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RingoSun
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Helper II

Calculating percentage

I am not quite sure how to word this question so please bear with me! So basically I want to get the percentage value of Client which is 15.26%. I got the table below by just simply choosing the Percent of grand total option.

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However I've been trying out calculations trying to get that same value but it keeps giving me 100% instead just like below but the total is showing the value that I want which is 15.26%. 

 

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What can I do here? Apologies if my question isn't clear

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Fowmy
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@RingoSun 

It's all about modifying the filter context using CALCULATE.
Example: To get the % of grand total by brand would be as follows. Adjust this example as per your data model

Calc % of Grand Total =
DIVIDE (
    [Total Sales],
    CALCULATE ( [Total Sales], ALLSELECTED ( 'Product'[Brand] ) )
)









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Fowmy
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@RingoSun 

It's all about modifying the filter context using CALCULATE.
Example: To get the % of grand total by brand would be as follows. Adjust this example as per your data model

Calc % of Grand Total =
DIVIDE (
    [Total Sales],
    CALCULATE ( [Total Sales], ALLSELECTED ( 'Product'[Brand] ) )
)









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@Fowmy 

That seems to have done the trick, thanks! But just an additional question.

 

If I put the newly created percentage measure as my Y- axis in a line chart and Month name as my X - axis, I get this line graph below.

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Now I know for a fact that the percentage for client is 15.26% so what I want is instead of the line graph amounting to 100% when you total all the months, I want it to amount to 15.26% instead.

 

How do I achieve that?

@RingoSun 

Then you will need to use ALL within Calculate instad of   ALLSELECTED

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