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OmoigirlBI
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2 years ago
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Filters with descriptions instead of codes

Good morning, I have a question, I want to make a filter by description instead of codes, that is, I have a table of countries where there are country codes and their corresponding name are matched, and then I have a report where only these codes are shown, but only 3 codes are used. If I would like to make a filter for these codes, but that appear their name, how would I do it, I can not find the way in the whole course.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Hi OmoigirlBI 

    You can create a measure.

    Measure =
VAR a =
    SUMMARIZE (
        FILTER (
            MASTER - GEOGRAPHY,
            [GEOGRAPHY_CODE] IN VALUES ( 'MY REPORT'[GEOGRAPHY_CODE] )
        ),
        [GEOGRAPHY_DESCRIPTION_ES]
    )
RETURN
    IF ( SELECTEDVALUE ( MASTER - GEOGRAPHY[GEOGRAPHY_DESCRIPTION_ES] ) IN a, 1, 0 )

    Then put the measure to the slicer visual filter and remove your code field 

    Then it can only display the description.

     

    Best Regards!

    Yolo Zhu

    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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  • Einomi's avatar
    Einomi
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    2 years ago

    Hi,

    Welcome !

    Can you please put a screenshot of your data and also show us the desired outcome so that we can help ðŸ˜€

    • OmoigirlBI's avatar
      OmoigirlBI
      Frequent Visitor
      2 years ago

      Hi and thank you!!

      I have two tables, one master of geographies, and another one with my report, they are related by geography_code, but i don't know how in my filter, use description instead of code of geography.

       

      • OmoigirlBI's avatar
        OmoigirlBI
        Frequent Visitor
        2 years ago

        I could only get this, but I need the description alone: