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elenita62
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9 years ago
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Excel Formula to PowerBI

Hi, I am new here...    I have this formula in Excel +P12/N12-1, and now I am trying to use it en PowerBI desktop and it doesn't work.   My calculated formula in PowerBI  is> Base = DIVIDE(sum([R...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    I may be mixing up blank/zero parsing... Try

     

    Base = IF(
	ISBLANK(SUM([R14-15])),
	BLANK(),
	DIVIDE(
		SUM([R15-16]),
		SUM([R14-15]),
		0
	) - 1
)
Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
9 years ago

All those rows that show -100% have blank values in R14-15 and R15-16, so DIVIDE returns zero. Zero minus one is negative one. Negative one is negative one hundred percent. So those results are correct for the formula you wanted to replicate. That's what your excel formula would return given the same data. If you'd like those rows to return 0 instead of -1, you could do something like

 

Base = IF(
	SUM([R14-15]) = 0,
	0,
	DIVIDE(
		SUM([R15-16]),
		SUM([R14-15]),
		0
	) - 1
)

 

elenita62's avatar
elenita62
Frequent Visitor
9 years ago

The same result that Base = DIVIDE(sum([R15-16]),sum([R14-15]),0) - 1

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    9 years ago

    I may be mixing up blank/zero parsing... Try

     

    Base = IF(
	ISBLANK(SUM([R14-15])),
	BLANK(),
	DIVIDE(
		SUM([R15-16]),
		SUM([R14-15]),
		0
	) - 1
)
    • elenita62's avatar
      elenita62
      Frequent Visitor
      9 years ago

      Thank you soo much!!! It worked fine!