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ipeto
New Member

Aggregation of unique subcategories by category

Hi there,

 

I'm a total newbie in DAX and struggling with this dataset:

CategoriesSubcategoriesValueTotal category value [desired]
Cat ASubcat 11050
Cat ASubcat 11050
Cat ASubcat 24050
Cat BSubcat 32070
Cat BSubcat 32070
Cat ASubcat 24050
Cat BSubcat 45070

 

I have to create Total category value as a calculated column which contains the aggregated value of unique subcategories by category. For example 'Cat A' has two subcategories (Subcat 1 and 2) with multiple rows. 'Total category value' should be 10+40=50.

 

Thank you for your help!

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tamerj1
Super User
Super User

Hi @ipeto

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Total Category Value = 
CALCULATE (
    SUMX ( 
        SUMMARIZE ( 
            'Table',
            'Table'[Categories], 
            'Table'[Subcategories] 
        ),
        CALCULATE ( MAX ( 'Table'[Value] ) )
    ),
    ALLEXCEPT ( 'Table', 'Table'[Categories] ) 
)

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tamerj1
Super User
Super User

Hi @ipeto

1.png2.png 

Total Category Value = 
CALCULATE (
    SUMX ( 
        SUMMARIZE ( 
            'Table',
            'Table'[Categories], 
            'Table'[Subcategories] 
        ),
        CALCULATE ( MAX ( 'Table'[Value] ) )
    ),
    ALLEXCEPT ( 'Table', 'Table'[Categories] ) 
)

Thank you for the superfast answer!

I have found parts of the solution, but I was unable to put them together.

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