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Jake_Neyu
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Unexpected behavior with SUMMARIZE

Hello,

 

In the measure 'AR total avg', I use 2 variables, 'ar_source' and 'agent_validate'

 

At lowest level of the hierarchy, variable 'ar_source' shows total leads of each source.

On the next level of the hierarchy, variable 'agent_validate' shows the sum of total leads of all sources.

 

However, variable 'agent_validate' shows 54893 leads which is incorrect, the correct number is 96512 (sum of total leads of all sources calculated by variable 'ar_source')

 

Please help me with this case :(.

 

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daXtreme
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You should never perform any calculations in SUMMARIZE in measures. SUMMARIZE is such a complex function (in terms of behaviour) that Alberto Ferrari and Marco Russo strongly advise against performing calculations within it (they themselves never do it). Please, instead use the combination ADDCOLUMNS/SUMMARIZE. SUMMARIZE must only be used for grouping, nothing else, if you want to stay sane.

Hi mate,

 

Thanks for your advice, do you have any idea how I can apply ADDCOLUMNS with this case?

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