ),
"@Count of Sales", CALCULATE( SUM('Table'[ COUNT of sales] ) )
),
[@Count of Sales],
DESC
)
)
Please give it a thumbs up if this helps!
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