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2nd Calculated Column Formula

I have 3 Raw Data Columns (Date, Group, Number) and 1 Calculated Column (80). I'm trying to make a 2nd Calculated Column where the denominator is the sum of the first calculated column for each row o...
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Anonymous
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7 years ago

HiAnonymous ,

 

Try the following replace Table with your tablename

 

Percents =
VAR _total80 =
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ( 'Table'[80] ),
        FILTER ( 'Table', [Date] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[Date] ) )
    )
RETURN
    DIVIDE ( [80], _total80 )

Cheers

 

CheenuSing

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Anonymous
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7 years ago

Hello, 

Can you break down what this is doing?

It works for the test data I posted, but not for my real/master file. 

 

VAR _total80 =
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ( 'Table'[80] ),
        FILTER ( 'Table', [Date] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[Date] ) )
    )
RETURN
    DIVIDE ( [80], _total80 )

 

What is _total80?

If I filter by [Date] = EARLIER ('Table'[Date]) what is that doing?

 

TYIA

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    Anonymous
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    7 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

     

     

    _total80 is a temproary variable created to compute the totals of column named 80 in your dataset, for each date.

         FILTER ( 'Table', [Date] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[Date] ) )  checks if the current date is same as earlier row  date and groups them together.

     

    Cheers

     

    CheenuSing

     

     

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      Anonymous
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      7 years ago

      Thank you! very much appreciate the additional explanation.