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CSNG_81
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How to find out which are the 3 elements that are repeated the most in a column and substitute them

How to find out which are the 3 elements that are repeated the most in a column and finally group the remaining elements as "other motivators" in Power BI?
I have a motivators column with several motivators, but I want to know only the 3 main motivators in this column and group the other elements as "other motivators". How would I make this discovery of knowing which 3 appeared the most and grouping the others together? Because the most repeated motivators will eventually change, there is a formula to solve this.

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Fowmy
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@CSNG_81 

Please find attached the file below:

Fowmy_0-1701981802708.png

Added a column:

Rank = 
VAR __CurrentMotivaor = 'Table'[Motivator]
VAR __T =  SUMMARIZE( 'Table' , 'Table'[Motivator], "@Count" , COUNT( 'Table'[Motivator] ) )
VAR __T2 = ADDCOLUMNS(__T,	"Rank" , RANK( DENSE , __T , ORDERBY( [@Count] , DESC ) )) 
RETURN
    SWITCH(
        TRUE(),
        __CurrentMotivaor IN SELECTCOLUMNS( FILTER( __T2 , [Rank] = 1 )  , 'Table'[Motivator] ) , "Top 1",
        __CurrentMotivaor IN SELECTCOLUMNS( FILTER( __T2 , [Rank] = 2 ) , 'Table'[Motivator] )  , "Top 2",
        __CurrentMotivaor IN SELECTCOLUMNS( FILTER( __T2 , [Rank] = 3 ) , 'Table'[Motivator] )  , "Top 3",
        "Other Motivators"
    )



 




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