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Very high total table results, does not average.

vicente89 — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:59:10 GMT

HELP PLEASE!

Hello, I have a problem that I have been looking for the solution for several days but I can't find it. I would be very grateful if someone could help me, because it is something that I will have to use a lot and I have no way to solve it.

I have a table with data, in which when I make the comparison to see the % that we have gone up or down with respect to last year gives me very high results.

When I do the comparison by date I get the total result very high, but when I do it by week and month I get all the results very high, both the total and the partial results.

What I want is that the total result (like the weekly and monthly ones) gives me the average of all the results that compose it, and it is impossible that these very high numbers that I get are averages.

I leave here below the images in which you can see my case.

I am also going to leave the formula that I am using for it, since I believe that the solution may be that the dax formula that I am using is wrong. The formula is the following:

R_LYDay(B) =

VAR _actual_total =

SUMX(

VALUES(calendar_table[Date]),

SUM(R)

)

VAR _LY_total =

SUMX(

VALUES(calendar_table[Date]),

CALCULATE(

SUM(R),

DATEADD(calendar_table[Date], -364, DAY)

)

RETURN

DIVIDE(_actual_total - _LY_total, _LY_total, 0)

When I put “R” is where the main measurement is, but for confidentiality I prefer not to share.

I would be very grateful if someone could give me a solution.

Thank you very much in advance.

Re: Very high total table results, does not average.

johnt75 — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:30:08 GMT

You need to add CALCULATE to the code for the actual total. This forces context transition which moves the filter on date from a row context, generated by the SUMX, into a filter context.

R_LYDay(B) = VAR _actual_total = SUMX ( VALUES ( calendar_table[Date] ), CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Table'[R] ) ) ) VAR _LY_total = SUMX ( VALUES ( calendar_table[Date] ), CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Table'[R] ), DATEADD ( calendar_table[Date], -364, DAY ) ) ) RETURN DIVIDE ( _actual_total - _LY_total, _LY_total, 0 )

Re: Very high total table results, does not average.

v-menakakota — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 04:22:51 GMT

Hi vicente89 ,

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Re: Very high total table results, does not average.

v-menakakota — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:19:22 GMT

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Re: Very high total table results, does not average.

v-menakakota — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 05:04:01 GMT

Hi vicente89 ,

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