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RonLieuw
Helper I
8 years ago
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  I need to calculate a Sex ratio ([male/female]*100) for every year. I read on the forum to make 3 measure e.g F, M and use sexratio=M/F. I am having problems calculating the measures F and M, wh...
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  • Ashish_Mathur's avatar
    Ashish_Mathur
    8 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Do not drag Sex to the column area section.  Just drag years to the row area section and then write the 3 measures that i shared with you in my earlier post.

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RonLieuw
Helper I
8 years ago

Hi Cherry, thanks for showing me this method of calculating the sex ratio before unpivoting the columns. I was not aware you could do it as you proposed.

Does this means that it is not possible to calculate the sex ratio if the tabel has been pivotted?

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Ashish_Mathur
Super User
8 years ago

Hi,

 

If you want to get your desired result on an unpivoted dataset, try these measures:

 

Males = CALCULATE(SUM(Data[Aantal]),Data[Sex]="Male")

Females = CALCULATE(SUM(Data[Aantal]),Data[Sex]="Female")

Sex ratio (%) = [Males]/[Females]

 

Hope this helps.

  • RonLieuw's avatar
    RonLieuw
    Helper I
    8 years ago

    HI , thanks for your input. This certainly helps!.

    Can I conclude that you cannot caculate the sex ratio on a pivotted list?

    • Ashish_Mathur's avatar
      Ashish_Mathur
      Super User
      8 years ago

      Hi,

       

      v-piga-msft has already shared that solution with you.

      • RonLieuw's avatar
        RonLieuw
        Helper I
        8 years ago

        Asish, v-piga-msft solution was for an unpivotted file with columns for male and female!