Sum column A, B if column C has specific value else return sum column A

[alsm]

Hello,

My data looks like

Id	Category	Sensi1	Sensi2
1	A	100	-50
2	B	200	-60
3	A	300	-70
4	B	400	-80
5	B	500	-90

I want to implement that is Category = A then return Sensi1 + Sensi2 else return Sensi1. How would I do that?

[alsm]

@Martin_D , thank you. It works.. though the first part

 VALUES ( 'Table'[Category] )

is non-intuitive . Its basically saying evaluate every line on the dashboard. Is it correct?

I tried and created another variant

total_sensi =
VAR sensi1 =
CALCULATE ( SUM ( Table[Sensi1] ) )
VAR sensi2 =
CALCULATE ( SUM ( Table[Sens2] ), FILTER ( Table, Table[Sensi2] = "A" ) )
VAR total_sensi = sensi1 + sensi2
RETURN
total_sensi

Answers are same in both cases, is there a way to say one solution is more optimal than other?

[Martin_D]

I was not 100% sure whether you want to use it as a measure or calculated column, so I wrote code that works for both. Actually, the same should be true for your solution. In a visual that shows values by Category both solution should perform about the same. With a large number of categories yours might be even faster in the grand total.

[alsm]

Thank you for your reply and showing me another way to do it....

FYI: I created a measure (not a column)

[Martin_D · Accepted solution]

Hi @alsm ,

try

Conditional Sum = 
SUMX (
    VALUES ( 'Table'[Category] ),
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ( 'Table'[Sensi1] )
    ) +
    IF (
        'Table'[Category] = "A",
        CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'Table'[Sensi2] )
        )
    )
)