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How to create SUM measure on multiple partitions?
Example (that almost works as estimated)
Task: create measure, that will provide Sum of values based on 2 partitions (SubCategory1, SubCategory2)
Like on this screen:
Measure definition (thanks to @AlexisOlson , details here )
m1 subCtgVal 1,2 =
VAR Result =
CALCULATE(
SUM(MyTable[Value]),
ALLSELECTED(MyTable), -- Removes RowContext Transition
SUMMARIZE(
MyTable,
MyTable[SubCategory1], -- Partition1
MyTable[SubCategory2] -- Partition2
)
)
RETURN Result
Problem: it works as estimated only until you touch SubCategory3 filter.
When you use SubCategory3 filter, it behaves like 3 partition SUM ((SubCategory1, SubCategory2, SubCategory3):
Please help to fix if possible.
Source (Download)
m1 subCtgVal 1,2 =
VAR Result =
CALCULATE(
SUM(MyTable[Value]),
ALLEXCEPT(MyTable, MyTable[SubCategory1], MyTable[SubCategory2]), -- Removes RowContext Transition
SUMMARIZE(
MyTable,
MyTable[SubCategory1], -- Partition1
MyTable[SubCategory2] -- Partition2
)
)
RETURN Result
Not as easy, unfortunately...
It shouldn't ignore slicer selection...
In following selection it should show 60, not 93:
The below seems to work
m1 subCtgVal 1,2 =
VAR ChosenCats = ALLSELECTED( 'MyTable'[SubCategory1], 'MyTable'[SubCategory2], 'MyTable'[SubCategory3])
VAR Result =
CALCULATE(
SUM(MyTable[Value]),
ALLEXCEPT( 'MyTable', 'MyTable'[SubCategory1], 'MyTable'[SubCategory2]),
ChosenCats,
SUMMARIZE(
MyTable,
MyTable[SubCategory1], -- Partition1
MyTable[SubCategory2] -- Partition2
)
)
RETURN Result
The ALLEXCEPT seems redundant here since we already have the SUMMARIZE putting the partition filtering back.
How about this simplified version?
VAR ChosenCats = ALLSELECTED ( MyTable )
VAR Result =
CALCULATE (
SUM ( MyTable[Value] ),
ChosenCats,
SUMMARIZE (
MyTable,
MyTable[SubCategory1], -- Partition1
MyTable[SubCategory2] -- Partition2
)
)
RETURN
Result
Edit: Hang on... This should be the same as the original measure. Let me dig in and see why that one isn't working as expected. Will update later.
Edit 2: The above appears to work fine. I think the difference is that ALLSELCTED inside of CALCULATE means transforming a shadow filter context into an explicit filter context rather than being used as a more typical table filter when we pass it in as a variable.
Works! 🙂
Just Instead of
VAR ChosenCats = ALLSELECTED( 'MyTable'[SubCategory1], 'MyTable'[SubCategory2], 'MyTable'[SubCategory3])
recommend to use
VAR ChosenCats = ALLSELECTED( MyTable )It looks like more generic solution
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