using a measure to filter specific items

[dw700d]

I have a table with thousands of purchase orders .Each purchase order has multiple account codes. I would like to create a measure that only shows purchase orders that contain account codes DEF or WXY.

The original table is below

Purchase Order	Account Code
1	ABC
1	DEF
2	ABC
2	GHI
3	DEF
4	JKL
4	MNO
5	PQR
5	STU
5	WXY

The new table with measure would only show Purchase order 1, 3 &5 because these orders contain DEF& WXY

Purchase Order	Account Code
1	ABC
1	DEF
3	DEF
5	PQR
5	STU
5	WXY

[parry2k]

@dw700d here are the steps to get it done:

first, create an Account Code table to be used in the slicer by using the following DAX expression. Change PO to the table name in your model. 

Account Code = ALLNOBLANKROW ( PO[Account Code] )

2nd, add  a following measure to filter the POs

Filter PO = 
CALCULATE ( 
    COUNTROWS ( PO ), 
    TREATAS ( 
        VALUES ( 'Account Code'[Account Code] ), 
        'PO'[Account Code] 
    ) 
)

1 - Add a slicer with account code from the table created in step 1

2 - add a table visual, put PO and Account code from PO table

3 - add a visual level filter using the Filter PO measure

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[parry2k · Accepted solution]

@dw700d solution is attached, look at PO and Account Code tables, ignore other tables in the file.

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[dw700d]

@parry2k  Thank you for the help. are you able to show screenshots? im unable to download your dashboard due to restrictions on my laptop

[parry2k]

@selimovd I don't think slicer and filter will work, I believe @dw700d want to see all the rows that contains selected account code in this case "DEF" and "WXY"

@dw700d You need to create disconnected tables for account code, use that for the slicer, and then use a measure to find out which PO contains that selected accounts code and then only shoe those ones. 

[selimovd]

Hey @dw700d ,

why don't you just use a slicer:

Slicers in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

Or the filter in the filter pane:

Format filters in Power BI reports - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

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