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markefrody
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3 years ago
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Concatenated Sum Not Adding Up

Hi everybody!   I have this table: I am trying to concatenate the "Carrier" + "Rail Car Count Sum" column and name the new column as "Legend : Total". When I did this, it is showing me addi...
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  • v-yueyunzh-msft's avatar
    v-yueyunzh-msft
    3 years ago

    Hi , markefrody 

    Thanks for your smaple .pbix file , for your need , i think the best way is to create a measure like this:

    Measure 2 = var _text1  =CONCATENATE( MAX('v_RailCarCountDaily'[Carrier]) , ":" )
return
CONCATENATE(_text1,[Rail Car Count Sum])

     

    Then we can meet your need:

     

     

     

    Thank you for your time and sharing, and thank you for your support and understanding of PowerBI! 

     

    Best Regards,

    Aniya Zhang

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v-yueyunzh-msft
Community Support
3 years ago

Hi , markefrody 

Thanks for your smaple .pbix file , for your need , i think the best way is to create a measure like this:

Measure 2 = var _text1  =CONCATENATE( MAX('v_RailCarCountDaily'[Carrier]) , ":" )
return
CONCATENATE(_text1,[Rail Car Count Sum])

 

Then we can meet your need:

 

 

 

Thank you for your time and sharing, and thank you for your support and understanding of PowerBI! 

 

Best Regards,

Aniya Zhang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

  • markefrody's avatar
    markefrody
    Post Patron
    3 years ago

    v-yueyunzh-msft thank you for your solution. Works like a charm!