Saving Filters as Measures

[watkinbt]

Hello Power BI Community,

I frequently find myself saving filters as VARs and then applying the variable using the CALCULATE function.

See below:

myExpression =
VAR testFilter = FILTER(table, table[column])
RETURN CALCUALTE(SUM(table[column]),testFilter)

And this works really well! However, I end up re-writing the same VARs for filters in other measures. I was wondering if there was a way to save these VARs and reuse them (possibly as a measure?).

Appreciate any and all help!

[v-yanjiang-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @watkinbt ,

As FILTER function returns a table, so you cannot save it as a measure or column, but you can save it as a new table to solve your issue, like this:

1.Create a new table.

2.Create relationship.

3.Directly use the new table as a filter in your DAX.

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ kalyj

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

[Anonymous]

Hello @watkinbt 

You can't create a myFilter measure as it'll through an error. You may try the calculation group in this case.

[Anonymous]

Hello @watkinbt 

You don't need to use the filter. You can directly use the column within CALCULATE() without using FILTER().
MyExpression = 
CALCUALTE( SUM( table[column] ), table[column1] = "Condition" )

[watkinbt]

I could, but this doesn't really solve the issue of re-writing the conditional statement over and over again.

[watkinbt]

It would be nice if I could change this in one place (like you can with a measure). Something like:

myFilter = FITLER(table,table[column]="condition")

To ultimately use the filter in multiple measures like this:
measure1 = CALCULATE(SUM(table[column]),myFilter))
measure2 = CALCULATE(SUM(table[column1]),myFilter))