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Greetings good people!
Please assist with capping the variance to a 999%. The reason for this is in some instances, the variance of MTD vs PY MTD is many digits eg 14628%. Instead, I would like it to reflect or be capped at 999%.
How can I amend my DAX below to do this?
DAX:
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Please try:
spl MTD VAR% Gross Activation =
VAR __BASELINE_VALUE = [spl MTD Gross Activation]
VAR __VALUE_TO_COMPARE = [MTD Gross Activation]
VAR __VALUE =
IF (
NOT ISBLANK ( __VALUE_TO_COMPARE ),
IF (
ISBLANK ( DIVIDE ( __VALUE_TO_COMPARE - __BASELINE_VALUE, __BASELINE_VALUE ) ),
VALUE ( "0.00" ),
DIVIDE ( __VALUE_TO_COMPARE - __BASELINE_VALUE, __BASELINE_VALUE )
)
)
VAR __RESULT =
MIN ( __VALUE, 9.99 )
RETURN
__RESULT
Best Regards,
Gao
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Hi @Kratos_ZA ,
Use SWITCH:
spl MTD VAR% Gross Activation =
VAR __BASELINE_VALUE = [spl MTD Gross Activation]
VAR __VALUE_TO_COMPARE = [MTD Gross Activation]
VAR __VALUE =
IF (
NOT ISBLANK ( __VALUE_TO_COMPARE ),
IF (
ISBLANK ( DIVIDE ( __VALUE_TO_COMPARE - __BASELINE_VALUE, __BASELINE_VALUE ) ),
VALUE ( "0.00" ),
DIVIDE ( __VALUE_TO_COMPARE - __BASELINE_VALUE, __BASELINE_VALUE )
)
)
VAR __RESULT =
SWITCH ( TRUE (), __VALUE < -9.99, -9.99, __VALUE > 9.99, 9.99, __VALUE )
RETURN
__RESULT
Best Regards,
Gao
Community Support Team
If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly. If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!
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Thanks so much! I really really appreciate the help!
Please try:
spl MTD VAR% Gross Activation =
VAR __BASELINE_VALUE = [spl MTD Gross Activation]
VAR __VALUE_TO_COMPARE = [MTD Gross Activation]
VAR __VALUE =
IF (
NOT ISBLANK ( __VALUE_TO_COMPARE ),
IF (
ISBLANK ( DIVIDE ( __VALUE_TO_COMPARE - __BASELINE_VALUE, __BASELINE_VALUE ) ),
VALUE ( "0.00" ),
DIVIDE ( __VALUE_TO_COMPARE - __BASELINE_VALUE, __BASELINE_VALUE )
)
)
VAR __RESULT =
MIN ( __VALUE, 9.99 )
RETURN
__RESULT
Best Regards,
Gao
Community Support Team
If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly. If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!
How to get your questions answered quickly -- How to provide sample data
Thank you so much! One more thing, I forgot to add, the bottom cap sorry. So it must not exceed 999% and not be lower than -999%, how can we add -999% to the dax you just did?
Hi @Kratos_ZA ,
Use SWITCH:
spl MTD VAR% Gross Activation =
VAR __BASELINE_VALUE = [spl MTD Gross Activation]
VAR __VALUE_TO_COMPARE = [MTD Gross Activation]
VAR __VALUE =
IF (
NOT ISBLANK ( __VALUE_TO_COMPARE ),
IF (
ISBLANK ( DIVIDE ( __VALUE_TO_COMPARE - __BASELINE_VALUE, __BASELINE_VALUE ) ),
VALUE ( "0.00" ),
DIVIDE ( __VALUE_TO_COMPARE - __BASELINE_VALUE, __BASELINE_VALUE )
)
)
VAR __RESULT =
SWITCH ( TRUE (), __VALUE < -9.99, -9.99, __VALUE > 9.99, 9.99, __VALUE )
RETURN
__RESULT
Best Regards,
Gao
Community Support Team
If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly. If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!
How to get your questions answered quickly -- How to provide sample data
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