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Counting Percentage problem.
Hi, I am very new to power bi. trying to get hold on the functionalities. I have following dataset.
Customer TotalSale GoodSale
ABC 120 90
DEF 200 156
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Both TotalSale and GoodSale are calculated columns. I used the Add Column functionality to get to this point. Please let me know if you need to know more details about TotalSale and GoodSale formula I have used. I think they are irrelevant so I am not digressing.
I want to add a column/measure that calculates the percentage of GoodSale against TotalSale. So final output should be something like:
Customer TotalSale GoodSale %GoodSale
ABC 120 90 75 (90*100/120)
DEF 200 156 78 (200*100/156)
How to achieve this? Further, I want to color code it. if the %GoodSale is > 70 then color it green, otherwise color is red.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
Prashant-
The conditional formatting features don't currently support using measurse to determine the back/font colur.
You can use the code to generate arrows or other characters (thumbs up/down etc).
Let me know if you'd like help with that.
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HI ppgandhi11
Why not just add another calculated column using your formula.
new column = 'table'[GoodSale] * 100 / 'table'[TotalSale]
I figured out the first part. I created new measure and then I used the Calculate function as below.
Measure = calculate(sum(GoodSale)/TotalSale * 100)
This gives me the desired output in the last column.
The conditional formating is still outstanding. I don't know how to get that done. I have created another measure called ColorCode
ColorCode = if(%GoodSale > 70, "Green", "Red")
This gives additional column at the end that prints Green and Red based on the %GoodSale column value. However, I want to print the text "Green" in Green color and "Red" in Red color. How to get that done? Any idea? Thanks a lot.
The conditional formatting features don't currently support using measurse to determine the back/font colur.
You can use the code to generate arrows or other characters (thumbs up/down etc).
Let me know if you'd like help with that.
I would suggest you to use a DIVIDE() function with its powerful alternative value feature as a third argument.
Percentage =
DIVIDE(
SUM(Table1[GoodSale]),
SUM(Table1[TotalSale ]),
BLANK() // will return blank if error
)You can set the percentage in the Modeling menu and use conditional formatting for your coloring as Phil_Seamark suggested.
Nick --
