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AndrewH1
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Calculation over specific rows

Hi,

I'm still new to Power BI, and right now I have a problem with what I believe is data being summed at the wrong time. I have a table that is organized by region, date, commodity, scenario (either the forecast or budget), metric (either volume or price) and then there is the value. Each row is one of those combinations, i.e. the forecasted price, budgeted price, or forecasted volume. I'm trying to calculate the future budget impact using (Forecast - budget) * volume, but I am having trouble with the result being far off when more than one region/commodity/date is selected.

 

The original solution, which I believe causes it to sum the data before doing the calculation is Impact = ((CALCULATE(Sum(Main[Value]), Main[Scenario]="Forecast", Main[Metric]="Price")-CALCULATE(Sum(Main[Value]), Main[Scenario]="Budget",Main[Metric]="Price")))*(CALCULATE(Sum(Main[Value]), Main[Scenario]="Forecast", Main[Metric]="Volume")).

 

Instead I want it to do the calculation, then sum over the possibilities. (I believe it does (Σforecast - Σbudget) * Σvolume, when I want Σ((forecast - budget) * volume)) ) I've been trying to filter out the different types of values, but have had no luck so far. Any help or solution to this would be amazing.

 

Thanks!

 

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v-chuncz-msft
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@AndrewH1,

 

You may first Merge Columns and Pivot Column in Query Editor, then use SUMX Function in DAX.

Community Support Team _ Sam Zha
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-chuncz-msft
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Community Support

@AndrewH1,

 

You may first Merge Columns and Pivot Column in Query Editor, then use SUMX Function in DAX.

Community Support Team _ Sam Zha
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
BKirsch12
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I've found the using multiple measures makes the code easier to follow, as well as either to work with. I'd recommend you use your current code to make 4 measures.

 

Forecasted Price = CALCULATE(Sum(Main[Value]), Main[Scenario]="Forecast", Main[Metric]="Price")

 

Budgeted Price =CALCULATE(Sum(Main[Value]), Main[Scenario]="Budget",Main[Metric]="Price")

 

Forecasted Volume =CALCULATE(Sum(Main[Value]), Main[Scenario]="Forecast", Main[Metric]="Volume")

 

Your Calculation = (Forecasted Price - Budgeted Price) * Forecasted Volume

 

As far as displaying the information, you'll need to decide how to do that (By Commodity Type, etc.). 

 

Let me know if this helps.

 

 

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