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chrisgehm
Helper III
9 years ago
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Divide 2 columns

Hi!   I've got a simple table in excel, where I have Name, Amount1 and Amount2   I need to show in PBI the diference betwen both and after that, I need to divide the diference with Amount1. Th...
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  • Sean's avatar
    Sean
    9 years ago

    You need to use only MEASURES for this! :smileyhappy:

     

    Amt1 Total = SUM('Table'[Amount1])

Amt2 Total = SUM('Table'[Amount2])

Difference = [Amt1 Total] - [Amt2 Total]

Divide = DIVIDE ( [Difference], [Amt1 Total], 0 )
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chrisgehm
Helper III
9 years ago

Anonymous

 

This is the excel

 

 

This is what I have in PBI:

 

 

Do you know why the division is not correct?

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Sean
Community Champion
9 years ago

You need to use only MEASURES for this! :smileyhappy:

 

Amt1 Total = SUM('Table'[Amount1])

Amt2 Total = SUM('Table'[Amount2])

Difference = [Amt1 Total] - [Amt2 Total]

Divide = DIVIDE ( [Difference], [Amt1 Total], 0 )
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    9 years ago

    Sean

    which would have been my solution too. You were faster :manhappy:

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    chrisgehm
    Helper III
    9 years ago

    Sean And if I want to get the values per Name?

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      Sean
      Community Champion
      9 years ago

      You will get the values per name in the Table - you have the names on the Rows! :smileyhappy:

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        chrisgehm
        Helper III
        9 years ago

        Sean it is still calculating wrong :(

         

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    6 years ago

    I have 2 columns Im using for calcluation: Crashes, TotalInstalls

    Using the syntax posted, I get an error:

    Amt1 Total = SUM('PerCapita30'[Crashes])
    Amt2 Total = SUM('PerCapita30'[TotalInstalls])
    Difference = [Amt1 Total] - [Amt2 Total]
    Divide = DIVIDE ( [Difference], [Amt1 Total], 0 )
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    Sean wrote:

    You need to use only MEASURES for this! :smileyhappy:

     

    Amt1 Total = SUM('Table'[Amount1])

Amt2 Total = SUM('Table'[Amount2])

Difference = [Amt1 Total] - [Amt2 Total]

Divide = DIVIDE ( [Difference], [Amt1 Total], 0 )

    he syntax for 'Amt2' is incorrect. (DAX(SUM('PerCapita30'[Crashes])Amt2 Total = SUM('PerCapita30'[TotalInstalls])