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Anonymous
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add column based on selected value

Need help.

Say I have two table 1 and table 2. I am using the Col 1 from Table 1 in a slicer and I have created a measure using SELECTEDVALUE on this column. Say I have selected Value 2.

Now in table 2, I want to add a column (Col 3) which contains 1 or true wherever Col 2 contains this selected value.

 

Table 1
Col 1
Value 1
Value 2
Value 3

 

Table 2  
Col 1Col 2Col 3
TV1Value 10
TV2Value 21
TV3Value 30
TV4Value 21
TV5Value 10

 

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V-lianl-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

You could create a measure like this:

Measure = IF(MAX('Table (2)'[Col 2])in VALUES('Table'[Col 1]),1,0)

test_selected-value.PNG

 

Best Regards,
Liang
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V-lianl-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

You could create a measure like this:

Measure = IF(MAX('Table (2)'[Col 2])in VALUES('Table'[Col 1]),1,0)

test_selected-value.PNG

 

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

Anonymous
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Are you talking about a measure to be placed in a visual or about a calculated column?

If you mean a calculated column, then the answer is simple: you cannot do it. Values in the columns of model tables are always static.

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Anonymous
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@Anonymous Can we put a measure in a visual like a table to filter the details. My ultimate goal is that only. This was a workaround I thought of.

 

In this method, I want to create a column in an existing table (Table 2) based on a selected value from table 1.

Anonymous
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Yes, that you can do 🙂

Best
D
bheepatel
Resolver IV
Resolver IV

Hi @Anonymous 

 

Can you try creating the following measure:

 

Col3 = IF( CONTAINS(Table2, Col2, SELECTEDVALUE(Col1)),  1, 0)

Anonymous
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@bheepatel it didn't work. all values are coming as zero

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