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lauriedata
Resolver I
8 months ago
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rank() function not working as expected (NOT USING RANKX)

Hello.  Whether or not I include "DENSE" in the formula, the result is identical.  The rank() function is giving me ties with skips in the numbering.  The rank is based on the total value of reward W...
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  • MarkLaf's avatar
    MarkLaf
    8 months ago

    Thanks for sharing the pbix as that makes it much easier to troubleshoot.

     

    The reason that the measure is not working in your pbix is because of the [Rank_TopN Reward Value] is not blank filter on the visual. This adds a value filter to the visual's SUMMARIZECOLUMNS, which does not interact well with the ADDCOLUMNS I had originally used. We can circumvent this issue if we use SUMMARIZECOLUMNS instead. This worked for me with the is not blank filter in your shared pbix.

     

     

    Rank_TopN Reward Value fixed = 
VAR _topN = SELECTEDVALUE('TopN'[Top N])
VAR _core = 
    SUMMARIZECOLUMNS( 
        v_flt_ci_cs_adjustment_rwd[Loyalty ID],
        ALLSELECTED( 
            v_flt_ci_cs_adjustment_rwd[Loyalty ID], 
            v_flt_ci_cs_adjustment_rwd[reward_issue_date] 
        ), 
        "@selectedSum", CALCULATE( SUM( v_flt_ci_cs_adjustment_rwd[sum_reward_value] ) )
    )
VAR _rank = RANK( DENSE, _core, ORDERBY( [@selectedSum], DESC ) )
RETURN
IF( _rank > 0 && _rank <= _topN, _rank )

     

     

     

     

lauriedata's avatar
lauriedata
Resolver I
8 months ago

I'm getting "The value for 'TotalRW' cannot be determined. Either the column doesn't exist, or there is no current row for this column."  I'll have to send sample data tomorrow.  Thanks

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v-hashadapu
Community Support
8 months ago

Hi lauriedata , Thanks for the update. Please make sure your sample data is complete all the details including measures and everything.

  • lauriedata's avatar
    lauriedata
    Resolver I
    8 months ago

    This formula below is close.  I'm sorry I haven't been able to anonymize the data but I discovered that the issue is the ranking is not considering the dates in the date slicer.  It is ranking based on all dates in the data though the visual displays according to the date slicer. 

    The desired result is that the ranking formula be based on the dates chosen in the slicer across all loyaltyids. 

    It is correctly ignoring the date IN THE VISUAL (I show the dates in the visual but need the rank to be based on all dates in the slicer, not each date in the visual, and not all dates in the data)

    Rank_TopN Reward Value =
    VAR _TopN = SELECTEDVALUE('TopN'[Top N])
    VAR _Rank =
    RANKX(
    ALL(v_flt_ci_cs_adjustment_rwd[Loyalty ID]),
     calculate (sum(v_flt_ci_cs_adjustment_rwd[sum_reward_value]), ALLEXCEPT(v_flt_ci_cs_adjustment_rwd, v_flt_ci_cs_adjustment_rwd[Loyalty ID])),
    ,
    DESC,Dense
    )
    RETURN
    IF(_Rank <= _TopN, _Rank)
    • MarkLaf's avatar
      MarkLaf
      Super User
      8 months ago

      Try using ALLSELECTED on your date column as your CALCULATE filter. Also, RANK rather than RANKX behaves more intuitively in my experience, so that may be worth trying.

       

      Here is an example with some sample data I gleaned from your post.

       

      v_flt_ci_cs_adjustment_rwd

      Loyalty ID Reward Issue Date CS Adjusted Reward Value
      38 8/1/2025 500
      38 11/10/2025 240
      38 11/11/2025 240
      35 8/1/2025 501
      35 9/29/2025 105
      35 10/1/2025 125
      22 8/1/2025 502
      22 9/17/2025 225
      281 8/1/2025 503
      281 9/27/2025 220
      19 8/1/2025 504
      19 9/12/2025 215
      45 8/1/2025 505
      45 10/22/2025 205
      40 8/1/2025 506
      40 10/8/2025 145
      40 10/9/2025 40
      170 8/1/2025 507
      170 9/30/2025 185

       

      Note: this is your originally visible data + a row for each ID on 8/1/2025 to show the date filter is working.

       

      Measure:

      Selected Sum Rank = 
VAR _topN = SELECTEDVALUE('Top N'[Top N])
VAR _rank = 
    RANK( 
        ADDCOLUMNS( 
            ALL( v_flt_ci_cs_adjustment_rwd[Loyalty ID] ), 
            "@selectedSum", 
                CALCULATE( 
                    SUM( v_flt_ci_cs_adjustment_rwd[CS Adjusted Reward Value] ), 
                    ALLSELECTED( v_flt_ci_cs_adjustment_rwd[Reward Issue Date] ) 
                )
        ), 
        ORDERBY( [@selectedSum], DESC ) 
    )
RETURN
IF( NOT ISFILTERED( 'Top N'[Top N] ), _rank, IF( _rank <= _topN, _rank ) )

       

      Visual + Slicers:

       

      • lauriedata's avatar
        lauriedata
        Resolver I
        8 months ago

        MarkLaf I see it works for you.  Thank you very much for  your time!! 

        It's the bottom table that is the issue.  For me it gives me 1's for every row.  Even after I changed from DQ to Import mode.  I just can't understand why it would work for you and not me but I will keep trying.  I've included the formula in the attached using the actual field names. I'm struggling to upload a pbix.  Please let me know if you can access this:  Rewards Import Aonyous.pbix

         

    • lauriedata's avatar
      lauriedata
      Resolver I
      8 months ago

      v-hashadapu Thank you for your efforts.  Please see the link in the response to Mark.  I thought I was possibly created conflicts in my measures and the rank formula conditions, so I tried to do everything in the rank formula itself to no avail.  It's the bottom table that is an issue.