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Anonymous
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How to sum cells which are also present in mapping table?

Hi all,

 

How do I create a measure that does the following:

Sum table 1[column A] for all rows where table 1[column B] is equal to a value in table 2[column C]

 

Right now I am writing it as:

Measure 2 = Calculate(SUM(Table1[ColumnA]), Table1[ColumnB]=Table2[ColumnC])
 
But PowerBI is returning an error "The expression contains multiple columns, but only a single column can be used in a True/False expression that is used as a table filter expression."
 
In Excel, I would write this as:
SUMIF(ColumnB, Table2'ColumnC', ColumnA)
 
Please help.
 
Thanks!
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amitchandak
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@Anonymous , if they have one to many relation


Measure 2 = Calculate(SUM(Table1[ColumnA]), filter(Table1,Table1[ColumnB]=related(Table2[ColumnC])))
or
Measure 2 = Calculate(SUM(Table1[ColumnA]), filter(Table2,Table2[ColumnB]=related(Table1[ColumnC])))

Measure 2 = Calculate(SUM(Table1[ColumnA]), filter(Table1,Table1[ColumnB]=max(Table2[ColumnC])))
for some row context // group by


Measure 2 = Calculate(SUMX(value(Table1[ID]), Table1[ColumnA]), filter(Table1,Table1[ColumnB]=max(Table2[ColumnC])))

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Anonymous
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When I use either one of the two first options, PowerBI tells me it is unable to find Table2.  This is strange as there exists a join between Table2 and Table1.  I am unable to make any changes in the model view due to permissions.  Do you know what could be the cause for the measure not working?

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