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KatieH
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Change Structure of Table to be Cumulative

Hi all,

 

Looking for a bit of help on how to achieve this. I have a data table of clients with two separate amounts showing sales and waste per quarter as shown here:

Client NameQuarterSoldWaste
Group ABCQ1102
Group ABCQ2153
Group ABCQ351
Group ABCQ48

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I would like to amend the table so that it shows the cumlative number for each quarter (so Q2 = Q2 + Q1, Q3 = Q3 + Q2 + Q1 etc.) like this:

Client NameQuarterSoldWaste
Group ABCQ1102
Group ABCQ2255
Group ABCQ3306
Group ABCQ438

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Ideally I would like this to be done in the dataset itself rather than using measures etc. due to the way the rest of the report is formatted. Can anyone advise what steps I'd need to take to achieve this?

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@KatieH 

you can modify the DAX

 

sold2 = sumx(FILTER('Table','Table'[Client Name]=earlier('Table'[Client Name])&&'Table'[Quarter]<=EARLIER('Table'[Quarter])),'Table'[Sold])




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ryan_mayu
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@KatieH 

is this what you want?

sold2 = sumx(FILTER('Table','Table'[Quarter]<=EARLIER('Table'[Quarter])),'Table'[Sold])

waste2 = sumx(FILTER('Table','Table'[Quarter]<=EARLIER('Table'[Quarter])),'Table'[Waste])

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Hi @ryan_mayu 

That's almost what I want but that is summing everything in the table and there are numerous different groups. Is there a way I can make it sum by each particular group?

@KatieH 

you can modify the DAX

 

sold2 = sumx(FILTER('Table','Table'[Client Name]=earlier('Table'[Client Name])&&'Table'[Quarter]<=EARLIER('Table'[Quarter])),'Table'[Sold])




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Fantastic - thank you @ryan_mayu!

you are welcome





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