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ISFILTERED

posted on September 24, 2017

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Syntax

ISFILTERED(<columnName>)

Tutorial with example

In this video we will through the ISFILTERED function in DAX. This function is useful to detect when a column has been filtered and as shown in this video you can use it to set conditions when a column has been filtered.

DAX Fridays! #23: ISFILTERED

Part2: Understand filter propagation in DAX

DAX Fridays! #108:  Understand filter propagation with ISFILTERED and ISCROSSFILTERED

Download example file:

To get the files:
1. Go to Curbal Download Center > Dax Fridays
2. Get File #108

No download file available for the SUMIF video. Please use the northwind dataset to practice.

Remarks

  1. columnName is said to be filtered directly when the filter or filters apply over the column; a column is said to be cross-filtered when a filter applied to another column in the same table or in a related table affects columnName the column by filtering it as well.
  2. The related function ISCROSSFILTERED Function (DAX) returns TRUE when columnName or another column in the same or related table is being filtered.
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Comments

  1. didier terrien

    May 16, 2018 at 1:28 pm

    Hello Ruth,
    Thanks for the video !
    When I use ISFILTERED in a measure it works but it doesn’t work when I use it in a column. It returns a wrong value.
    Do you have any idea why it happens ?
    Cheers
    Didier

    Reply
    • Ruth Pozuelo Martinez

      May 17, 2018 at 12:08 pm

      Hi Didier,
      Maybe you are returning a table instead of a value?
      /Ruth

      Reply

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