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kressb
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2nd Calculated Column Formula

I have 3 Raw Data Columns (Date, Group, Number) and 1 Calculated Column (80). I'm trying to make a 2nd Calculated Column where the denominator is the sum of the first calculated column for each row of the same date:

DateGroupNumber80 
5/9/2019Blue0.50.0062540.00%
5/9/2019Green0.250.00312520.00%
5/9/2019Blue0.50.0062540.00%
5/10/2019Red0.150.00187515.79%
5/10/2019Red0.30.0037531.58%
5/10/2019Yellow0.50.0062552.63%

So the denominator for the first three rows (5/9/19) would be 0.015625

     the denominator for the second three rows (5/10/19) would be 0.011875

The 2nd calculated column would add to 100% for all the rows of the same date. 

Can anyone advise on the correct formula to do this in PowerBI?

*ETA: right now I am using: Divide(Table[80],sum(Table[80]),0) but not sure if I'm missing something..

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CheenuSing
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Hi@kressb ,

 

Try the following replace Table with your tablename

 

Percents =
VAR _total80 =
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ( 'Table'[80] ),
        FILTER ( 'Table', [Date] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[Date] ) )
    )
RETURN
    DIVIDE ( [80], _total80 )

Cheers

 

CheenuSing

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Hi @kressb 

 

 

_total80 is a temproary variable created to compute the totals of column named 80 in your dataset, for each date.

     FILTER ( 'Table', [Date] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[Date] ) )  checks if the current date is same as earlier row  date and groups them together.

 

Cheers

 

CheenuSing

 

 

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CheenuSing
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hi@kressb ,

 

Try the following replace Table with your tablename

 

Percents =
VAR _total80 =
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ( 'Table'[80] ),
        FILTER ( 'Table', [Date] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[Date] ) )
    )
RETURN
    DIVIDE ( [80], _total80 )

Cheers

 

CheenuSing

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Hello, 

Can you break down what this is doing?

It works for the test data I posted, but not for my real/master file. 

 

VAR _total80 =
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ( 'Table'[80] ),
        FILTER ( 'Table', [Date] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[Date] ) )
    )
RETURN
    DIVIDE ( [80], _total80 )

 

What is _total80?

If I filter by [Date] = EARLIER ('Table'[Date]) what is that doing?

 

TYIA

Hi @kressb 

 

 

_total80 is a temproary variable created to compute the totals of column named 80 in your dataset, for each date.

     FILTER ( 'Table', [Date] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[Date] ) )  checks if the current date is same as earlier row  date and groups them together.

 

Cheers

 

CheenuSing

 

 

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Thank you! very much appreciate the additional explanation.

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