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ybicalways79
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DAX - Changing Between SUM and AVERAGE in a Matrix

Help!

 

I attempted multiple measures to get the results i need.  I can do either SUM or AVERAGE but not both.  Where am i going wrong?

 

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FormatMetric OperationalSales =
VAR Val = SUM ( SalesData[Value] )      
RETURN      
    SWITCH (    
        SELECTEDVALUE ( SalesData[Attribute] ),
        "Overall Sales"FORMAT (Val, "$#,##0;($#,##0)" ),
        "Overall Conversion (%)"FORMAT (Val, "0.0%" ),
        "Overall Margin (%)"FORMAT (Val, "0.0%" ),
        "Overall Lookup (Ct.)"FORMAT (Val, "0" )
)
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tamerj1
Super User
Super User

Hi @ybicalways79 
Please try

FormatMetric OperationalSales =
VAR Val =
    SUM ( SalesData[Value] )
VAR Ave =
    AVERAGE ( SalesData[Value] )
RETURN
    SWITCH (
        SELECTEDVALUE ( SalesData[Attribute] ),
        "Overall Sales", FORMAT ( Val, "$#,##0;($#,##0)" ),
        "Overall Conversion (%)", FORMAT ( Ave, "0.0%" ),
        "Overall Margin (%)", FORMAT ( Ave, "0.0%" ),
        "Overall Lookup (Ct.)", FORMAT ( Val, "0" )
    )

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tamerj1
Super User
Super User

Hi @ybicalways79 
Please try

FormatMetric OperationalSales =
VAR Val =
    SUM ( SalesData[Value] )
VAR Ave =
    AVERAGE ( SalesData[Value] )
RETURN
    SWITCH (
        SELECTEDVALUE ( SalesData[Attribute] ),
        "Overall Sales", FORMAT ( Val, "$#,##0;($#,##0)" ),
        "Overall Conversion (%)", FORMAT ( Ave, "0.0%" ),
        "Overall Margin (%)", FORMAT ( Ave, "0.0%" ),
        "Overall Lookup (Ct.)", FORMAT ( Val, "0" )
    )

Thank you!  I was so close on this one!

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