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newpbiuser01
Helper IV
Helper IV

Referencing Column from slicer

Hello,

 

I am trying to use the value selected from a slicer (based off an unrelated dimension table) to get the column name for the main table. 

 

So my main data table looks as follows:

CategorySubcategoryFYSpend
CatASubcatAFY20221
CatBSubcatBFY2021

10

CatCSubcatBFY202020
CatASubcatCFY202030

 

I then unpivoted all the columns to get the following DimAttribute table:

AttributeValue
CategoryCatA
CategoryCatB
CategoryCatC
SubcategorySubcatA
SubcategorySubcatB
SubcategorySubcatC
FYFY2020
FYFY2021
FY

FY2022

 

I am using a slicer on the Attribute column within the DimAttribute table for my row header in my matrix visual, but to be able to get my "value" or total spend, I need to do a sum of the Spend column. For that I'd need to get the sum([Spend]) over the selectedvalue(DimAttribute[Attribute]). In other words, if my attribute slicer value = "Category", how could I define - sum([Spend]) over Category (considering the DimAttribute and the main table aren't related)? Would anyone be able to help?

 

Thank you so much!

 

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@newpbiuser01 , No need for work arounds for column slicer. Refer New feature in May 2022 release

Field parameters

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-may-2022-feature-summary/#post-19361-_Toc103022212

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@newpbiuser01 , No need for work arounds for column slicer. Refer New feature in May 2022 release

Field parameters

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-may-2022-feature-summary/#post-19361-_Toc103022212

Hi @amitchandak,

Thank you! This is perfect! 

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