Use latest record in bar chart

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I'd like to visualize data from Microsoft DevOps with Power BI.

Therefore I want to create a bar chart that shows the number of User Stories in their current state.

My dataset (simplified) looks like this:

Date	WorkitemId	Revision	State
2020-05-01	14146	1	New
2020-05-02	14146	2	Active
2020-05-03	14146	3	Closed
2020-05-01	15537	1	New
2020-05-02	15537	2	Active

I created the following measure to get the latest state:

LastState =

CALCULATE (

MAX ( viewWorkItems[State] ),

FILTER ( viewWorkItems, viewWorkItems[Rev] = MAX ( viewWorkItems[Rev] ) )

)

Using this measure in a table works like a charm. The following table shows the latest/current state for each User Story (WorkItemId):

Now I'd like to create a bar chart that counts the number of User Stories at their latest/current state.

The bar chart should look like this:

Apparently I can't use my created measure within the bar chart. Therefore all I get is currently a bar chart that looks like this:

Which is the best approach to solve this problem?

Thanks in advance

[dax · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous , 

You need to add [workitemid] in axis, which should work correctly. In addition, your measure is used to calculate [state] instead of calculate count, so it can't put in Value field. You could refer to my sample for details.

Best Regards,
Zoe Zhi

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[Anonymous]

Thanks @dax, that helped!

But what if I have >1000 WorkItems and can't use WorkItemId in axis or legend because I just want to show the count of WorkItemId's at the current state.

[az38]

Hi @Anonymous 

as I understand, you can easily filter by desired Status in Filters Pane.