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Card value not matching table value
Anonymous Lots of potential issues. Use of TI functions, use of CALCULATE but your real issue is likely a measures total problem. This looks like a measure totals problem. Very common. See my post about it here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/DAX-Commands-and-Tips/Dealing-with-Measure-Totals/td-p/63376
Also, this Quick Measure, Measure Totals, The Final Word should get you what you need:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Measure-Totals-The-Final-Word/m-p/547907
Greg_Deckler I appreciate your quick response and assistance. Perhaps your solution is above my pay grade. The end intent was to show a graph, card, or KPI comparing the current period to the same period last year, and not display a table. I used the table to try to communicate my conundrum. I'm new to measures, so I don't know how to reference a table in a measure. Is there a way to rewrite my DAX for SPLY to resolve my issue?
Anonymous I guess my point is, don't trust that your table calculation is correct. Table and Matrix visualizations are broken in terms of the totals they return. It is easy to have totals in Table and Matrix visaulizations NOT be the sum of all of the rows displayed in the table. So, I would trust your Card visualizations over your table/matrix visualizations any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Greg_Deckler I appreciate your expertise. I reviewed your suggested content and also found your videos on Youtube; unfortunately, it either didn't resolve the specific issue I am having or your strategy is just beyond my current capability. I reviewed the data directly from the Oracle database, outside of Power BI, and the table values are correct. My Current MTD/YTD tables and totals are correct, while the same period last year (MTD/YTD SPLY) table is correct but the total is accounting for the entire month (not the same partial MTD as Current MTD).
Am I hopeless, or are there other avenues to try?