How can I filter a PowerPivot table based on a calculated measure?

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Hi,

I'm trying to build a system that can localize large deviations in survey data. Right now I'm using PowerPivot to calculate all the "weekly answer levels" for the survey questions (as a percentage). Also I have created a four-week moving average which I compare the to the weekly answer levels, and if the deviations are above a centain percentage level I return the number 1, else I return a 0.

Now I want to be able to filter out all questions that do not have any large deviations. Can I somehow use a calculated Boolean-measure to do this? Or are there any other smart ways to accomplish what I´m trying to do?

Best,
Marcus
 
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Marcus,

If I understand it correctly you have already calculated the large deviations:
and if the deviations are above a centain percentage level I return the number 1, else I return a 0.
So you could filter (on a slicer or in the PivotTable) on this value 1 or 0 to show only the 1's. You could also build an IF-function around the other measure to show only deviations above that certain percentage.
Please let us know if I'm missing something.

HTH
 
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NickyvV said:
Marcus,

If I understand it correctly you have already calculated the large deviations:
and if the deviations are above a centain percentage level I return the number 1, else I return a 0.
So you could filter (on a slicer or in the PivotTable) on this value 1 or 0 to show only the 1's. You could also build an IF-function around the other measure to show only deviations above that certain percentage.
Please let us know if I'm missing something.

HTH
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Hi NickyvV - thanks for your reply,

The deviations are calculated using measures in PowerPivot - and it seems you cannot filter based on custom measures (?).

I know one alternative would be to do more of the calculations in my SQL-query - but it would be nice to know a general way of applying custom filters on PowerPivot tables.

I'm not sure what you mean by "build an IF-function around the other measure" - could you give me an example (I'm kinda new to DAX)?

Best,
Marcus
 
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Hi Rob - thank you for your reply!

I've looked at those guides, but I cannot seem to get the result I want.

Below is a is a description of how the PowerPivot looks right now and a description on how I want it to look.




How it looks:

[TABLE="width: 689"]
<colgroup><col><col><col><col span="2"></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]SomeCustomer1[/TD]
[TD]SomeCustomer2[/TD]
[TD]SomeCustomer3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]SomeCountry1[/TD]
[TD]SomeCountry2[/TD]
[TD]SomeCountry3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]SomeIndustry1[/TD]
[TD]SomeIndustry2[/TD]
[TD]SomeIndustry3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Date[/TD]
[TD]Values[/TD]
[TD]SomeQuestion1[/TD]
[TD]SomeQuestion2[/TD]
[TD]SomeQuestion3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201230[/TD]
[TD]Sum of Percentage[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]99,99994326[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]83,03094145[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]53,22606436[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201230[/TD]
[TD]4 week moving average[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201230[/TD]
[TD]IsDeviating[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201231[/TD]
[TD]Sum of Percentage[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]99,99998408[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]73,84489647[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]53,24027352[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201231[/TD]
[TD]4 week moving average[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]99,99994326[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]83,03094145[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]53,22606436[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201231[/TD]
[TD]IsDeviating[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201232[/TD]
[TD]Sum of Percentage[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]99,99998324[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]82,12073478[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]48,06779504[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201232[/TD]
[TD]4 week moving average[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]99,99996367[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]78,43791896[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]53,23316894[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201232[/TD]
[TD]IsDeviating[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201233[/TD]
[TD]Sum of Percentage[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]99,99995187[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]84,68759472[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]55,83635779[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201233[/TD]
[TD]4 week moving average[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]99,99997019[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]79,66552423[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]51,51137764[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201233[/TD]
[TD]IsDeviating[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201234[/TD]
[TD]Sum of Percentage[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]99,99992014[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]82,72898164[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]36,44609389[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201234[/TD]
[TD]4 week moving average[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]99,99996561[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]80,92104185[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]52,59262268[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201234[/TD]
[TD]IsDeviating[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]



How I want it to look:

[TABLE="width: 389"]
<colgroup><col><col><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]SomeCustomer3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]SomeCountry3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD]SomeIndustry3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Values[/TD]
[TD]SomeQuestion3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201230[/TD]
[TD]Sum of Percentage[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]53,22606436[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201230[/TD]
[TD]4 week moving average[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201230[/TD]
[TD]IsDeviating[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201231[/TD]
[TD]Sum of Percentage[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]53,24027352[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201231[/TD]
[TD]4 week moving average[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]53,22606436[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201231[/TD]
[TD]IsDeviating[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201232[/TD]
[TD]Sum of Percentage[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]48,06779504[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201232[/TD]
[TD]4 week moving average[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]53,23316894[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201232[/TD]
[TD]IsDeviating[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201233[/TD]
[TD]Sum of Percentage[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]55,83635779[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201233[/TD]
[TD]4 week moving average[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]51,51137764[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201233[/TD]
[TD]IsDeviating[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201234[/TD]
[TD]Sum of Percentage[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]36,44609389[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201234[/TD]
[TD]4 week moving average[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]52,59262268[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]201234[/TD]
[TD]IsDeviating[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


I calculate the 4 week moving average with this formula:
=IF(countrows(VALUES(Query[Date]))=1, CALCULATE(AVERAGEX(VALUES(Query[Date]), [Sum of Percentage]), Query[Date] <= values(Query[Date])-1 && Query[Date] > VALUES(Query[Date])-5), BLANK())

And I check the deviation with this formula:
IF(AND(ABS([Sum of Percentage]/[4 week moving average]-1)>.3, [4 week moving average]<>""), 1, 0)


Thanks a lot for helping me out!

Best,
Marcus
 
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I don't understand why you can't go to Column Labels, filter, Value Filters, and then set a filter on [Devation Measure] > 0. I do this sort of thing all the time so I may be missing something.
 
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Maybe this [Deviation Measure] is not yet in the PT? You'll have to add it to the PT to be able to filter on it. You could hide the column afterwards if you want it not to be visible.
 
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:eeek:
powerpivotpro said:
I don't understand why you can't go to Column Labels, filter, Value Filters, and then set a filter on [Devation Measure] > 0. I do this sort of thing all the time so I may be missing something.
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Hi,

If I do, the table shows nothing - I'm guessing that the filters work with the grand totals (?).

Best,
Marcus
 
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Hi again,

The best thing I've managed to produce so far is a PowerPivot-table only showing deviations. That is, it shows blank cells for Weeks that arent deviating.

Best,
Marcus
 
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