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brunozanoelo
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cross filtering

Hello, could anyone explain to me how cross filtering works? Some use case could help me.

I already read the explanation from Microsoft, however, I did not understand.

Https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-desktop-bidirectional-filtering/

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Eric_Zhang
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@brunozanoelo

If you mean the single/both direction, Check

 

4 tables in excel.

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Load them to Power BI desktop and create relationship with cross filter single/both direction.

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Then check how the direction works among visuals.

When filtering the left tables, the right tables are filtered.

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When filtering the right tables.

Only the left table in a both direction is filtered.

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Eric_Zhang
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

@brunozanoelo

If you mean the single/both direction, Check

 

4 tables in excel.

Capture.PNG

 

Load them to Power BI desktop and create relationship with cross filter single/both direction.

Capture.PNG

 

Then check how the direction works among visuals.

When filtering the left tables, the right tables are filtered.

Capture.PNG

 

When filtering the right tables.

Only the left table in a both direction is filtered.

Capture.PNG

 

 

Anonymous
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Hi @Eric_Zhang !

 

Simple and objective, congratulations!

 

 

Greetings

Berg

Hi @Eric_Zhang 

 

A really well explained example.


In your last sample you mentioned above “When filtering the right tables. Only the left table in a both direction is filtered.”
Is there any way of setting up a relationship where if you filter either the left OR the right table then filtering is applied to its oppisite table, equivalent to an inner join?

Anonymous
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this is really awesome example 

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