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Use filter to exclude
Is there a way use a filter to exclude rows?
Example: on selecting "productA" in a filter, i get all products EXCEPT "productA"
Can we create a measure to return a list or table where the selected value is removed?
Anonymous You need to add to the table an index row. If you don't have, create an index in query mode when you load the table.
On the visual table just add the index column, make sure the defaut calculation for index is 'Do not summarise' on the values as usually will show sum
Hi Anonymous,
In addition, with the help of the Query Parameter, you can also achieve your requirement. When you run the report, you can change prefer parameter value to filter corresponding data rows, instead of setting any report filter or slicer.
In your scenario, you can create a query parameter and list all products. Then set the filter with "does not equal" in Query Editor
like below:
For more information, you can take a look at this article: Deep Dive into Query Parameters and Power BI Templates.
If you have any question, please feel free to ask.
Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu
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Hey,
There is a way to do it, but it's not trivial. Measures can't return lists or tables, they have to evaluate to values, so the measure you described isn't possible. You can write measures to do aggregations based on NOT "productA". Here's an example:
CountSomethingMeasure =
SUMX(SUMMARIZE(Table, Table[Product]), COUNTROWS(FILTER(CALCULATETABLE(Table, ALLEXCEPT(Table, Table[SomeOtherFilter])), Table[Product] <> EARLIER(Table[Product])))) / IF(DISTINCTCOUNT(Table[Product]) = CALCULATE(DISTINCTCOUNT(Table[Product]), ALL(Table[Product])), MAX(DISTINCTCOUNT(Table[Product]) - 1, 1), 1)SomeOtherFilter is there just to show how you could possibly keep other filters that are applied eg. if you want to filter by Location and by not product, you could change [SomeOtherFilter] to [Location].
That would give you the number of rows in a Table that are not associated with the selected product. If nothing is selected, it would give the total number of rows. It does not support selecting more than one product to omit (let me know if that functionality is important and I can give it a shot).
jahida Anonymous Really interesting..I was trying to test EXCEPT() for a long time & now is the time..
I create a table 'Sales'
ProductAmount
A 5 A 5 A 5 B 5 B 5 B 5 C 5 C 5 a table 'Products'
Product
A B C Then create the relantionship ( one way ) and the formula
Sales = CALCULATE(SUM(Sales[Amount]);EXCEPT(ALL(Products);Products))
Result :
* You need to use the column from sales table, else if use the column from Product it gives you the correct sum but shows the selected product.
Much better than my solution, well done.
