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Dax calculation assistance
Hi could you help me?
I could do this calculation in Excel, but DAX is entirely new to me.
Column 1 has names the following names in each row eg John, Fred, Jane
Column 2 has the states the total population of potential leads in the respective areas for those in column 1 eg 50, 70, 90 (in each of the first 3 rows).
Column 3 lists how many leads that John Fred and Jane made contact with eg 20, 40, 50.
John Fred and Jane need to make contact with 95% of leads over the quarter. I need to calculate a measure showing how many lead contacts needed for John Fred and Jane to reach the 95% target.
The formula will look like this: Measure = (0.95 * Total Population) - Leads made contact with
or: Measure = (0.95 * column 2) - column 3
How do I write that in DAX?
The actual data is below.
So I need to calculate the following:
Measure = (0.95 * Base Population) - Enrolled
How do I write that in DAX?
Where can I learn how to write formulae in DAX? Thanks so much Power BI experts!
Thanks so much :-
So, the formula should be something like:
Measure = (SUM([Base Population]) * .95) - SUM([Enrolled])
As a column, you could just do:
Column = ([Base Population] * .95) - [Enrolled]
Parenthesis around the multiplication are not strictly necessary given order of operations.
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- Greg_Deckler
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So, the formula should be something like:
Measure = (SUM([Base Population]) * .95) - SUM([Enrolled])
As a column, you could just do:
Column = ([Base Population] * .95) - [Enrolled]
Parenthesis around the multiplication are not strictly necessary given order of operations.