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bhmiller89
Helper V
Helper V

TopN

 I have a table SalesOpportunities that lists various information including "RecurringServices$," "Project$," and "Product$"

 

I want to calculate/show the Top 10 Sales Opportunities for 1. The highest Product$ 2. The highest RecurringServices$ and 3. The highest Project$

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Anonymous
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Hi bhmiller89,

 

>> and I get the error "The expression refers to multiple columns. Multiple columns cannot be converted to a scalar value."

 

I think you put this dax formula to a measure, you should use a table to receive the new table from the topn function:

 

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TopN function: Returns the top N rows of the specified table.

 

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The order by columns of topN function seems not work, perhaps you could try to use ‘sample function’:

 

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Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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BhaveshPatel
Super User
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You can write a DAX Query as below:

 

and modify further as per your needs.

 

EVALUATE

 

 TOPN(

        10,

       SalesOpportunities,

       SalesOpportunities[Product$],

       SalesOpportunities[RecurringServices$],

       SalesOpportunities[Project$]

)

 

Hope this would solve your problem.

Thanks & Regards,
Bhavesh

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Hi,

 

I wrote

 

TopOpps= TOPN(10, 'Sales Opportunities', 'Sales Opportunities[Product$], DESC, 'Sales Opportunities[Project$], DESC, 'Sales Opportunities[Recurring$], DESC)

 

and I get the error "The expression refers to multiple columns. Multiple columns cannot be converted to a scalar value."

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi bhmiller89,

 

>> and I get the error "The expression refers to multiple columns. Multiple columns cannot be converted to a scalar value."

 

I think you put this dax formula to a measure, you should use a table to receive the new table from the topn function:

 

Capture6.PNG

 

TopN function: Returns the top N rows of the specified table.

 

Capture7.PNG

 

Capture8.PNG

 

The order by columns of topN function seems not work, perhaps you could try to use ‘sample function’:

 

Capture9.PNG

 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

You need to use the DAX Studio to get the query results as it is referring to the multiple columns. 

 

downloading is at 

 

https://www.sqlbi.com/tools/dax-studio/

 

use EVALUATE 

      

     QUERY SYNTAX

 

 

Thanks & Regards,
Bhavesh

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TopOpps= CALCULATE([expression],TOPN(10, 'Sales Opportunities', 'Sales Opportunities[Product$], DESC, 'Sales Opportunities[Project$], DESC, 'Sales Opportunities[Recurring$], DESC)

Thanks & Regards,
Bhavesh

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