power bi difference between two columns in a matrix

[dopingcontrol]

Hello community,

I would like to calculate a difference absolute and percent between two columns in my visualisation.

My data looks like this:

LEVEL	DATE	REVENUE
Actual	January	100
Budget	January	110
Actual	February	90
Budget	February	95
Actual	March	115
Budget	March	105
Actual	April	130
Budget	April	120

I want to have the following matrix with the difference column Actual vs Budget.

DATE	ACTUAL	BUDGET	Diff
January	100	110	-10
February	90	95	-5
March	115	105	+10
April	130	120	+10

Is this possible?

I would be very grateful for your help.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @dopingcontrol ,

Arul use PIVOT function in Power Query to achieve your goal. This way will transform your data model. If you don't want to transform your table, you can try to create a measure to show difference in Total and rename "Total" by "Diff".

Measure = 
VAR _REVENUE = SUM('Table'[REVENUE])
VAR _ACTUAL = CALCULATE( SUM('Table'[REVENUE]),'Table'[LEVEL] = "Actual")
VAR _Budget = CALCULATE( SUM('Table'[REVENUE]),'Table'[LEVEL] = "Budget")
RETURN
IF(HASONEVALUE('Table'[LEVEL]),_REVENUE,_ACTUAL - _Budget)

Then create a matrix visual.

Result is as below.

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

[Arul]

@dopingcontrol ,

Yes it is possible!!

You need to pivot your table in power query editor based on date column,

Then,

write the below measure and use actual,budget and measure in the matrix visual.

Thanks,

Arul