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Hi experts,
I am trying to sum Quantity by GroupName in the following relationship scenario. Tables are related via the same name fields.
This is simplified part of a much more complicated relationship scheme in which I can not have active relationships between these three tables. However, I read that one can use nested USERELATIONSHIP instructions. How do I do that?
Thank you.
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Hi @gvg
From the tables/relationships you've shown, you should just activate the two relationships simultaneously.
The measure should look something like:
=
CALCULATE (
SUM ( Sales[Quantity] ),
USERELATIONSHIP ( Sales[Product], Subgroup[Product] ),
USERELATIONSHIP ( Subgroup[SubgroupName], Group[SubgroupName] )
)
You can also use the CROSSFILTER function with the same effect:
=
CALCULATE (
SUM ( Sales[Quantity] ),
CROSSFILTER ( Sales[Product], Subgroup[Product], OneWay ),
CROSSFILTER ( Subgroup[SubgroupName], Group[SubgroupName], OneWay )
)Owen 🙂
Hi @gvg
From the tables/relationships you've shown, you should just activate the two relationships simultaneously.
The measure should look something like:
=
CALCULATE (
SUM ( Sales[Quantity] ),
USERELATIONSHIP ( Sales[Product], Subgroup[Product] ),
USERELATIONSHIP ( Subgroup[SubgroupName], Group[SubgroupName] )
)
You can also use the CROSSFILTER function with the same effect:
=
CALCULATE (
SUM ( Sales[Quantity] ),
CROSSFILTER ( Sales[Product], Subgroup[Product], OneWay ),
CROSSFILTER ( Subgroup[SubgroupName], Group[SubgroupName], OneWay )
)Owen 🙂
Thanks! It works. Except that Groups table name should be in quotes ('Groups') as it probably represents DAX keyword.
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