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Anonymous
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Real Totals

Hello everyone!
I am having some trouble calculating the sum total of a calculated measure in a table.

I need to do this action:

abs diff.png (the absolute difference between baseline and historic column)

And then, sum out the total calculated column:

excel measure.png

 

 

The result has to be 44,308.55

But in power BI, it calculates the absolute difference between the total sums of the columns.

power bi measure.png

Hope someone can help me!!!

 

 

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , Try like

New Abs Difference= SUMX(summarize(Table,Table[Origin Site],,Table[destination Site],"_1", [Abs Difference]).[_1])

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mahoneypat
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Please try using SUMX to get the correct total.  It references your existing measure but should give you the correct result both in your rows and your total.

 

NewMeasure = SUMX(VALUES(Table[Origin Site]), [Abs Difference])

 

If this works for you, please mark it as the solution.  Kudos are appreciated too.  Please let me know if not.

Regards,

Pat





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