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Summarizing values from different tables
- 5 years ago
harry6810 , If this a many to many join. then better you do union and summarize
https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/from-sql-to-dax-joining-tables/
example
summarize(union(selectcolumns('Table'1,"Month",'Table'1[Month],"Figure",'Table'1[Figure],"Figure2",0),
selectcolumns('Table'2,"Month",'Table'2[Month],"Figure",0,"Figure2",'Table'2[Figure])),
[Month],"Figure", sum([Figure1]),"Figure2", sum([Figure2]))or append and aggregate in power query
https://radacad.com/append-vs-merge-in-power-bi-and-power-query
https://radacad.com/power-bi-aggregation-step-1-create-the-aggregated-table
harry6810 , If this a many to many join. then better you do union and summarize
https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/from-sql-to-dax-joining-tables/
example
summarize(union(selectcolumns('Table'1,"Month",'Table'1[Month],"Figure",'Table'1[Figure],"Figure2",0),
selectcolumns('Table'2,"Month",'Table'2[Month],"Figure",0,"Figure2",'Table'2[Figure])),
[Month],"Figure", sum([Figure1]),"Figure2", sum([Figure2]))
or append and aggregate in power query
https://radacad.com/append-vs-merge-in-power-bi-and-power-query
https://radacad.com/power-bi-aggregation-step-1-create-the-aggregated-table