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DAX / Measures Help - Find difference using same measure

Community, 

I am looking to return a difference between 2 values based on a lookup. The 2 values I want to find the difference of are from the same measure. Please see the example below, any help is appreciated.

 

My example data (TABLE1)

TABLE1.PNG

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For each Test ID, I get the average of the last two values using a measure. This is my code to return that value

 

Average Data Last 2 = 
CALCULATE (
    AVERAGE ( 'TABLE1'[DATA] ),
    FILTER (
        ALL ( 'TABLE1'[INDEX] ),
        'TABLE1'[INDEX] <= MAX( 'TABLE1'[INDEX] )
            && 'TABLE1'[INDEX]
                > (MAX('TABLE1'[INDEX]) - 2)
    )
) ​

 

 

This allows me to have a table that looks something like this

TABLE1 AVG.PNG

 

 

 

 

 

Now the part I cannot get correct, I want to find the difference between the Test ID and the Ref ID. In this example there are two Test ID's, 1 and 2, the Ref ID refers to the Test ID we are trying to evaluate against. The result should return something like below in the Difference of Test ID to Ref ID column, where the math would be (Test ID, 1, Average Data Last 2) - (Ref ID 2, Lookup Test ID, 2, Average Data Last 2) or 11.5-10 = 1

 

TABLE1 RETURN.PNG

 

 

Any Help Is Appreciated, Thanks!!

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parry2k
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous try this measure to get the difference

 

Diff Test Id to Ref Id = 
VAR __avgRefId = CALCULATE ( [Avg Last Two], FILTER ( ALL( Ref ), Ref[Test Id] = MAX( Ref[Ref Id] ) ) )
RETURN [Avg Last Two] - __avgRefId

 



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parry2k
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous try this measure to get the difference

 

Diff Test Id to Ref Id = 
VAR __avgRefId = CALCULATE ( [Avg Last Two], FILTER ( ALL( Ref ), Ref[Test Id] = MAX( Ref[Ref Id] ) ) )
RETURN [Avg Last Two] - __avgRefId

 



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Learn Power BI and Fabric - subscribe to our YT channel - Click here: @PowerBIHowTo

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