New user ranking question

[pkoel-asb]

Hello,

  I am a new user to desktop PowerBI. I have a table with the following information:

The vendor clasification coulmn lists the different classifications of vendors. The vendor column lists the vendor ID, and the total column lists the total the vendor spent. I would like to rank the vendors by total within each vendor clasification.

 I thoguht I could use the rankx function Measure = RANKX('PFP Ranking',[Total]) but I get an error indicating that Total can not be determined. After research, I thougth that this would work: 

Measure = RANKX(all('PFP Ranking'[Vendor Classification],'PFP Ranking'[Vendor]),'PFP Ranking',[total]) But I still get the Total can not be determined.

Can you help me rank these values?

Cheers!

Peter

[amitchandak]

@pkoel-asb ,For Rank Refer these links
https://radacad.com/how-to-use-rankx-in-dax-part-2-of-3-calculated-measures
https://radacad.com/how-to-use-rankx-in-dax-part-1-of-3-calculated-columns
https://radacad.com/how-to-use-rankx-in-dax-part-3-of-3-the-finale
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Dynamic-TopN-made-easy-with-What-If-Parameter/ba-p/3...

[pkoel-asb · Accepted solution]

Hello,

   Thank you for the quick reply. I have read through part 1 and came up with this opion. I attempted the suggestion and get the following error. 

Sincerley,

Peter

[pkoel-asb]

Hello,

   I think I found the issue. i was tyring to use a measure rather than a column. I used a column and now get the following:

The results look good. Now when i try to put the column value in a card, I get the value 2737 rather than the value 5 (displayed above)

I have no summary functions set on that field, and do not understand why it is trying to use them.

Sincerely,

Peter