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emre34
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Overhead Expnese Allocation by Branch

I have sales via branch id and also have a branch id as a headquarter, i want to allocate all the overhead expenses upon sales amounts.

so i want to make it in math = ( total overhead for country5 / total sales for country5 ) * sales by branch

but when i wrote below DAX code, it doesn't show the allocated expenses across to the branches in the visual table. 

 

 

 

MeasureAllocationOverheadCN5 = 
var currentcountryid = SELECTEDVALUE(COUNTRY[COUNTRY_ID])

VAR Totaloverhead = 
    CALCULATE( [Overhead Expenses],BRANCH[BRANCH_ID] = 80) –- headquarter branchid is 80

VAR TotalSalesExcludingHQ = 
    CALCULATE( ( [Total Sales Team A] + [Total Sales Team B] ), COUNTRY[COUNTRY_ID] = 5) –- just want to allocate for country 5

VAR BranchSales = 
    CALCULATE( ( [Total Sales Team A] + [Total Sales Team B] ), COUNTRY[COUNTRY_ID] = 5)


VAR AllocationPerBranch = 
    DIVIDE(Toteloverhead, TotalSalesExcludingHQ) * BranchSales

RETURN 
    IF(
        currentcountryid = 5,
        AllocationPerBranch,
        BLANK()
    ) 

 

 

 

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi All,
Firstly, PurpleGate thank your for you solutions!
And @emre34 for you question, I think there is a problem with your TotalSalesExcludingHQ , there is no good way to calculate the total value after the HQ.

vxingshenmsft_1-1723614325061.png

 

We simply remove 'Branch' [BRANCH_ID] to properly sum TotalSalesExcludingHQ.

 

MeasureAllocationOverheadCN5 = 

VAR currentcountryid = MAX(COUNTRY[COUNTRY_ID])

VAR Totaloverhead = 
    CALCULATE( SUM(OVERHEAD_EXPENSES[OVERHEAD_EXPENSES]), BRANCH[BRANCH_ID] = 80 )

VAR TotalSalesExcludingHQ = 
    CALCULATE( 
        SUM(SALES[SALES_TEAM_A]) + SUM(SALES[SALES_TEAM_B]),Country[COUNTRY_ID]=5,
        REMOVEFILTERS('Branch'[BRANCH_ID])
       
        
    ) 

VAR BranchSales = 
    SUM(SALES[SALES_TEAM_A]) + SUM(SALES[SALES_TEAM_B])

VAR AllocationPerBranch = 
    DIVIDE(Totaloverhead, TotalSalesExcludingHQ, 0) * BranchSales

RETURN 
    IF(
        currentcountryid=5,
        AllocationPerBranch,
0)

 

vxingshenmsft_2-1723614521424.png

If you still have questions, check out the pbix file I uploaded, I hope it helps!

 

Hope it helps!

Best regards,
Community Support Team_ Tom Shen

If this post helps then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi All,
Firstly, PurpleGate thank your for you solutions!
And @emre34 for you question, I think there is a problem with your TotalSalesExcludingHQ , there is no good way to calculate the total value after the HQ.

vxingshenmsft_1-1723614325061.png

 

We simply remove 'Branch' [BRANCH_ID] to properly sum TotalSalesExcludingHQ.

 

MeasureAllocationOverheadCN5 = 

VAR currentcountryid = MAX(COUNTRY[COUNTRY_ID])

VAR Totaloverhead = 
    CALCULATE( SUM(OVERHEAD_EXPENSES[OVERHEAD_EXPENSES]), BRANCH[BRANCH_ID] = 80 )

VAR TotalSalesExcludingHQ = 
    CALCULATE( 
        SUM(SALES[SALES_TEAM_A]) + SUM(SALES[SALES_TEAM_B]),Country[COUNTRY_ID]=5,
        REMOVEFILTERS('Branch'[BRANCH_ID])
       
        
    ) 

VAR BranchSales = 
    SUM(SALES[SALES_TEAM_A]) + SUM(SALES[SALES_TEAM_B])

VAR AllocationPerBranch = 
    DIVIDE(Totaloverhead, TotalSalesExcludingHQ, 0) * BranchSales

RETURN 
    IF(
        currentcountryid=5,
        AllocationPerBranch,
0)

 

vxingshenmsft_2-1723614521424.png

If you still have questions, check out the pbix file I uploaded, I hope it helps!

 

Hope it helps!

Best regards,
Community Support Team_ Tom Shen

If this post helps then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

PurpleGate
Resolver III
Resolver III

sometimes you need to use FILTER in the measure so it actually can limit the table as expected

 

MeasureAllocationOverheadCN5 = 
var currentcountryid = SELECTEDVALUE(COUNTRY[COUNTRY_ID])

VAR Totaloverhead = 
    CALCULATE( [Overhead Expenses],FILTER(BRANCH, BRANCH[BRANCH_ID] = 80)) –- headquarter branchid is 80

VAR TotalSalesExcludingHQ = 
    CALCULATE( ( [Total Sales Team A] + [Total Sales Team B] ), FILTER(COUNTRY,COUNTRY[COUNTRY_ID] = 5)) –- just want to allocate for country 5

VAR BranchSales = 
    CALCULATE( ( [Total Sales Team A] + [Total Sales Team B] ),FILTER(COUNTRY, COUNTRY[COUNTRY_ID] = 5))


VAR AllocationPerBranch = 
    DIVIDE(Toteloverhead, TotalSalesExcludingHQ) * BranchSales

RETURN 
    IF(
        currentcountryid = 5,
        AllocationPerBranch,
        BLANK()
    ) 

 

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