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Anonymous
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5 years ago

Two slicers for one column

Hi guys,   I am quite new to PowerBI. I would like to have two slicers with products of different categories, which filter one column of a connected table with all product information of both categ...
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AliceW
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5 years ago

Info: is having two and only two products in the visual the expected result? And is the list of products reasonably short? If yes to both, you could build two one column tables with the product names, then build two measures using SWITCH in the main table, then use those measures in the visual.

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Tnt
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5 years ago

Hi.. 

Could you please elaborate on "then build two measures using SWITCH in the main table, then use those measures in the visual"

 

I am also facing the same need for comparing our and competitor products.

 

Thanks

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    AliceW
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    5 years ago

    This is what I do to allow the users to switch the report visuals between currencies.

    1. I created a table (Home / Enter Data) with two values: EUR and USD. You can use as many as you want. Called it 'Currency'. No need to create any relationship with this table.

    2. In the table where you have your amounts, create this measure:

    Total =

    SWITCH(
    TRUE(),
    SELECTEDVALUE('Currency'[Currency])="EUR",sum(Opp[Total EUR]),
    SELECTEDVALUE('Currency'[Currency])="USD", sum(Opp[Total USD]),
    sum(Opp[Total EUR])
    )
    The last sum is just in case you use the measure without the switch...
    3. In the report, you add a Slicer with the 'Currency' column. In its Selection Controls, make sure you have 'Single Select' on.
    4. Build the visual with the new Total Measure.
     
    You can apply this logic to your competitor issue; have two one-column tables and two switch formulas and two measures you get in the visual.
    • Tnt's avatar
      Tnt
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      5 years ago

      Hi Alice,

      Thank you for the response. 

       

      Plese find the problem details for which I am unable to realize the solution.

       

      I have two or our product - AA and BB, which need to be compared individually with Competitor products XX, YY, and ZZ (see table below of possible comparisons)

       

      My ProductBenchmark Product
      AAXX
      AAYY
      BBYY
      BBZZ

       

      I created two Dimension table, one for my product and one for competitor products. The selection on our product (slicer) will refine the options in  competitor products (second slicer).

       

      For eg: if i select AA in prodcut the options in second slicer will be XX and YY but not ZZ (as its not benchmarked against).

       

      Now I need to select either XX or YY of our competitor product.

       

      The selection then needs to identify related data from a fact table as shown below.

      ProductTest result
      XX8
      YY9
      ZZ7
      AA7
      BB8

       

      For selection AA in first slicer and XX in second slicer, visualizer (Table/column) should give values for the selection.  (like the table below)

      ProductTest result
      AA7
      XX8

       

      Could you help me with this.

       

      Thanks for your support.

       

      Regards

      Tnt

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        AliceW
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        5 years ago

        Tnt, how does your data mode look like? Do you have two tables, one for your company's products and another for your competitors'? How do you connect the products?