Counting Percentage problem.

[ppgandhi11]

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-

[ppgandhi11]

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.

[Phil_Seamark · Accepted solution]

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.

[ppgandhi11]

I have one more question before closing this out.

While using a Line Chart for percent Good sale for Customers, I see 0-20-40-60-80-100 as pre defined percentage that shows up on vertical axis (y axis). Is there a way to:

1. display 0-10-20-30-40... 100 for percentages?

2. A horizontal dotted line at 70% that clearly shows who is above 70 and who is below 70%?

3. Every customer (x axis) should have his own dot on the graph where it belongs. Today, if i move the cursor i see a pop up value for each customer on the line, but I want to keep a visible dots for each customer. It is easily done in excel. I am looking for that in Power BI.

Thanks a lot.

[Phil_Seamark]

HI @ppgandhi11

For number 2, you could try this

[ppgandhi11]

yes, it worked for #2. Thanks a lot for pointing it out.

Is there a way to address 1 and 3? Thanks again!

[Phil_Seamark]

HI @ppgandhi11

Not so sure about #1 but can these settings help you with #3?

[nickchobotar]

@ppgandhi11

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  --

[Phil_Seamark]

HI @ppgandhi11

Why not just add another calculated column using your formula.

new column = 'table'[GoodSale] * 100 / 'table'[TotalSale]