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Fariba1984
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create new measure on base of another Measure

Hi experts,

 

I am new in dax I would like to ask you a simple question. I would like to do some mathematical operation on rows:

 

2020-08-06 09_05_54-Mappe1 - Excel.png

 

New Measure should be the subtract of the result in each row. For example 0,503041391 - 0,5 ,  0,503041391 - 0,503164557,....

I have defined such a dax but it returns me only 0:

 

NewMeasure:=
var _avg =[Measure1]
return 
CALCULATE([Measure1] - _avg; Table1  ;Table1[Date_SID] )

 

 

What should I do to solve my problem? 

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harshnathani
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hi @Fariba1984 ,

 

Understand you are using a Calendar Table.

 

Make sure you have a date calendar and it has been marked as the date in model view.
Refer :
https://radacad.com/creating-calendar-table-in-power-bi-using-dax-functions
https://www.archerpoint.com/blog/Posts/creating-date-table-power-bi
https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/creating-a-simple-date-table-in-dax/

 

 

Then your new Measure will be

 

 

Yesterday = CALCULATE([Measure], DATEADD(Dates[Date] ,-1,DAY))

 

 

and Difference Measure will be

 

Difference = [Measure] - [Yesterday]

 

 

It will look something like this 

1.jpg

 

Regards,

Harsh Nathani

 

az38
Community Champion
Community Champion

@Fariba1984 

it's obviously.

you always deduct var _avg (which is equal [Measure1]) from [Measure1].

It always will be zero

 

It's also unclear what do you mean with this part 

;Table1 ;Table1[Date_SID]


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