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Anonymous
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Cumulative Values

Hi,

I have monthly data that needs to also be changed into cumulative data. I have more than 1 column to switch to cumulative. I was able to pull it with 1 of the columns with this calculated column:;

 
Cumulative Vol = CALCULATE(
    SUM(Sheet1[Vol ]),
    Sheet1[Month]<=EARLIER(Sheet1[Month])
    )
 
But when I use the same formula with just different column names as such;
 
Cumulative NNS = CALCULATE(
    sum(Sheet1[NNS]),
    Sheet1[Month]<=EARLIER(Sheet1[Month])
    )
 
I get this error message;
"A circular dependency was detected: Sheet1[Cumulative Vol], Sheet1[Cumulative NNS], Sheet1[Cumulative Vol]."
 
Thanks in advance
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TeigeGao
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi @Anonymous ,

We can change the query as the following one:

Cumulative Vol = CALCULATE(
SUM(Sheet1[VOL]),
FILTER(ALL(Sheet1),Sheet1[Month]<=EARLIER(Sheet1[Month])
))

Cumulative NNS = CALCULATE(
sum(Sheet1[NNS]),
FILTER(ALL(Sheet1),Sheet1[Month]<=EARLIER(Sheet1[Month])
))

The result will like below:

PBIDesktop_dhl6fdFpZN.png

Best Regards,

Teige

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TeigeGao
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi @Anonymous ,

We can change the query as the following one:

Cumulative Vol = CALCULATE(
SUM(Sheet1[VOL]),
FILTER(ALL(Sheet1),Sheet1[Month]<=EARLIER(Sheet1[Month])
))

Cumulative NNS = CALCULATE(
sum(Sheet1[NNS]),
FILTER(ALL(Sheet1),Sheet1[Month]<=EARLIER(Sheet1[Month])
))

The result will like below:

PBIDesktop_dhl6fdFpZN.png

Best Regards,

Teige

parry2k
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous here is great article on this, hope it helps.



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