Slicer Select to create flag from other table

[jbaisley]

Hello team,

I have looked through multiple questions and responses but could not quite replicate the solutions given. The closest answer was this:

How to apply a slicer from one table to another ta... - Microsoft Power BI Community

However, my use case is slightly different. I will try my best to be articulate.

There are two data sets:

Data Set 1 - A primary list of local authorities with a single index

Data Set 2 - Nearest neighbour dataset with a repeated index by local authority

• I have a data set slicer for UK local authority from Data Set 1
• I then have a data set that is the nearest neighbours to that local authority. Data set 2
• I want to then have the visual that shows the local authority selected as well as its geographic neighbours as two groups (‘Selected LA’, Neighbour)
• So if you select a authority the groups would dynamically change to show these new groups. Pulling from Data Set 2
• Ideally this would be done so that two columns appear in the original Data Set 1

I unfortuently cannot upload a test document for a reproduciable example. But here are extracts of what each dataset looks like:

Data Set 1

Data Set 1

Data Set 2

Data Set 2

Output

 

[jbaisley]

So I now have a list of neighbours, but I cannot seem to action that into any kind of filtering. Is there any way I can take those items above and make a binary flag in other data set for those names?

[goncalogeraldes]

Hi @jbaisley , although I do not any clear connection between both datasets what you can try to do is to add a TREATAS() to the measure on the visual you shared. Something in the lines of:

measure_name =
CALCULATE (
    Measure[Your calculation],
    TREATAS ( VALUES ( 'dataset1'[Authority Group] ), 'dataset2'[INDEX LAD22NM] )
)

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[jbaisley]

Thanks @goncalogeraldes. I don't have an existing measure as the data set is wide format I am calling out rows that match the authority name. It would be very time consuming to make a measure for each graphic and then a second for neighbour selection. Ideally it would be a binary flag in existing data meaning I could simply pull the column though as a group and then aggregate ethe values I need by that group then and there. If it helps to restate my question. How can I have a dynamic measure/ column appear in Dataset1 when a slicer selects an authority in DataSet 1, such that a group of authorities is selected from Dataset2 so that they can be used a legend in graphics. In theory the measure should just be a list of place names, should it not?

[jbaisley]

I may have solved it. Then use this measure as the legend? It gives me the right output. Its where it can be used as intended.

Measure = var  a = VALUES(Data Set 1[Authority])
return
IF(MAX(Data Set 2[Authority]) in a, 1,0)