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Anonymous
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Visual for top 3 result

I got sales amount by state. I would like to heigh light the top 3  states by sales amount. Which visual should I use?

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

I think histogram is more suitable, such as stacked column chart.

 

Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

 

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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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Most visuals can be used, because the TOP 3 results have nothing to do with the visual, you only need to operate in the Filters.

 

Here‘s a simple example,

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Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

 

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You can check more details from the attachment, or you can kindly refer to the official document.

Anonymous
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Hi Stephen,

Thank you for your comment.

 

I agree there are lots of visuals can be use to visualize top 3. My question was which visual/visuals is more suitable.

 

Thanks

 

Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

I think histogram is more suitable, such as stacked column chart.

 

Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

 

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

 

 

 

VahidDM
Super User
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Hi @Anonymous 

 

Understand you know how to find the 3 top values [If not, read @amitchandak  post below ]

so please see this link:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/service-tips-and-tricks-for-color-formatting

 

you also can use conditional formatting:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-conditional-table-formatting

 

If this post helps, please consider accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Appreciate your Kudos ✌️!!

amitchandak
Super User
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@Anonymous , Create a TOPN measure , you can use that in pie, bar or any visual you like

 

calculate([total medal medlist],TOPN(3,allselected(Table[ID]),[total medal medlist],DESC), values(Table[ID]))

 

 

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TOPN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIVEFp-QiOk&list=PLPaNVDMhUXGaaqV92SBD5X2hk3TMNlHhb&index=42

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