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Junminkim0214
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Use measure as chart legend

Hello Power BI super heroes!

 

I'd like to use 'Retail Excess' measure as a legend for a chart, but having trouble with it. May I know how I can make it?

I tried to find solutions from articles in ommunity, but couldn't.

 

Measures

Retail WOC = [CY RCS (qty)]/[Avg CS Last 4 Weeks]
Retail Excess = if([Retail WOC]>=12,"Excess","Non-Excess")
 
Value
Retail Closing Stock 
 
 
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hi  @Junminkim0214 

First, measure can be affected by filter/slicer, so you can use it to get dynamic summary result in a visual by its row context. So you could not put it into Legend of a visual.

https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/calculated-columns-and-measures-in-dax/

 

Second, for your case, you could this way as below:

Step1:

You need a table that contains all the result of this measure, for example:

5.JPG

 

Step2:

Create a measure like this logic:

Measure 3 = var _table=FILTER(CROSSJOIN(ADDCOLUMNS('Fact',"_type",[Measure]),'Type'),[_type]=[Type]) return
COUNTROWS(_table)

 

You could also use SUMX/MAXX/MINX instead of COUNTROWS in the formula

Result:

6.JPG7.JPG

 

here is sample pbix file, please try it.

 

Regards,

Lin

Community Support Team _ Lin
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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Pragati11
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HI @Junminkim0214 ,

 

You can never use a MEASURE as a legend in the charts. They have to be always COLUMNS.

Convert your measure as a calculated column, then use it as a legend in your chart.

 

Thanks,

Pragati

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Hi @Pragati11 

 

Thanks for your advice!

 

I created a column like below, but the results are not correct. May I know a reason for this?

 

Column

Retail Excess column = if([Retail WOC]>=12,"Excess","Non-Excess")

 

Measure

Retail Excess = if([Retail WOC]>=12,"Excess","Non-Excess")

 

Junminkim0214_0-1595248768261.png

 

Best regards,

 

Jun

hi  @Junminkim0214 

First, measure can be affected by filter/slicer, so you can use it to get dynamic summary result in a visual by its row context. So you could not put it into Legend of a visual.

https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/calculated-columns-and-measures-in-dax/

 

Second, for your case, you could this way as below:

Step1:

You need a table that contains all the result of this measure, for example:

5.JPG

 

Step2:

Create a measure like this logic:

Measure 3 = var _table=FILTER(CROSSJOIN(ADDCOLUMNS('Fact',"_type",[Measure]),'Type'),[_type]=[Type]) return
COUNTROWS(_table)

 

You could also use SUMX/MAXX/MINX instead of COUNTROWS in the formula

Result:

6.JPG7.JPG

 

here is sample pbix file, please try it.

 

Regards,

Lin

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

Hi @Junminkim0214 ,

 

How is your following measure caluclated?

Retail WOC = [CY RCS (qty)]/[Avg CS Last 4 Weeks]

 

It uses 2 more measures, how are they calculated?

 

Thanks,

Pragati

Best Regards,

Pragati Jain


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LinkedIn | Twitter | Blog YouTube 

Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution! This will help others on the forum!

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