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olivere91
Helper I
Helper IIncorrect Measure Totals
Hi, I'm having trouble with a measure giving inconsistent results: Available Inventory = SUM('items'[Inventory]) - SUM('Sales_Lines'[Quantity on SO]) Below is an exmaple, the top line is c...
Try the following formula
Available Inventory = SUMX(VALUES ( 'items'[Item_Number] ), CALCULATE ( SUM ('items'[Inventory])))
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SUMX(VALUES ( 'items'[Item_Number] ), CALCULATE ( SUM ('Sales_Lines'[Quantity on SO])))
olivere91Helper I
Helper II fixed it! the measure now reads:
Available Inventory = SUMX(VALUES ( 'items'[No] ), CALCULATE ( SUM ('items'[Inventory])))
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SUMX(VALUES ( 'items'[No] ), CALCULATE ( SUM ('Sales_Lines'[On Open SO])))
Can you explain why my original measure wasn't working every time?
themistoklis
Community Champion
Community ChampionHello olivere91 ,
An article that explains the issue, is the following:
https://blog.enterprisedna.co/why-your-total-is-incorrect-key-power-bi-concept/
It has to do with how PowerBi read the context especially if you have filters applied.
SUMX is an iterator and it reads data row by row
Values function makes sure that every row displayed in the table will be read