TopPercent

The TopPercent function returns, in order of decreasing rank, the top-most rows of a table whose cumulative total is at least a specified percentage.

Syntax

TopPercent(<table expression>, <rank expression>, <percent>)

Applies To

An expression that returns a table, such as a <table column reference>, or a function that returns a table.

Return Type

<table expression>

Remarks

The TopPercent function returns the top-most rows in decreasing order of rank based on the evaluated value of the <rank expression> argument for each row, such that the sum of the <rank expression> values is at least the given percentage that is specified by the <percent> argument. TopPercent returns the smallest number of elements possible while still meeting the specified percent value.

Examples

For example, assume that a table column named Products contains the following data:

In this example, the following function:

TopPercent([Products], [Unit Sales], 60) 

returns the following table:

Note that Apples is selected instead of Lemons.

See Also

Reference

Data Mining Extensions (DMX) Function Reference
Functions (DMX)
Mapping Functions to Query Types (DMX)

Help and Information

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