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maqsud
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6 years ago
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Calculate correlation between multiple columns

I have table name Data imported in PowerBI ID IMPTEXT1 IMPTEXT2 A 1 4 5 4.5 2 5 4 4.3 3 4 4 4.7     I want Table in PowerBI which can calculate correlation between IMPT...
  • v-easonf-msft's avatar
    6 years ago

    Hi , maqsud 

    The Dax you provided is  just to   calculate correlation between IMPTEXT1 and IMPTEXT2 , so it gives you single correlation value.

    I think what you want is to calculate  the correlation between IMPTEXT1 and A 

     

    Correlation Coefficient_IMPTEXT1 = 
    VAR Correlation_Table =
        FILTER (
            ADDCOLUMNS (
                VALUES ( Data[ID] ),
                "Value_X", CALCULATE ( SUM ( Data[IMPTEXT1] ) ),
                "Value_Y", CALCULATE ( SUM ( Data[A] ) )
            ),
            AND (
                NOT ( ISBLANK ( [Value_X] ) ),
                NOT ( ISBLANK ( [Value_Y] ) )
            )
        )
    VAR Count_Items =
        COUNTROWS ( Correlation_Table )
    VAR Sum_X =
        SUMX ( Correlation_Table, [Value_X] )
    VAR Sum_X2 =
        SUMX ( Correlation_Table, [Value_X] ^ 2 )
    VAR Sum_Y =
        SUMX ( Correlation_Table, [Value_Y] )
    VAR Sum_Y2 =
        SUMX ( Correlation_Table, [Value_Y] ^ 2 )
    VAR Sum_XY =
        SUMX ( Correlation_Table, [Value_X] * [Value_Y] )
    VAR Pearson_Numerator =
        Count_Items * Sum_XY - Sum_X * Sum_Y
    VAR Pearson_Denominator_X =
        Count_Items * Sum_X2 - Sum_X ^ 2
    VAR Pearson_Denominator_Y =
        Count_Items * Sum_Y2 - Sum_Y ^ 2
    VAR Pearson_Denominator =
        SQRT (ABS( Pearson_Denominator_X * Pearson_Denominator_Y ))
    RETURN
        DIVIDE ( Pearson_Numerator, Pearson_Denominator )

     

    and the correlation between IMPTEXT2 and A .

     

    Correlation Coefficient_IMPTEXT2 = 
    VAR Correlation_Table =
        FILTER (
            ADDCOLUMNS (
                VALUES ( Data[ID] ),
                "Value_X", CALCULATE ( SUM ( Data[IMPTEXT2] ) ),
                "Value_Y", CALCULATE ( SUM ( Data[A] ) )
            ),
            AND (
                NOT ( ISBLANK ( [Value_X] ) ),
                NOT ( ISBLANK ( [Value_Y] ) )
            )
        )
    VAR Count_Items =
        COUNTROWS ( Correlation_Table )
    VAR Sum_X =
        SUMX ( Correlation_Table, [Value_X] )
    VAR Sum_X2 =
        SUMX ( Correlation_Table, [Value_X] ^ 2 )
    VAR Sum_Y =
        SUMX ( Correlation_Table, [Value_Y] )
    VAR Sum_Y2 =
        SUMX ( Correlation_Table, [Value_Y] ^ 2 )
    VAR Sum_XY =
        SUMX ( Correlation_Table, [Value_X] * [Value_Y] )
    VAR Pearson_Numerator =
        Count_Items * Sum_XY - Sum_X * Sum_Y
    VAR Pearson_Denominator_X =
        Count_Items * Sum_X2 - Sum_X ^ 2
    VAR Pearson_Denominator_Y =
        Count_Items * Sum_Y2 - Sum_Y ^ 2
    VAR Pearson_Denominator =
        SQRT ( ABS(Pearson_Denominator_X * Pearson_Denominator_Y ))
    RETURN
        DIVIDE ( Pearson_Numerator, Pearson_Denominator )

     

     

    If I misunderstand what you mean ,please feel free to let me know.

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Eason