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Anonymous
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2 years ago

URGENT HELP needed: search for multiple values from different lists

I have two lists of keywords: Brand and Manufacturer. I have filters allowing to select multiple out of both lists.

I need to find the (selected) keywords from (both) these lists in a table column Text and sum up the amounts Value corresponding to each found line that contains at least on of the selected keywords.

 

I am currently using a measure:

Measure =
VAR _tbl1 = CALCULATETABLE(VALUES(brand[Brand]), FILTER(brand, FIND(brand[Brand],MAX(Table[Text]),1,0)>0))
VAR _tbl2 = CALCULATETABLE(VALUES(manufacturer[Manufacturer]), FILTER(manufacturer, FIND(manufacturer[Manufacturer],MAX(Table[Text]),1,0)>0))
VAR _tbl = UNION(_tbl1, _tbl2)
VAR _x = SUMX(_tbl, MAX(Table[Value])) / COUNTROWS(_tbl)
RETURN _x
 
The result is incorrect: 
a. Listed in a table with Date, Text, Value, Measure, is shows the wrong totals.
b. If I add another column say Measure2, for which Measure displays some empty rows, it doesn't show any total at all anymore (and it's no way to fix it by replacing the blanks with 0s). 
c. In a timeline barchart with Brand as legend and Manufacturer as filter is shows only the wrong totals and, depending on the selected Manufacturer, it might not aggregate up from day to month etc. at all or even more incorrectly.
 
I am unfortunately unable either to show the original tables and charts, due to compliance issues, and I also can't replicate it in a mock file, as it is pretty complicated and it woud take me the whole day. 
Even more unfortunately, the matter is urgent, I need to give in the report asap.
 
Can anyone please help? Many thanks in advance!
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    2 years ago

    Here some mock data:

    TextDate Value 
    Apples' China risk9/8/2023      778,985
    Pick Peanuts, Pick Apples and Get Out of Town10/1/2023 13,270,269
    A Low-Cost Grocery Delivery Service With Much More Than Ugly Apples11/9/2023   5,543,076
    Krispy Kreme urgently recalls four-pack of doughnuts over peanut allergy fears8/7/2023   4,013,349
    Recall over allergy fears: Chocolate raisin snacks may contain peanuts6/9/2023   6,518,508
    I have a severe allergy to strawberries9/23/2023   4,013,349
    Aldi urgently recalls deli meats over allergy fears8/23/2023   4,013,349

     

    The two keyword lists are:

    CauseEffect
    appleallergy
    peanutrecall
    raisin 

     

    You can consider then the following measure syntax:

    Measure =
    VAR _tbl1 = CALCULATETABLE(VALUES(kw[Cause]), FILTER(kw,
    CONTAINSSTRINGEXACT(MAX(Table[Text]),kw[Cause])=TRUE()))
    VAR _tbl2 = CALCULATETABLE(VALUES(kw[Effect]), FILTER(kw,
    CONTAINSSTRINGEXACT(MAX(Table[Text]),kw[Effect])=TRUE()))
    VAR _tbl = UNION(_tbl1, _tbl2)
    VAR _x = SUMX(_tbl, MAX(Table[Value])) / COUNTROWS(_tbl)
    RETURN _x
     
    Cause and Effect appear as filters on the page, multiple selection allowed. 
    I want to find the (selected) keywords from both these lists in Text and sum up the amounts Value corresponding to each found line that contains at least on of the selected keywords.
     
    In a table or chart with Date, Text, Value, Measure I get wrong totals an no Totals (sums in the table). Of course the chart won't aggregate over Date.
     
    I hope this helps. Many thanks!
      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        2 years ago

        Many thanks!

         

        But I want it to show me texts with all selected keywords, no matter which lists, with multiple selection allowed. 

        E.g. in image it should only show the last text, "Recall over allergy fears..."

        And it also doesn't show any totals, the same problem I had and which makes any aggregeation (e.g. over date) impossible.