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smiling_cheetah
Creator
Creator

Separate Reference line for each Dimension value

Hi everyone,

I have a bar chart with "Month A" as a dimension and "Sales A" as a measure.

What I want to do is to add 12 reference lines (for each "Month A" value, with a measure like SUM({<MonthB = {'Jan'}>} "Sales B")

Basically, the question is: Can I add a reference line for ONE dimension value?

Is it even possible, and if so, how I can do it?

Would appreciate any help,

Thanks in advance

7 Replies
DavidŠtorek
Creator III
Creator III

Hi,

as it is obvious from its name the reference line is a LINE. So basicaly it can have only one value for each dimension values.

What you want to do is possible with usage of combo chart. Just create table with target values and use it as second measure.

Hope it helps

OmarBenSalem

Use a combo chart; and add this new (reference Line) as a new measure with a different shape of ur first measure

smiling_cheetah
Creator
Creator
Author

Thanks, that could've worked,

but the deal is that I have, say, two separate tables:

MonthASales A
Jan1000
Feb1100
MonthBSales B
Jan500
Feb700

I want to have a chart with one dimension and two measures.

First part is easy:

I put MonthA as a Dimension and sum(Sales A) as an expression.

Second part is hard:

Expression is sum(Sales B), but I want the expression to perceive Dimension as not what it is(MonthA), but as MonthB.

(Because it will not perform the calculation, as MonthA and Sales B are simply not connected in the model)

smiling_cheetah
Creator
Creator
Author

Thanks Omar for your suggestion,

but the deal is I have two not connected tables (I described the scenario in a reply above), and this solution unfortunatelly will not work

DavidŠtorek
Creator III
Creator III

That has simple solution...connect those two tables (what is preventing you from doing this?)

smiling_cheetah
Creator
Creator
Author

Heh, I doubt if it will solve this problem

In reality the tables are, in fact, connected and look like that:

Phase1IDPhase1MonthPhase1Value
1Jan1000
2Feb1100
Phase2IDPhase1IDPhase2MonthPhase2Value
301Feb500
312Mar700

And as a result I want a chart which looks like that:

MonthPhase1ValueSumPhase2ValueSum
Jan1000
Feb1100500
Mar700
DavidŠtorek
Creator III
Creator III

Do you want to set targets by month names? I mean for Jan in Phase1Month you want value from Jan Phase2Month?

If yes,than I suggest to create new table (resident from the second). Use it like this

Left join(<first table>)

Load

Phase2Month as as Phase1Month,

Phase2Value as Target

Resident <second table>;

And it will work