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Anonymous
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Problem with the totals when a percentage is in it

Hi,

I have a calculated measure (Let's call it A) that is being displayed in a matrix in Power BI with the rows which are countries. We are filtering the countries so only a few are shown. My problem is that the total of the column is wrong:

 A
Italy99291,10
Brazil1569087,53
Total1679632,91

 

  The formula for A is:

A = DIVIDE(
                   CALCULATE(B,'C'[C1]="ABC"),
                   CALCULATE([D %])
)
B and D are other calculated measures. B returns a number but D returns a percentage. The formula for D is:
D = Divide(E, F)
 
When I put all B,D,E,F also in the matrix the total of all of them works correclty but not for the A.
 
How can I fix this?
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Hi, @Anonymous 

 

You can try the following methods.

Measure = 
Var _table=SUMMARIZE('Table','Table'[Countries],"Sum",[A])
Var _Sum=SUMX(_table,[Sum])
Return
IF(HASONEVALUE('Table'[Countries]),[A],_Sum)

For reference:

Solved: wrong total of measure - Microsoft Power BI Community

Hope this helps.

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Charlotte

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
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This did solved it. And I also understand why. Thanks

Anonymous
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I just checked and found out this:

CountriesABD %
Italy99291,105340253.78%
Brazil1569087,53107710768.65%
Total1679632,91113050967.31%

 

So, Although the sum of the column A rows doesn't add up to A's total but it seems that if I use the formula on the total of B and divide it by the total of D %, The result can match to total of A. But how can I change the total of A so that it just calulcates the actual sum of it's rows?

 

Hi, @Anonymous 

 

You can try the following methods.

Measure = 
Var _table=SUMMARIZE('Table','Table'[Countries],"Sum",[A])
Var _Sum=SUMX(_table,[Sum])
Return
IF(HASONEVALUE('Table'[Countries]),[A],_Sum)

For reference:

Solved: wrong total of measure - Microsoft Power BI Community

Hope this helps.

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Charlotte

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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