Choose earliest value as true value

[martin1212]

Hi,

I'm stuck on this annoying problem. I would like to indicate where the highest cost arises based on 

- NAME

- ALIAS

- BRANCH

- MONTH

Now my following MAX(COST)-column makes the following calculation:
IF(CALCULATE(MAX('TABLE'[COST]),

ALLEXCEPT('TABLE', 'TABLE'[MONTH],

'TABLE'[NAME],

'TABLE'[ALIAS],

'TABLE'[BRANCH))='TABLE'[COST],'TABLE'[COST],BLANK())

And my INDICATOR-column then makes it as a "1" if the entry is the maximum.

I have following table

ID	NAME	ALIAS	BRANCH	MONTH	YEAR	COST	MAX(COST)	INDICATOR
1	VICTOR	VLA	CAR	1	2020	620	620	1
2	VICTOR	VLA	CAR	1	2020	453
3	VICTOR	VLA	CAR	1	2020	620	620	1
4	VICTOR	VLA	CAR	1	2020	249
5	VICTOR	VLA	TRUCK	2	2020	1219	1219	1
6	CARL	CHO	CAR	2	2020	310	310	1
7	CARL	CHO	TRUCK	2	2020	918
8	CARL	CHO	TRUCK	2	2020	1328	1328	1

But, I only want my INDICATOR to count the earliest MAX-value, i.e. the second "620" given the same filters should just be blank as following:

ID	NAME	ALIAS	BRANCH	MONTH	YEAR	COST	MAX(COST)	INDICATOR
1	VICTOR	VLA	CAR	1	2020	620	620	1
2	VICTOR	VLA	CAR	1	2020	453
3	VICTOR	VLA	CAR	1	2020	620
4	VICTOR	VLA	CAR	1	2020	249
5	VICTOR	VLA	TRUCK	2	2020	1219	1219	1
6	CARL	CHO	CAR	2	2020	310	310	1
7	CARL	CHO	TRUCK	2	2020	918
8	CARL	CHO	TRUCK	2	2020	1328	1328	1

As you can se from the table MAX(COST) is blank for ID='3'. How do I make sure my INDICATOR takes this into account? 

Thanks in advance.

[parry2k]

@martin1212 here is the measure and the result

Max Cost = 
VAR __table =         
        ALLEXCEPT (
            'Cost', 
            'Cost'[MONTH],
            'Cost'[NAME],
            'Cost'[ALIAS],
            'Cost'[BRANCH]
        )
VAR __id = 
CALCULATE (
    MIN ( Cost[ID] ),
    TOPN ( 1, __table, CALCULATE ( MAX ( Cost[COST] ) ), DESC ) 
)
VAR __return =  
IF ( MIN ( Cost[ID] ) = __id , 1  )
RETURN __return

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[martin1212]

When I try the code it just gives me the circular reference error. How can that be?

[v-henryk-mstf]

Hi @martin1212 ,

You need to copy the code to measure instead of calculated column.

Best Regards,
Henry

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[martin1212]

What if I don't have an ID-column? How should I then approach it? I know it sounds silly, but making this code work without using the ID would be better in my case 🙂