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TheITAnalyst13
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DAX Formula for subtracting columns?

Hi All,

 

I'm trying to subtract the value of 2 columns in such a way as below:

 

Column AColumn BColumn CColumn D
A08SUM(B2:B3)-SUM(C2:C3)
A30
C010SUM(B4:B5)-SUM(C4:C5)
C50

 

Can someone please help to give me a formula for Column D? I tried the formula below but it is not working:

 

Column D = CALCULATE(SUM(Column B)-SUM(Column C))

 

Appreciate help on this!

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Hi @TheITAnalyst13,

 

That case, you could new a calculated table with below DAX formula:

Tb2 =
SUMMARIZE (
    Tb1,
    Tb1[Column A],
    "ColumnB", SUM ( Tb1[Column B] ),
    "ColumnC", SUM ( Tb1[Column C] ),
    "ColumnD", SUM ( Tb1[Column B] ) - SUM ( Tb1[Column C] )
)

1.PNG

 

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @TheITAnalyst13,

 

Column D =
CALCULATE ( SUM ( Tb1[Column B] ), ALLEXCEPT ( Tb1, Tb1[Column A] ) )
    - CALCULATE ( SUM ( Tb1[Column C] ), ALLEXCEPT ( Tb1, Tb1[Column A] ) )

1.PNG

 

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Thanks for the suggestion Yuliana!

 

Is there a way I can sum the same item together so it will only appear in one row.

 

From this:

 

Column AColumn BColumn CColumn D
A08SUM(B2:B3)-SUM(C2:C3)
A30
C010SUM(B4:B5)-SUM(C4:C5)
C50

 

To this:

 

Column AColumn BColumn CColumn D
A0+38+0B9-C9
C0+510+0B10-C10

Hi @TheITAnalyst13,

 

That case, you could new a calculated table with below DAX formula:

Tb2 =
SUMMARIZE (
    Tb1,
    Tb1[Column A],
    "ColumnB", SUM ( Tb1[Column B] ),
    "ColumnC", SUM ( Tb1[Column C] ),
    "ColumnD", SUM ( Tb1[Column B] ) - SUM ( Tb1[Column C] )
)

1.PNG

 

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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