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Shri
Frequent Visitor
6 years ago

OR condition between multivalue parameters

I am replicating   a power bi report on paginated Report Builder that has multiple slicers (or parameters), namely Sales Region, SalesType, State, Model_Name, Serial_Number, etc. When we run the report values to the parameters needs to be passed to view the report. For better understanding , it is like

 

[Sales Region] AND [SR_Type] AND [State] AND [Model_Name] AND [Serial_Number]

 

Whereas the requirement is that the end user should be able to pass value of ANY of the parameters (not all ) to be able to view the report. So, the requirement is like

 

[Sales Region] OR [SR_Type] OR [State] OR [Model_Name] OR [Serial_Number]

 

 

 

In SSRS, the same can be done by writing a simple SQL query like:-

 

Select [Sales Region], [SR_Type], [State], [Model_Name], [Serial_Number]

From <table>

Where [Sales Region] In @pSalesRegion OR   [SR_Type] In @pSRType OR [Model_Name] In @pModelName

 

Here the @pSalesRegion, @pSRType And  @pModelName represent the multiple value parameters.

 

 

What is the DAX equivalent of the Sql Query shown above? How can I achieve OR condition between various multivalue parameters? Thank you

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7 Replies

  • amitchandak's avatar
    amitchandak
    Super User
    6 years ago

    Shri , a filter like this

    filter(all(Table),
    Table[Sales Region] in values(Table[Sales Region]) || Table[SR_Type] in values(Table[SR_Type])
    || Table[State] in values(Table[State) || Table[Model_Name] in values(Table[Model_Name])
    || Table[Serial_Number] in values(Table[Serial_Number]))

     

    But better have slicer from disconnected table to avoid all

  • saglamtimur's avatar
    saglamtimur
    Resolver II
    6 years ago

    Using OR operator is trick in Report Builder. I have recorded as short video showing how to achieve this.

     

    Video link

     

    Actually, trick part is modifying DAX query and use parameter properly in this query. For your reference here is the query, and let me explain how does Report Builder/PowerBI RS handles parameters with OR.

     

    CALCULATE (
    [measure],
    UNION (
        CROSSJOIN ( VALUES ( T1[Column1] ), ALL ( T2[Column2] ) ),
        CROSSJOIN ( ALL ( T1[Column1] ), VALUES ( T2[Column2] ) )
    )
)

     

    This is how to implement multi-column filter. There are other methods, but this one is suitable for injecting parameters (For other techniques please refer to this excellent article. We are using #1). 

     

    Power BI Report Builder Query Editor generates this query (for sure its "AND")

     

    EVALUATE SUMMARIZECOLUMNS(
RSCustomDaxFilter(@DimProductColor,EqualToCondition,[DimProduct].[Color],String), 
RSCustomDaxFilter(@DimProductSize,EqualToCondition,[DimProduct].[Size],String), 
"TotalSalesAmount", [TotalSalesAmount])

     

    Then, when executing, engine re-writes it and uses selected parameters and injects them as "FILTER" (still uses AND)

     

    EVALUATE SUMMARIZECOLUMNS(
FILTER (
        VALUES ( 'DimProduct'[Color] ),
        ( 'DimProduct'[Color] = "Black" )
            || ( 'DimProduct'[Color] = "Blue" )
            || ( 'DimProduct'[Color] = "Grey" )
    ) ,
    FILTER (
        VALUES ( 'DimProduct'[Size] ),
        ( 'DimProduct'[Size] = "L" )
            || ( 'DimProduct'[Size] = "M" )
            || ( 'DimProduct'[Size] = "S" )
            || ( 'DimProduct'[Size] = "XL" )
    ),
"TotalSalesAmount", [TotalSalesAmount])

     

    So every RSCustomDaxFilter function is translated to corresponding "FILTER". If we change our query to apply this method (to use  OR), we get the result we want. Finally here is the query which is modified in the Power BI Report Builder Query Editor.

     

    EVALUATE SUMMARIZECOLUMNS(UNION (
            CROSSJOIN (
                RSCustomDaxFilter(@DimProductColor,EqualToCondition,[DimProduct].[Color],String),
                ALL ( 'DimProduct'[Size] )
            ),
            CROSSJOIN (
                ALL ( 'DimProduct'[Color] ),
                RSCustomDaxFilter(@DimProductSize,EqualToCondition,[DimProduct].[Size],String)
            )
        ), "TotalSalesAmount", [TotalSalesAmount])

     

     Hope it helps.




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    • murali5431's avatar
      murali5431
      Helper III
      5 years ago

      Hi,

      I found your solution to be useful, but I am not clear how I can modify it to suit my requirement. My current report builder query is as below:

      EVALUATE SUMMARIZECOLUMNS('DataforPL'[CNTR], 'DataforPL'[CNTR_DT], 'DataforPL'[SUPP_LD_NO], RSCustomDaxFilter(@DataforPLCNTR,EqualToCondition,[DataforPL].[CNTR],String), RSCustomDaxFilter(@DataforPLCNTRDT,EqualToCondition,[DataforPL].[CNTR_DT],DateTime), RSCustomDaxFilter(@DataforPLSUPPLDNO,EqualToCondition,[DataforPL].[SUPP_LD_NO],String))

       

      I have 3 parameters in above query above. I need to modify it such either I enter a combination of [CNTR] & [CNTR_DT] or enter just enter [SUPP_LD_NO] as the parameter, leaving other two fields blank.

       

      Hope I was clear with my requirement. Thanks to assist.

       

      Regards,

      Muralidhar

      • Hariharan_R's avatar
        Hariharan_R
        Solution Sage
        5 years ago

        Hi Murali,

           Try like below. You may need to handle "ALL" (blank) is no value is passed. 

        SUMMARIZECOLUMNS (
                'Data'[CNTR], 'Data'[CNTR_DT], 'Data'[SUPP_LD_NO],
        FILTER (
        Data,
        (FORMAT ( Data[CNTR_DT], "YYYY-MM-DD" )
        <= FORMAT ("2020-01-01", "YYYY-MM-DD" )
        || (PATHCONTAINS ( "A", DATA[CNTR] )))
        || PATHCONTAINS ("1ABC", DATA[SUPP_LD_NO])
        ))
         
        Thanks
        Hari