DAX formula not recognizing period (.)

[Christina_R]

Hi,

I have an issue with a measure i try to create for calculating the profit target as 10% higher than the previous month's profit.

So I create a measure like this

Profit Target =

[Previous Month Profit] * 1.1

But unfortunately what it actually calculates is [previous Month Profit] * 11!!!

How can i fix this?

Many thanks!

Christina

[Christina_R · Accepted solution]

Hi all

thanks for your help

The issue now is fixed, after i applied my Windows settings to match the ones of Power BI.

For Windows i had comma (,) as decimal seperator and this seems to have been overruling the settings of Power BI

Christina

[Ashish_Mathur]

Hi,

Share the download link of the PBI file and show the problem there clearly.

[flath]

Hi Christina;

I've tried to create a measure the exact same way you did with your [Target Area] and it worked fine on my laptop.
So I would need to see how you created the measue [Previous Month Profit] in order to better understand what may not going well with measure [Profit Target].

[Christina_R]

Hi 

thanks!

that's the previous month profit measure

Previous Month Profit =

CALCULATE(

    [Total Profit],

    DATEADD(

        'Calendar Lookup'[Date],

        -1,

        MONTH

    ))

[flath]

Hi,

Insteade of using "DATEADD", have you tried using PREVIOUSMONTH?

It would be like this:

CALCULATE(

    [Total Profit],
    PREVIOUSMONTH('Calendar Lookup'[Date])

    )

[Christina_R]

Hi

same issue... 😞

[flath]

Maybe, using VARs...
*Copy and Paste the following DAX on your [Target Area] measure*

Profit Target =

VAR PreviousProfit = [Previous Month Profit] 
VAR increase = 1.1

RETURN PreviousProfit * increase

[Christina_R]

Hi

same issue. As long as i try to type in any decimal number it ignores the decimal and multiplies anything with 11

Christina

[flath]

Hi, Christina;

Please, go to "File" > "Options and Settings" > "Options" > "Regional Settings" 

Then, check the first option in "DAX separators" as you can see on image:



Hope this helps 🙂

[Christina_R]

Hi flath

it is already selected like this

thanks

[DoubleJ]

Hi
That's strange, seems to be some locale issue. As a workaround you could : 
[Previous Month Profit] * 110/100

Hope this helps
JJ

[Christina_R]

Hi Jj

thanks!

i did that already as a workaround but just was wondering if there is an actual fix

Christina