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Anonymous
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6 years ago
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Error on Subtracting two measures having format

Hi PaulDBrown  and @all,

Here is one more Issue i am facing. I think you can fix this. 
Continuing to the link below.
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/sign-currency-for-only-few-rows-based-upon-condition/m-p/946863/highlight/false#M453719

 

I have subtracted two measures and applied in matrix which gives me an error as shown in the screenshot.
Change = [January] - [February]

 

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  • v-lid-msft's avatar
    v-lid-msft
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    We can try to use the following measure to meet your requirement:

     

    Change =
VALUE (
    SUBSTITUTE (
        [January Total] & "",
        "$",
        ""
    )
)
    - VALUE (
        SUBSTITUTE (
            [February Total] & "",
            "$",
            ""
        )
    )

     

    If it does not work, could you please share the formula of [Janury Total] and [February Total] if it does not contain any confidential information?


    Best regards,

     

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  • PaulDBrown's avatar
    PaulDBrown
    Community Champion
    6 years ago

    Anonymous 

     

    Make sure that all columns and measures used in the calculations are formatted as some sort of number (not "general" nor "text" etc..)

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      6 years ago

      Thanks for reply PaulDBrown 

      The calculation used for Change are measures [January Total] and [February Total] which have the same data type as shown in below screenshot.

       Change = [January Total] - [February Total] 

      Still results in same error.  Is there any thing else I am missing ?

      • santiagomur's avatar
        santiagomur
        Resolver II
        6 years ago

        i think some of the columns you use to calculate january total or february total is txt or some are date and other numeric.