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I know that it sounds like a beginner level problem, but being a seasoned Power BI guy I've ran into a quite weird scenario that upon comparing two measures, the equal to comparison is not working correctly.
Here's the DAX:
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Please supply some data to test and examples of when this does not work.
How are you calculating the 2 measures [Total Activities] and [Yearly Average of Activities] ?
What data types are these measures? By their naming I'd expect [Total Activities] to be Whole Number and [Yearly Average of Activities] to be a Decimal?
If so, could it be that the decimal is formatted to look like a whole number, thereby giving the impression that both measures are equal at times?
Regards
Phil
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@PhilipTreacy I found out partially it was due to formatting (decimal formatted as whole number), topped up with some filter context issues which I took care of.
Cheers mate. 🙂
Please supply some data to test and examples of when this does not work.
How are you calculating the 2 measures [Total Activities] and [Yearly Average of Activities] ?
What data types are these measures? By their naming I'd expect [Total Activities] to be Whole Number and [Yearly Average of Activities] to be a Decimal?
If so, could it be that the decimal is formatted to look like a whole number, thereby giving the impression that both measures are equal at times?
Regards
Phil
Proud to be a Super User!
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