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gbarr12345
Post Prodigy
Post Prodigy

Measure query

Hi,

 

I'm trying to write a measure that calculates the margin.

 

I wrote the code and am getting the following error:

 

A single value for column 'amount' in table 'Module Sales with Inventory' cannot be determined. This can happen when a measure formula refers to a column that contains many values without specifying an aggregation such as min, max, count, or sum to get a single result.

 

I have attached the measure below. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Margin =
DIVIDE(
    'Module Sales with Inventory'[amount] - 'Module Sales with Inventory'[cost amount],
    'Module Sales with Inventory'[amount]
) * 100

 

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Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

Hi,

Please try something like below.

 

Margin =
DIVIDE (
    SUMX (
        'Module Sales with Inventory',
        'Module Sales with Inventory'[amount] - 'Module Sales with Inventory'[cost amount]
    ),
    SUMX ( 'Module Sales with Inventory', 'Module Sales with Inventory'[amount] )
) * 100

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Jihwan_Kim
Super User
Super User

Hi,

Please try something like below.

 

Margin =
DIVIDE (
    SUMX (
        'Module Sales with Inventory',
        'Module Sales with Inventory'[amount] - 'Module Sales with Inventory'[cost amount]
    ),
    SUMX ( 'Module Sales with Inventory', 'Module Sales with Inventory'[amount] )
) * 100

If this post helps, then please consider accepting it as the solution to help other members find it faster, and give a big thumbs up.


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Click here to schedule a short Teams meeting to discuss your question.

That seems to have worked!

 

Thank you so much!

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