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MNGoodyear
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7 years ago
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Calculations

HI,

 

I am sure this will be simple but very annoying.

 

I have cretaed a very simple example to demonstrate my frustration/inability

 

In the below table I have created the margin column and the total margin column using DAX formula

 

if you take total margin i have created a formula as follows:

Total Margin =
(SUM('Report 1'[Price]) - SUM('Report 1'[Cost])) * SUM('Report 1'[Qty])

 

This works when dispalying the data in a table , but the totals dont work  and similarily it wouldn't work if i wanted to display the value in a "Card" , as the context of the "product" has been lost.

 

In the example the total for "Total Margin" should be 2480, not 9900

 

I apprciate this is because i am using "Sum" in the calulation but cannot see any other way.

 

In other tools you can apply context by saying somthing like:

 (SUM('Report 1'[Price]) - SUM('Report 1'[Cost])) * SUM('Report 1'[Qty]) in ('Report 1'[Product])

 

Product priceCostmarginqtyTotal Margin
a10080205100
b50401010100
c302821530
d20015050201000
e15010050251250
Totals530398132759900

 

 

Is there a simple way to achieve this

 

Thanks

  • MNGoodyear

     

    Use this MEASURE instead.

     

    Hopefully this will work for both table and card visual

     

    Total MArgin = SUMX('Report 1',([price]-[Cost])*[qty])

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  • Zubair_Muhammad's avatar
    Zubair_Muhammad
    Community Champion

    MNGoodyear

     

    Use this MEASURE instead.

     

    Hopefully this will work for both table and card visual

     

    Total MArgin = SUMX('Report 1',([price]-[Cost])*[qty])