Use slicer to activate a calculation item

[mb769]

Struggling a lot to find an answer, and I'm afraid I'm making it unnecessarily complicated.

My final goal is to achieve something like this, where both the X- and Y-axis can be modified using slicers. Both of them can have more than 4 different values (and will grow in future development).

A bit of context: I count the number of students, and compare how they score in 2 different categories (e.g. the score for a certain subject, their number of abscenses, the amount of homework, etc.). These categories can be chosen on X- or Y-axis to look for possible interactions between the 2 categories (e.g. students who are more days absent from school, have a lower score for math).

These categories have to be measures, it is not possible to store them as calculated columns.

Since I do not want to create a different measure for each possible combination of 2 categories, I thought it was best to use a Calculation Group. There is a Calculation Item for each categorie (e.g. "number of abscences), and by using SELECTEDMEASURE() in each calculation item I can insert any other measure to calculate the number of students with each combination of categories.

My solution so far:

I create a Selector table to be used as a slicer. This selector determines both the chosen measure and the axis categories.

The data model for the X-axis looks like this:

SelectorX: the table I use in the slicer

Measure X-axis: Field parameter to chose the measure to show

Category X: Categories (labels) to be shown on the X-axis (as legend) - also a Field parameter

For the Y-axis, I started a similar approach, but the main difference is that the Measure for the Y-axis, is a Calculation Item. It is not possible to create a relation between SelectorY and the Calculation Group.

I thought to solve it by using a measure in my visual like this:

Measure =
CALCULATE (
   ?????,
   TREATAS (
      VALUES ( SelectorY[Selection] ),
      'Calculation Group'[Name]
   )
)

It does not work, mainly because: what measure should I put instead of ?????

I thought it could be MAX('Measure X-axis'[MeasureName]) but that does not work either: no data are shown in the visual.

What am I missing? Or am I overcomplicating things?

[v-saisrao-msft]

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[mb769]

Thanks for the replies so far.

@MFelix Here is (part of) my data: data file 
@Deku and @aman_singh1310 : I am not using Field Parameters, because that would require me to create specific measures for each possible combination of categories (these data are not related)
@danextian : I read at different places that using TREATAS with the calculation group is a method of inserting a calculation item in a measure. I tried this method to be able to let the calculation group respond to the slicer. However, it is possible that this does not lead to a working solution.

[v-saisrao-msft]

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[mb769 · Accepted solution]

I changed my approach to resolve the issue.
Now I make a different measure for each possible combination of 2 catagories, and I use field parameters to switch between them.

[MFelix]

Hi @mb769 ,

What is the result you would get when you select the Agendapunten with the B-Codes for example?

Is there a specific calculation you want to achieve or you just want to change the way the calculations are done?

Can you give an example with two different charts assuming two different selections? I still don't understand what you are trying to achive because, on the visual you present different categories on the Y-Axis and on the legend but then the tables only get the values that show on the slicer not a list of other values.

[danextian]

I am not exactly clear with what you are tyring to achieve but you are using a calculation group as a dimension in  TREATAS? 

[aman_singh1310]

I would recommend using field parameters for such visuals.

[Deku]

Why not use field parameters. Can have one each for x and y axis. 

[MFelix]

Hi @mb769 ,

Not sure if I understand the question properly and why you created the field parameters and the calculation group.

Is it possible to give a more clear example of what you want to achieve, if possible please share a mockup data or sample of your PBIX file. You can use a onedrive, google drive, we transfer or similar link to upload your files.

If the information is sensitive please share it trough private message.