Columns with blank value

[RonaldvdH]

Goodday,

I have a matrix with all types of materials and not all materials are used in every project.

Basically i only want to show the colums (when i use the slicer) that have values > 0

I can't use the normal visual filters  but im sure there is a way (based on my filter selection) to display all colums with values > 0

When i filter 2 projects and a specific material is only used in one of them i obviously show both projects. But when i filter a specific project and that material isn't used i do not want that column in my matrix.

Is this possible or not ?

Thanks in advance

[v-luwang-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @RonaldvdH ,

You need to unpivot the columns（you could create a copy table then do this) :

= Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(#"Changed Type", {"Hoofdproject", "AP gebied naam", "2V_DAC", "12V_MDAC", "24v_LTMC", "48V_LTMC", "96V_LTMC", "192V_LTMC", "LM_EDSA-D4-48", "Woningen", "14/10 connectoren", "Markers", "14/10 eind connectoren"}, "Attribute", "Value")

  Click Ctrl + the cloumn you want to use：

Then apply and create visual:

Refer:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/unpivot-columns-power-query-0f7bad4b-9ea1-49c1-9d95-f5882... 

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Best Regards

Lucien

[v-luwang-msft]

HI @RonaldvdH ,

See the below if you want ,if not ,could you pls share a sample?

sample data:

use the below measure:

Measure = IF(MAX('Table'[value])=0,BLANK(),MAX('Table'[value]))

Final out put:（when choose A,B,could view a2,and when only choose A,a2 is hidden)

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Lucien

[RonaldvdH]

@v-luwang-msft Maybe im doing something wrong but your formula doesn't seem to work.

Test = IF(MAX('Stuklijsten'[5x16])=BLANK(),BLANK(),MAX('Stuklijsten'[5x16]))

Ive made a new measure based on your formula but as you can see the column still shows up in the matrix

The data is based on an excelfile with basically the same layout as the matrix above.

Ive tried changing the formula to = 0 or = "" but then i get an error because of different types of value (Integer vs Text)

[v-luwang-msft]

HI @RonaldvdH ，

Could you pls share your pbix file ?And remember to remove confidential data.

I checked  my measure provided.And try to add new data as your table .

measure:

Measure 2 = IF(MAX(Table2[value])=0,BLANK(),max(Table2[value]))

And in visual ,it still work:(type3 is hidden)

Best Regards

Lucien

[RonaldvdH]

@v-luwang-msft your formula says that if Table2[value]=0 then return BLANK() but the value is already Blank() because in the excelfile there are no values (empty cell) so that is why I changed the formula to IF(table2[value]=BLANK();BLANK() ....

However is still doesn't work 😉

Can i E-mail you the file ?

[v-luwang-msft]

Hi @RonaldvdH ，

You could share me by a public link. And remember to remove confidential data.

Best Regards

Lucien

[Anonym]

Hi @v-luwang-msft ,
i think i got a similiar problem. I'd like to color the empty cells red but it just won't do it.
It seems like it skips the empty cells or doesn't even recognize that they exist?
For example:

var _value = SELECTEDVALUE(table[value])
return IF(ISBLANK(_value), "red", "white")

Help

Best Regards
Jakob

[amitchandak]

@RonaldvdH , you want filter a column or measure (example sum(Table[value]) , for the first one filter should work

example calculate(count(Table[Value]), filter(Table, not(isblank(Table[Value])) && Table[Value] >0 ))

For measure, you can use filter, visual level filter, or a measure like 

sumx(filter(Table, Table[Project], Table[material], "_1", sum(Table[Value]) , [_1]>0 ) ,[_1])

[RonaldvdH]

@amitchandak but how does that formula or measure prevent a column from being displayed in a visual ?

[RonaldvdH]

goodday @amitchandak i was hoping you have an answer for me