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octomore
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4 years ago
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Use filters for specific colums in matrix

Hi all, I'm a begginer with Power BI , and i'm unable to use filters properly. I have 1 main table Month / Year / Department / QT sold.   I'd like to compare Qt sold during 2 choosen year ( Curr...
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    speedramps
    4 years ago

    If you want to compare random fields e.g.:-

    - 2022 vs 2019

    - 2022 vs 2021

    - 2021 vs 2015 ...

     

    then you cant do it will 2 slicers on the same dataset,

    because when you slice by 2022 the data will only be for 2022.

     

    The solution is to use 2 copies of the data each with a slicer.
    With no relationship with each other.

     

    Then have 3 measures:-

    YearA = SUM(SalesfileA[value])

    YearB = SUM(SalesfileB[value])

    Difference = YearA - YearB

     

    You can then have 2 slicer

    SalesfileA[Year]  and SalesfileB[Year]

     

    You can imporve the solution using 2 Calendar tables, but the principle is the same.

     

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