Power BI- Power Query Vs DAX- Conditional Max with a set of columns 10-17-2022 04:52 AM - last edited 11-24-2022 01:07 AM

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Power BI- Power Query Vs DAX- Conditional Max with a set of columns

Problem Statment: A series of tests have been performed on individuals. And test status and their values are given in different columns. We would like to get the max/min value of tests for each individual where the test status is yes.

The Data:

Expected Output 

Solution Approach:

As I do not want to use the pivot and unpivot data options. I would build a table using the Test and Value columns. This means for each row will have a table, and we will filter that table and take a max of the value column.  

A new column in the Power query will do that 

let 
_tab1 = Table.Max( Table.SelectRows( Table.FromColumns({{[Test 1],[Test 2],[Test 3],[Test 4]}, {[Value 1],[Value 2],[Value 3],[Value 4]}}, {"Test", "Value"}), each [Test] ="Yes"),"Value"),
_tab2 = try Record.Field(_tab1, "Value") otherwise 0
in 
_tab2

Table.FromColumns has been used to build a table using the list, each list has similar kinds of values( Test or value ). Table.SelectRows is used to filter the data. Table.Max to get max. But as Max is a record Record.Field has been used to get the desired field 

The same approach is used in DAX 

Max2 = Maxx(Filter(Union(Row("Test", [Test 1], "Value",[Value 1]),
                Row("Test", [Test 2], "Value",[Value 2]),
                Row("Test", [Test 3], "Value",[Value 3]),
                Row("Test", [Test 4], "Value",[Value 4]) ), [Test] = "Yes"), [Value])+0

Row and union are used to create a table, filter to filter the data, and maxx to get the max value 

And the result looks like

Please find the attached file below

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