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TopN
Hi everyone, I'm trying to rank some values, but I can't find the TopN option in the visual level filter. Any idea because why?
Kind regards
1) Select the Column you want to display the Top Budgets of
2) Then change the Filter Type of that Column to Top N
3) Fill in Top / Bottom number field
4) And lastly drag to the By Value filed your Budget Measure
Good Luck! :smileyhappy:
EDIT: Alternatively you can do this...
1) Create a Rank Measure using your Budget Measure to Rank the Column values (same column as above)
2) Add the Rank Measure in your table
3) Then in the Visual Level Filters - select the Rank - Show items when value: - select is less than (or appropriate) and fill in number
This has the advantage of also showing you the Rank Number
Both methods will produce the same result though! :smileyhappy:
Hi chrisgehm,
You can specify that you’d like to filter by the Top or Bottom number of categories, sorted by a specific measure. You will find the Ton N filter in the filter pane as a Filter Type option for the category field you want to filter down.
So this filter is for catefory column, not for measure column. In your scenario, please check if you can see the TOP N filter in your catefory column.
Regards,
Charlie Liao
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1) Select the Column you want to display the Top Budgets of
2) Then change the Filter Type of that Column to Top N
3) Fill in Top / Bottom number field
4) And lastly drag to the By Value filed your Budget Measure
Good Luck! :smileyhappy:
EDIT: Alternatively you can do this...
1) Create a Rank Measure using your Budget Measure to Rank the Column values (same column as above)
2) Add the Rank Measure in your table
3) Then in the Visual Level Filters - select the Rank - Show items when value: - select is less than (or appropriate) and fill in number
This has the advantage of also showing you the Rank Number
Both methods will produce the same result though! :smileyhappy:
Hi chrisgehm,
You can specify that you’d like to filter by the Top or Bottom number of categories, sorted by a specific measure. You will find the Ton N filter in the filter pane as a Filter Type option for the category field you want to filter down.
So this filter is for catefory column, not for measure column. In your scenario, please check if you can see the TOP N filter in your catefory column.
Regards,
Charlie Liao
I haven't used Top N in a while but I can see it looks different in the recent upgrade to the filter tab. The functionality should be the same and if not that's a bug.
For some reason I don't recall it being necessary to add the item the second time to the filter perhaps that was already necessary as indicated in the screenshot is standard practice The difference is the filter is now on the filter Pane rather than in the Visualization pane, assuming you've activated the new pane.
I don't have any products done in earlier releases to see if there's an issue between older products in the new release.
But as you can see in this screenshot the Top N function is working for me.
Hi there, if you want to make a dynamic Top N in slicer check this out 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2K-leEcgY8
