Dynamically Controlling Top/Bottom N values using Sap HANA

Introduction:

There will be certain situations where we would need to rank a column dynamically for top/bottom N values as per the requirement of Customer. So, in this blog post I have discussed the workaround for this scenario.

Main Case:

While developing a Sales Analysis Dashboard I had to rank top ‘n’ Sales values based on the Product names which should happen dynamically as its required by my Customer. In this case, we were thinking of a solution for this scenario.

Solution:

So, in order to do ranking dynamically in this case, I had to search for a workaround. So, I tried to handle this in a calculation view in HANA by using an input parameter as a threshold of a ranking column. For this, kindly follow the steps mentioned below:

Firstly, I have a data of more than 200 line items which I have to rank dynamically according to the input given by the user.

Here I have to rank the column – “Sales” in Top N wise dynamically based on the input.

So I have kept the Input Parameter Field as Threshold and Sort Direction as Descending.

Once after doing it, Activated and checked Data Preview. The Column “Sales” got ranked based on the Input given by us.

Thus, I have ranked my desired column in Top N order.

For adapting the same in Visualisation tool, I have used Xcelsius here using Slider and Chart Components. (Sample video and screenshots below)