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JBikker
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8 years ago
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Costs / daycount

Hi there, I'm just starting with Power BI and can't figure out the following.   I have a daycount colomn and a costs colomn. I want to device costs by total daycount. After that I want to multiply...
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    v-frfei-msft
    8 years ago

    Hi JBikker,

     

    Here we can take the following steps to meet your requirement.

     

    1. Add a calculated column to get the sum of Daycount per contract.

     

    Sum = CALCULATE(SUM(Subscriptions[Daycount]),FILTER(ALL(Subscriptions),Subscriptions[Part of contract]=EARLIER(Subscriptions[Part of contract])))

    2. Then can need to update the formula as below.

     

    Result = RELATED(Contracts[Costs 2018]) / Subscriptions[Sum] * Subscriptions[Daycount]

     

    For more details, please check the pbix as attached.

     

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/ofd8q15osojrozr/prev2.pbix?dl=0

     

    Regards,

    Frank

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JBikker
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8 years ago

v-frfei-msftThanks so much for your help! I'm getting closer.  I have two followup questions.

 

1. How can you calculate daycount if there is no enddate yet? If the enddate is blank I would like to get the result Startdate > Today

2. 'Price' is not always the same. Subscriptions are part of different contract.  When I used your method in my model it did not filter per contract but instead summed up all 'daycount's from different contracts.

 

I've attached a file.. Hopefully this makes it a bit more clear. The column result does not make any sense.

 

https://wetransfer.com/downloads/2c34615a0ebc0ae4241048b8e0e3fc5d20180807152428/d0cb3c5ac7d1392ce5ee08c9ba984e6f20180807152428/856d47

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v-frfei-msft
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8 years ago

Hi JBikker,

 

Here we can take the following steps to meet your requirement.

 

1. Add a calculated column to get the sum of Daycount per contract.

 

Sum = CALCULATE(SUM(Subscriptions[Daycount]),FILTER(ALL(Subscriptions),Subscriptions[Part of contract]=EARLIER(Subscriptions[Part of contract])))

2. Then can need to update the formula as below.

 

Result = RELATED(Contracts[Costs 2018]) / Subscriptions[Sum] * Subscriptions[Daycount]

 

For more details, please check the pbix as attached.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ofd8q15osojrozr/prev2.pbix?dl=0

 

Regards,

Frank

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    v-frfei-msft
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    8 years ago

    Hi JBikker,

     

    Does that make sense? If so, kindly mark my answer as a solution to close the case please.

     

    Regards,

    Frank

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      JBikker
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      8 years ago

      Hi Frank, Yes it does make sense. Thanks so much! I tried to close it a couple of times now but I keep getting the following error. I tried different browser but I keep getting the error... JavaScript is on...

      Authentication failed for the action you are trying to do. This failure could be due to your browser not supporting JavaScript, JavaScript not being enabled, or trying to use the action URL directly in the browser address bar instead of clicking the link on the page.