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Jam1
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DAX DIVIDE function/expression with one column?

Hello,

 

I am new to power BI DAX constructs and would like some help.  Task is to simply divide items within a single column.  Is this possibe?  For example - given the grid below, take New lable total purchases for Jan (west region) and divide by new label total purchases for Jan (total region) * 100 to get percentage.  Essentially, (3148 / 33888) * 100 = 9.3%.  All of the documentation that I've come across requires division to be taken place with two seperate columns.  Can you advise on how to express this calculation with the appropriate DAX formula?  I greatly appreciate the assist.

 

labelMonth-of-PurchaseRegionPurchaseWkTotal Puchase
NewJanWest2015W023148
NewFebEast2015W057195
ModerateDecSouth2015W491882
OldMarNorth2015W152779
OldMarTotal Region2015W1515999
NewJanTotal Region2015W0533888
ModerateDecTotal Region2016W4944444

 

 

 

Thanks!

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th3h0bb5
Resolver II
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I think your best bet is going to be to clean your data. As a general rule, you shouldn't have values and aggregated totals in the same column. If you took out the Totals from that column, you could use this DAX:

 

column= [Total Purchase] / SUM([Total Purchase]) *100

 

If you're unable to clean the data, I suggest trying the CALCULATE function (click here to read more).

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th3h0bb5
Resolver II
Resolver II

I think your best bet is going to be to clean your data. As a general rule, you shouldn't have values and aggregated totals in the same column. If you took out the Totals from that column, you could use this DAX:

 

column= [Total Purchase] / SUM([Total Purchase]) *100

 

If you're unable to clean the data, I suggest trying the CALCULATE function (click here to read more).

Agreed.  Best bet certainly looks like cleaning the data.  Thanks a ton!

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