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Youri98
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DAX - cumulative % small difference. Rounding?

Hi!

I've got a simple DAX showing the % per month. Dividing the new products / total per month. The % for each month is correct. Now, I would like to show a line in my chart, showing the cumulative values, but this differences slightly. How do I fix this? If I select April it says 3,07%, but if I select January till May it jumps from 1,70% to 4,74% in April (3,04% difference). Is this because of rounding? 

 

Thanks in advance! 

 

Month% per monthNew per monthTotal per monthCumulative %
2025-january0,44%1738960,44%
2025-february0,54%2138920,98%
2025-march0,72%2838811,70%
2025-april3,07%12139414,74%
2025-may0,23%939414,97%
Total5,01%1963910,25,01%
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bhanu_gautam
Super User
Super User

@Youri98 The discrepancy you're seeing in the cumulative percentage values is likely due to the way cumulative percentages are calculated and possibly due to rounding differences

Calculate the cumulative total of new products:

DAX
CumulativeNewProducts =
CALCULATE(
SUM('Table'[New per month]),
FILTER(
ALLSELECTED('Table'),
'Table'[Month] <= MAX('Table'[Month])
)
)

 

Calculate the cumulative total of all products:

DAX
CumulativeTotalProducts =
CALCULATE(
SUM('Table'[Total per month]),
FILTER(
ALLSELECTED('Table'),
'Table'[Month] <= MAX('Table'[Month])
)
)

 

Calculate the cumulative percentage:

DAX
CumulativePercentage =
DIVIDE(
[CumulativeNewProducts],
[CumulativeTotalProducts],
0
)




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v-hashadapu
Community Support
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v-hashadapu
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v-hashadapu
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Sahir_Maharaj
Super User
Super User

Hello @Youri98,

 

Can you please try this approach:

Cumulative % True = 
DIVIDE(
    CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[New per month]), FILTER(ALLSELECTED('Table'), 'Table'[Month] <= MAX('Table'[Month]))),
    CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Total per month]), FILTER(ALLSELECTED('Table'), 'Table'[Month] <= MAX('Table'[Month])))
)

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bhanu_gautam
Super User
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@Youri98 The discrepancy you're seeing in the cumulative percentage values is likely due to the way cumulative percentages are calculated and possibly due to rounding differences

Calculate the cumulative total of new products:

DAX
CumulativeNewProducts =
CALCULATE(
SUM('Table'[New per month]),
FILTER(
ALLSELECTED('Table'),
'Table'[Month] <= MAX('Table'[Month])
)
)

 

Calculate the cumulative total of all products:

DAX
CumulativeTotalProducts =
CALCULATE(
SUM('Table'[Total per month]),
FILTER(
ALLSELECTED('Table'),
'Table'[Month] <= MAX('Table'[Month])
)
)

 

Calculate the cumulative percentage:

DAX
CumulativePercentage =
DIVIDE(
[CumulativeNewProducts],
[CumulativeTotalProducts],
0
)




Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution! And Kudos are appreciated

Proud to be a Super User!




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