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Resolver I

Measure to sum negative values from another measure not displaying correctly

Hi all,

First off, I have created 2 separate measures to SUM positive and negative values. The positive measure appears to be working correctly, but the negative measure is not.

 

I have 5 tables:

  1. ProjectTable (Dimension)
  2. ProjectEffortTable (Fact)
  3. AssignedTable (Fact)
  4. Teams (Dimension)
  5. Role (Dimension)
  6. Specialisation (Dimension)

 

These are my measures:

  1. ProjectEffortTotal (Hrs) = SUM('ProjectEffortTable'[Projectefforthours])
  2. AssignedEffortTotal (Hrs) = SUM('AssignedTable'[AssignedEffortHours])
  3. Variance (Hrs) = [ProjectEffortTotal (Hrs)] - [AssignedEffortTotal (Hrs)]
  4. Positive Measure = SUMX(filter('ProjectTable', [Variance (Hrs)] > 0), [Variance (Hrs)])
  5. Negative Measure = SUMX(filter('ProjectTable', [Variance (Hrs)] < 0), [Variance (Hrs)])

 

Matrix Table Hierachry:

I have a matrix table which uses 4 fields from 4 different tables and the display hierarchy is: 'ProjectTable'[Project Code], 'Teams'[Team Name], 'Role'[Role Name], 'Specialisation'[Specialisation Name].

 

The result is below:

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Any advice on what I am doing wrong and how to fix it would be great?

 

I appreciate it.

 

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Deevo_
Resolver I
Resolver I

After much reading, testing and headache, I came across a forum post that worked for me. The CROSSJOIN was the determining factor here as I was using columns from multiple tables in my matrix table. I hope this helps others.

 

Please see link: https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Desktop/Sum-measure-total-on-only-negative-values/m-p/6278...

 

My new working formulas:

Negative Measure =

--This measure only returns the over assigned hours and then totals them

SUMX (

    CROSSJOIN ( VALUES('ProjectTable'[PSCode]), VALUES( 'Teams'[TeamName]), VALUES('Role'[RoleName]), VALUES(Specialisation[SpecialisationName])),

    IF ( [ProjectEffortTotal (Hrs)] - [AssignedEffortTotal (Hrs)] < 0, [ProjectEffortTotal (Hrs)] - [AssignedEffortTotal (Hrs)], BLANK () )

)

 

Positive Measure =

--This measure only returns the under assigned hours and then totals them

SUMX (

    CROSSJOIN ( VALUES('ProjectTable'[PSCode]), VALUES( 'Teams'[TeamName]), VALUES('Role'[RoleName]), VALUES(Specialisation[SpecialisationName])),

    IF ( [ProjectEffortTotal (Hrs)] - [AssignedEffortTotal (Hrs)] > 0, [ProjectEffortTotal (Hrs)] - [AssignedEffortTotal (Hrs)], BLANK () )

)

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Deevo_
Resolver I
Resolver I

After much reading, testing and headache, I came across a forum post that worked for me. The CROSSJOIN was the determining factor here as I was using columns from multiple tables in my matrix table. I hope this helps others.

 

Please see link: https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Desktop/Sum-measure-total-on-only-negative-values/m-p/6278...

 

My new working formulas:

Negative Measure =

--This measure only returns the over assigned hours and then totals them

SUMX (

    CROSSJOIN ( VALUES('ProjectTable'[PSCode]), VALUES( 'Teams'[TeamName]), VALUES('Role'[RoleName]), VALUES(Specialisation[SpecialisationName])),

    IF ( [ProjectEffortTotal (Hrs)] - [AssignedEffortTotal (Hrs)] < 0, [ProjectEffortTotal (Hrs)] - [AssignedEffortTotal (Hrs)], BLANK () )

)

 

Positive Measure =

--This measure only returns the under assigned hours and then totals them

SUMX (

    CROSSJOIN ( VALUES('ProjectTable'[PSCode]), VALUES( 'Teams'[TeamName]), VALUES('Role'[RoleName]), VALUES(Specialisation[SpecialisationName])),

    IF ( [ProjectEffortTotal (Hrs)] - [AssignedEffortTotal (Hrs)] > 0, [ProjectEffortTotal (Hrs)] - [AssignedEffortTotal (Hrs)], BLANK () )

)

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