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bipowerbix
Helper I
Helper I

Tricky Situation with SUM

Here is the Data I am using:

Type               Spent   Returns 

Apple100    
Orange      50200
Banana25150
Pear 500
Kiwi  

 

If I use 

 

 

 

 

ROI = sum(Data[Returns]) / sum(Data[Spent])

 

 

 

 

 

I get the following

bipowerbix_2-1679957490503.png

 

Information on Data:

the spent and returned data is filled in by the user and will remain blank until then. So will have to create DAX measures that will assign 0 where there is a blank. However, if we do that, we get Infinity and NaN for Pear or Apple. So we have to HardCode such incidents to 0.

 

Questions

 1)  I also want to show the Kiwi line item as well and assign 0 to the ROI column for Kiwi. 

 2) How to deal with Infinity, show 0 instead of Infinity.

3) Result in either 1 of the shown expected output will work

 

Any suggestions, tips, and tricks are welcome.

 

I want to get the following output along with totals at the end for the first two columns and the average for the third column, shown below:

Expected Output

Type   Spent   Returns  ROI

Apple100  
Orange502004
Banana251506
Pear 500 
Kiwi   
Total1758505

 

OR

 

Type   Spent   Returns  ROI

Apple100 0
Orange502004
Banana251506
Pear 5000
Kiwi  0
Total1758505
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wdx223_Daniel
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Super User

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wdx223_Daniel
Super User
Super User

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Hi Daniel, The "+0" at the end gives the result for Kiwi. Is there any documentation for the "+0" online?

i just learned this from somewhere in internet. but you can read this article.

https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/how-to-return-0-instead-of-blank-in-dax/

This works for this case, I noticed that this doesn't work if other fields such as Dynamic Date are joined to the table. I have attached my post here.

 

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/DAX-Commands-and-Tips/DAX-Combinations-not-working-as-intended/m-p/...

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