Compare columns from 2 tables and get aggregate values

[Anonymous]

I have 2 tables ,

Table 1: my raw data table (Fact Table) It has multiple rows because of the multiple sales value

Table 2 : My forecast table which predicts the price for a particular month and It has unique rows

 I want to compare the columns , Country,State,Department,Description,Month in both table 1 and 2 and get the sum value of table 1 and put it in the table 2 "Sales val".This is how the resultant table 2 should look after the transformation.

[parry2k · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous this makes way more sense. The better approach for this would be to create the following dimension tables:

- A state dimension table that contains a unique row of States and country, because a State can be in one and one country.

- A department table with a unique list of departments

- A description or category table with a unique list

- A date dimension (you can easily add this from my blog post)

Once all above are in the model, set the relationship between your sales and forecast table with each dimension, it will one to many relationships, dimension tables will on one side of the relationship.

And from here everything will be super smooth, in a visual, get a column from each dimension table and sum of sales and sum of the forecast from the respective table.

This is the right way of doing things.

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[parry2k]

@Anonymous compare all column1 to x and then get the sum of compare column1 with column1 and then get the sum. ??? 

You should throw some sample data with the expected output. Read this post to get your answer quickly.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/How-to-Get-Your-Question-Answered-Quickly/ba-p/38490

[Anonymous]

@parry2k I have edited my question and added some data,thanks for your time

[parry2k]

@Anonymous do you have any common id between these two tables that can set the relationship together. Id which is unique in Table 2?

[Anonymous]

No there isn't any. Table 1 is a fact table and table 2 is also a fact table in a way. 

But i wanted a Dax query where i can use =calculate (sum(sales val), match the columns with table 1)