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This is a bit of an odd post, since I have a workable solution to my task. I just can't help feeling there's a simpler, more elegant way to accomplish the task.
I have a hierarchical table of activities, subactivities, and complexity levels. I need to add a column that computes the percentage weight for each activity sublevel. Here's the table:
Activity | Subactivity | Level | Weight |
A | SA01 | 1 | |
A | SA02 | 1 | |
A | SA03 | 2 | |
A | SA04 | 2 | |
A | SA05 | 2 | |
A | SA06 | 3 | |
A | SA07 | 3 | |
A | SA08 | 4 | |
B | SA09 | 1 | |
B | SA10 | 2 | |
B | SA11 | 2 | |
B | SA12 | 3 | |
B | SA13 | 4 | |
B | SA14 | 4 | |
C | SA15 | 1 | |
C | SA16 | 1 | |
C | SA17 | 1 | |
C | SA18 | 1 | |
C | SA19 | 1 | |
C | SA20 | 2 | |
C | SA21 | 2 | |
C | SA22 | 3 | |
C | SA23 | 3 | |
C | SA24 | 3 | |
C | SA25 | 4 | |
C | SA26 | 4 |
In the weight column, I want to compute the percentage contribution of each Subactivity for each combination of Activity and Level. For example, there are two Subactivity values for Activty = A and Level = 1, so these would each have a Weight = 50%.
Here's my current code for the Weight column:
Weight =
VAR tmpTable =
SUMMARIZE(
'Data',
'Data'[Activity],
'Data'[Level],
"Pct", DIVIDE(1, COUNTROWS(DISTINCT('Data'[SubActivity])), BLANK())
)
VAR currentActivity = [Activity]
VAR currentLevel = [Level]
VAR filteredTable = FILTER(tmpTable, [Activity] = currentActivity && [Level] = currentLevel)
VAR result = SUMX(filteredTable, [Pct])
RETURN
result
This just feels kludgy. How can I simplify this?
Many thanks!
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Hi @Anonymous ,
you can try this:
Weight = 1 / CALCULATE(DISTINCTCOUNT(Table_[Subactivity]), ALLEXCEPT(Table_,Table_[Activity], Table_[Level]))
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Hi @Anonymous ,
you can try this:
Weight = 1 / CALCULATE(DISTINCTCOUNT(Table_[Subactivity]), ALLEXCEPT(Table_,Table_[Activity], Table_[Level]))
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly. Appreciate your Kudos.
Check out my latest demo report in the data story gallery.
Stand with Ukraine!
Here are official ways you can support Ukraine financially (accounts with multiple currencies):
1) Support the Armed Forces of Ukraine: https://bank.gov.ua/ua/about/support-the-armed-forces
2) Come Back Alive foundation: https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/
Thank you!
@ERD Thanks so much! This is just what I was looking for. I need to get more familiar/comfortable with the ALLEXCEPT function.
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