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Raul
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9 years ago
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Difference between two columns or rows

Hello everybody, I need to find the difference between two columns or two rows within a table or matrix of values. I have the following situation:   YEAR ZONE       EAST W...
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  • dkay84_PowerBI's avatar
    dkay84_PowerBI
    9 years ago

    Create a measure called "Difference"

     

    Difference =
IF (
    HASONEVALUE ( 'Table'[YEAR] ),
    BLANK (),
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ( 'Table'[AMOUNT] ),
        FILTER ( 'Table', 'Table'[YEAR] = MAX ( 'Table'[YEAR] ) )
    )
        - CALCULATE (
            SUM ( 'Table'[AMOUNT] ),
            FILTER ( 'Table', 'Table'[YEAR] = MIN ( 'Table'[YEAR] ) )
        )
)

    Then a measure called "%Inc"

     

    %Inc =
DIVIDE (
    [Difference],
    CALCULATE (
        SUM ( 'Table'[AMOUNT] ),
        FILTER ( 'Table', 'Table'[YEAR] = MIN ( 'Table'[YEAR] ) )
    )
)

    Then just shrink the columns in your matrix that have no data so they don't show up, and make sure to turn the row totals on:

     

    Oh and change the formatting/style for the measures as desired.

Raul's avatar
Raul
Post Patron
9 years ago

Hi smoupre,

This is the sample data:

IDZONEDATEPHYSAMOUNTYEAR
1EAST01/02/2015 3.000   2015
2WEST01/02/2015 1.000   2015
3NORTH01/02/2015 2.500   2015
4EAST01/03/2015 1.320   2015
5WEST01/03/2015 2.200   2015
6NORTH01/03/2015 2.500   2015
7EAST01/02/2016 2.000   2016
8WEST01/02/2016 1.000   2016
9NORTH01/02/2016 2.000   2016
10EAST01/03/2016 3.200   2016
11WEST01/03/2016 1.000   2016
12NORTH01/03/2016 5.500   2016

 

I create the new measure like this:

Difference = CALCULATE(SUM([AMOUNT]);FILTER(Tabla1;[Year]=MAX([Year])) - CALCULATE(SUM([AMOUNT]);FILTER(Tabla1;[Year]=MIN([Year]))))

 

But it throw an error in the FILTER function. What is wrong?

Thanks

Greg_Deckler's avatar
Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
9 years ago

Try this:

 

Difference = var MaxYear = MAX(Zones[YEAR])
var MinYear = MIN(Zones[YEAR])
RETURN CALCULATE(SUM([AMOUNT]),Zones[YEAR]=MaxYear) - CALCULATE(SUM([AMOUNT]),Zones[YEAR]=MinYear)