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marial16
Helper II
4 years ago
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Add calculated Row in table

Hallo, 

i import 3 tables from SP to help me create a KPI graph

Can i add a row at the table in BI to calculate (division) of 2 rows above? (Last Row)

 

Example

Own Staff Contractor
157171
141119
0.8980.696
  • Hi, marial16 

    You could create measures and change the Total field to the division you want.

     

    Like this:

    _Own Staff = 
        IF(
            ISINSCOPE('Table'[Index]),SUM('Table'[Own Staff ]),
            DIVIDE(
                CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Own Staff ]),FILTER(ALL('Table'),'Table'[Index]=MAX('Table'[Index]))),
                CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Own Staff ]),FILTER(ALL('Table'),'Table'[Index]=MAXX(FILTER(ALL('Table'),'Table'[Index]<MAX('Table'[Index])),[Index])))
            )
        )

     

    Result:

    Please refer to the attachment below for details. Hope this helps.

     

     

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Zeon Zheng


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  • Hi, marial16 

    You could create measures and change the Total field to the division you want.

     

    Like this:

    _Own Staff = 
        IF(
            ISINSCOPE('Table'[Index]),SUM('Table'[Own Staff ]),
            DIVIDE(
                CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Own Staff ]),FILTER(ALL('Table'),'Table'[Index]=MAX('Table'[Index]))),
                CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Own Staff ]),FILTER(ALL('Table'),'Table'[Index]=MAXX(FILTER(ALL('Table'),'Table'[Index]<MAX('Table'[Index])),[Index])))
            )
        )

     

    Result:

    Please refer to the attachment below for details. Hope this helps.

     

     

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Zeon Zheng


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

     

    • marial16's avatar
      marial16
      Helper II

      Hallo, and thank you for your response and example given,

      i was trying to implement this and i am not sure how you created the index. 

      it is not a measure i see. 

       

       

    • marial16's avatar
      marial16
      Helper II

      Ok i manged to add an index column, but i am getting an error when i check the measures and try to create the table visualization:

      "The function SUM cannot work with values of type string"

      In the Sharepoint list the column type is number.

      What am i missing?

      • v-angzheng-msft's avatar
        v-angzheng-msft
        Community Support

        Hi, marial16 


        I am adding an index column in Power Query. If the column type is not numeric, then you can change the type to numeric in PowerQuery or on the desktop. Then the SUM function will work properly.

        Hope this helps.

         

        Best Regards,
        Community Support Team _ Zeon Zheng


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    • marial16's avatar
      marial16
      Helper II

      I finally managed to create the calculated row, however i was wondering if this solution would work if i had more rows in the same table or is it a best practice to create another table?

      example :

      Own Staff Contractors 
      157171
      141119
      0.8980.696
        
        
      284163
      1.8090.953

       

      where 1.809 is the result of 284 / 157

      And a last question of mine would be if i can use an excel file (calculations included) in Power BI without having to create all those measures. 

      I had decided to organise the data in SharePoint Lists. However i am not sure if it is the best practice.

      Thank you

  • marial16 , if you want to add in visual table I doubt you can do that

     

    The workaround is to create data tables and append them. But they will not take slicer values

    • marial16's avatar
      marial16
      Helper II

      I have no idea how to do that,

       

      any links or documentation that you could suggest? 

  • PaulDBrown's avatar
    PaulDBrown
    Community Champion

    Ideally you should do this with a matrix visual and using measures (using show measures on rows under "Values" in the formatting pane), which will of course make the data dynamic.

  • Hi, marial16 

     

    This does not work when there are more rows in the table, and new rows cannot be added row by row. This is not the way power bi works. You can create a measure to display it next to it. If you can accept the display by row, you can turn on show value on the row.

    Yes, you can use an Excel file that already contains calculations, and you can choose to import the calculations of the model in the import feature.

     

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Zeon Zheng


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