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Anonymous
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Use Memory Table in Measure

Hello,

I would like to refer a Field from a table that is stored in a Variable within a next statement.

Basically something like this (this example doesn't make sense but it is a preparation for a larger statement.

 

The final goal is to realize somethign dynamic like in this post https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Filtering-and-Ranking/m-p/193043#M84959

 

But I I could already realize this i'm on the good path ..

 

I'm getting the error "Table variable 'FirstRowWithMaxRatioByLoc' cannot be used in current context because a base table is expected."

 

Measure = 
VAR MaxRatioByLoc = SUMMARIZE(Sheet2,[Location],"MaxOoOByLoc",MAX(Sheet2[Ratio]))
VAR FirstRowWithMaxRatioByLoc = NATURALINNERJOIN(MaxRatioByLoc, Sheet2)
RETURN MAX(FirstRowWithMaxRatioByLoc[MaxOoOByLoc])
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v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous,

 

From the link, Xiaoxin Sheng has provided a solution to achieve your goal that can dynamically return table. Please try his suggestion to check whether it can work in your scenario. If you still have any question, please feel free to ask.

 

Best regards,
Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous,

 

From the link, Xiaoxin Sheng has provided a solution to achieve your goal that can dynamically return table. Please try his suggestion to check whether it can work in your scenario. If you still have any question, please feel free to ask.

 

Best regards,
Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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