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MigWare
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6 years ago
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Aggregate and calculate two different columns

Hi,   I´ve two columns, material type and sales data. I need to show all the sales data that falls under material type X, Z, Y and material type A, B, C and R and so on...... basically i need to ag...
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  • v-gizhi-msft's avatar
    v-gizhi-msft
    6 years ago

    Hi,

     

    You can easily add other new custom category to the original formula by IF function, like this:

    New_Category =
IF (
    'Table'[Category]
        IN { "Hi-Energy GNA 98", "SPB95 Hi-Energy", "SPB98 Hi-Energy" },
    "Petrol",
    IF ( 'Table'[Category] IN { "A", "B", "C" }, "Gas", 'Table'[Category] )
)

     

    Best Regards,

    Giotto

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MigWare
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6 years ago

Hi az38 ,

 

Thanks for the input, however i might not have totally clear on the objective. I want to aggregate HI Energy GNA98, SPB95 Hi-Energy and SPB98 HI Energy into one category, like Petrol and show the sum of the values of all those products under one single entity ( Petrol). So I have the date on one axis, the sales on the other and the product description on the legend

 

 
 

  • MigWare's avatar
    MigWare
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    6 years ago

    Hi,

     

    That option is not available, greyed out. Any other ideia?

     

     

    • v-gizhi-msft's avatar
      v-gizhi-msft
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      6 years ago

      Hi,

       

      Please try to create this calculated column:

      New_Category = 
IF (
    'Table'[Category]
        IN { "Hi-Energy GNA 98", "SPB95 Hi-Energy", "SPB98 Hi-Energy" },
    "Petrol",
    'Table'[Category]
)

      Then choose this new category column as Legend field, the result shows:

      See my attached pbix file.

       

      Best Regards,

      Giotto

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        MigWare
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        6 years ago

        Hi,

         

        Thanks for providing that solution, however when I change the table fields to match my data I´m getting the following error:

         

        A single value for column 'Product Description' in table 'Master' cannot be determined. This can happen when a measure formula refers to a column that contains many values without specifying an aggregation such as min, max, count, or sum to get a single result.