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Anonymous
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Rounding Error?

I created the below measures.

 

Measure A = sum([sales 1]) / sum([Area 1]). 

Measure B = sum([sales 2]) / sum([Area 2]). 

Maximum = if( Measure A > Measure B, Measure A, Measure B)

Difference = Maximum - Measure A

 

Now, if Measure A > Measure B. Maximum returns the value measure A. But value of 'Difference' is not zero, i.e. 6e-13.

 

Why there is a difference after putting the numbers into the if statement?

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Failed to reproduce the scenario, please show some sample data.

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Best Regards,

Jay

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , Limit that to two or three decimal places.

Also, make sure it is decimal type nor scientific

 

Data format Sci.png

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Anonymous
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Thanks for your suggestion. However, it does not help. My question is why there is a tiny different after I put the value into the 'if' funtion even though the measures inside the 'if' and without 'if' are the same function. All the measures are in decimal.

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