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Power BI Ideas Admin on 03 Oct 2014 07:12:28

Create a filter that allows me to say 'Show the top N categories by value', e.g. 'Top 5 countries by sales'

Administrator on 14 Apr 2021 09:53:26

I'm very pleased to say we've just released the ability to add TopN filters to your visuals in our October update. More details here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-october-feature-summary/#analytics Please keep submitting ideas and suggestions for other things we can do in this area!

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3065dd75 24ba-4a79-a6f0-b949475df900 on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:19

RE: Top N Filters

Would be intereting to get an update on this as top lists are often requested in reports.

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41ea94e9 3a47-4cc6-9280-8a86e724e9b1 on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:11

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Hi Alex, it has been a while....any update on this feature ?

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4c8381c8 452e-4892-9cd4-0f2ef0233ccb on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:05

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Also include an option to display "Others" as a sixth group in the chart. Very useful for Donut/Pie charts.

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d5ac2bf3 92ab-49e9-b46b-32a8682e93d2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:04

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Please include paging in reports

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ba9adc38 81d0-4a3f-be02-4a382b964906 on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:02

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Please do it as soon as possible. I need it so badly.

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37aa0500 95be-41b6-8696-aafb201fa760 on 05 Jul 2020 22:28:42

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When we have this great feature....

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b1a92dec c272-447d-be93-5e4edf07a60e on 05 Jul 2020 22:28:42

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Great youre adding this, this is really important.

Another suggestion addition to this: the option to make an "other" category. So lets say you want a top 5, you also get the option for a 6th record that summarizes all other categories into 1 "other" category. That way you can better see the composition / distribution of the data.

Would be super cool if you have this option in a matrix, and it automatically top X's where the X is calculated based on the height (pixels) of the visual. So a vertically big table would do say TOP 20, and a small vertical table would do TOP 5. And ofcourse the "other" option stated above. I think scoll bars would become obsolete for this visual.

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13bee9eb e065-4e2d-b431-01d04f0bae87 on 05 Jul 2020 22:28:05

RE: Top N Filters

how can search top n ? have u nay idea ?

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ec6ad083 b7cd-482a-a41a-9922d7b5f802 on 05 Jul 2020 22:28:01

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This can be solved by using the rankx function along with parameter tables. You can have a parameter that will allow the user to select the number of items shown, the actual measure they want to see (sales, profit, etc) and pretty much anything else your heart desires. This method is outlined by Collie, Russo, and Ferrari in several blog posts/books.

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872224d2 234f-4fce-9fd1-faeba96c18a6 on 05 Jul 2020 22:27:56

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We need the Top n filter in charts where the rest will be summed.
When will this feature be implemented? It's a really important feature and there is no workaround to implement this in charts so far. Just for the Matrix table.