How to output a text column based on a ranking measure and aggregate the values?

[Anonymous]

Hey,

Could someone please help me out with the following problem please?

If I have 5 animals for example with different values. I want to be able to rank the top three and then output the top 3 names and aggregte the remaining animals that didn't make it to the top 3. 

Animal	Value	Rank
Horses	9	1
Chickens	8	2
Frogs	7	3
Dogs	4	4
Cats	1	5
Desired Output
Animal	Value
Horses	9
Chickens	8
Frogs	7
Other	5

I ranked using a measure:

RankTop3 =

Var RankAnimal = RANKX(ALLNOBLANKROW('Table'[Animal]),[Value],

,

DESC,

Dense

)

RETURN IF(RankAnimal <=3,[Value],BLANK())

However, this gives me the top 5 values when I put the column Animals and the measure RankTop3 together and not my desired output.

I was thinking I may need to use a calculated column as I need an IF statement that works with text but I don't know how to use it in conjunction with rank which is a measure.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thank you in advance,

Lauren.

[AntrikshSharma · Accepted solution]

Here is an example using Contoso dataset, but the idea is same. first create a rank column in your table based on the amount or anything.

ProductRank = 
RANKX (
    ALL ( Products[Brand] ),
    CALCULATE ( [Total Sales], ALLEXCEPT ( Products, Products[Brand] ) ),
    ,
    ASC
)

 

Now we create a new column to group the brands based on the ranking

NewProductCategory = 
VAR ProductRank = Products[ProductRank]
VAR ProductBrand = Products[Brand]
VAR Result =
    IF ( ProductRank IN { 1, 2, 3 }, ProductBrand, "Others" )
RETURN
    Result

Now the final step is the put everything in a visualization

Total Sales = SUMX ( Sales, Sales[Quantity] * Sales[Net Price] )

Rank on Sales =
IF (
    HASONEVALUE ( Products[NewProductCategory] ),
    RANKX ( ALL ( Products[NewProductCategory] ), [Total Sales] )
)

[Anonymous]

You are a legend! Very much appreciated, thank you. 🙂 

[AntrikshSharma]

You're welcome, I am glad that I could help you. 🙂

[Mariusz]

Hi @Anonymous 

Try this,

Top 3 and Others = 
IF(
    RANKX( 'Table', 'Table'[Value] ) <= 3,
    'Table'[Animal],
    "Others"
)

the rank formula will need to be adjusted if you have Animals duplicated in your table.

Best Regards,
Mariusz

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