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Victormar
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Helper IV

Wrong division calculation

Hello community,

It turns out that I am dividing two values, but I cannot limit the decimals on the division, then the result is not exactly correct. Any way to fix it?

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3rd column is the substraction of 1st - 2nd. Then 5th column is the division between 3rd and 4th, which ideally would be  60.000, but the number really is 2,50137, and it comes from (in case it helps):

c_YearsBetweenContractStartDateAndEndDate3 = (DIM_Chassis[CONTRACT_EXPIRING_DATE] - DIM_Chassis[CONTRACT_START_DATE] ) / 365. If I use YEAR() then I get 2, and I want to get decimals even if it's a year. 
 
Thanks in advance! 😄

 

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lbendlin
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Please provide sample data that covers your issue or question completely, in a usable format (not as a screenshot).
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-provide-sample-data-in-the-Power-BI-Forum/ba-...
Please show the expected outcome based on the sample data you provided.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/m-p/1447523

Hi @lbendlin , sure I can post it 😄

 

Bus Contract_Start_Date Contract_End_Date Years Years (I want)
1 2017-05-04 2027-05-03 10,00274 10
2 2018-12-01 2031-11-30 13,00548 13
3 2019-03-03 2024-12-15 5,79178 5,79
4 2019-04-02 2027-04-01 8,00274 8
5 2019-08-02 2029-08-01 10,00548 10
6 2022-06-16 2024-12-15 2,50137 2,50

My calculation for the year is: (Contract_End_Date - Contract_Start_Date) / 365

The problem is I don't get exact numbers, I can get 2,50137 instead of 2,5, and I can obviously limit the display of that number to only 2 decimals and it looks good, but when calculating the total mileage per year, is looks like:

Bus Total_Contract_Mileage Years_of_Contract_Calculated Years_of_Contract (I want) Yearly_Mileage (Calculated) Yearly_Mileage (I want)
1 750000 10,00274 10 75021 75000
2 780000 13,00548 13 60008 60000

And so on...

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("Xc7RCcAwCATQXfyu4BmTprOE7r9GTQ+ENn9HnqdrCeQQN5xqXS3e4Awtw9ktn9zHEiecClfjVIMC2mzDWbARXtnAkmyMPYWeIbxgFAw1r9XB+hEFe8FZkAHfGwf/8sChGP/VDsL7AQ==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Bus = _t, Contract_Start_Date = _t, Contract_End_Date = _t, #"Contract Mileage" = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Contract_Start_Date", type date}, {"Contract_End_Date", type date}, {"Contract Mileage", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Years", each Number.Round(Number.From([Contract_End_Date]-[Contract_Start_Date])/365),Int64.Type),
    #"Added Custom1" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Custom", "Yearly Mileage", each [Contract Mileage]/[Years])
in
    #"Added Custom1"

How to use this code: Create a new Blank Query. Click on "Advanced Editor". Replace the code in the window with the code provided here. Click "Done".

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