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CraigMoran
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5 years ago
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Forecast modeling for Financials

I have actuals coming in to my model each month. I also have a forecast for the remiander of the year. How can I build a equation that will work in power BI like I have in excel.

 

=($AE56-SUM($S56:W56))*(X51/SUM(X51:$AD51))

AE56 is total bestView

s56-w56 is actuals

X51 is June % of spread

x51-ad51 is % of each month without actuals only forecast

 

I have built measures to give me %. and measures to take bestView-actuals. 

 

Need Help
  • v-kkf-msft's avatar
    v-kkf-msft
    5 years ago

    Hi CraigMoran ,

     

    Not clear your model, I created the following sample data and measure. Does this match your expected output?

     

    Measure = 
CALCULATE(
    SUM('Table'[Amount]),
    ALLEXCEPT( 'Table', 'Table'[Type] )
) - CALCULATE(
        SUM('Table'[Amount]),
        FILTER( ALL('Table'), 'Table'[Type] = MAX('Table'[Type]) && 'Table'[Date] < MIN('Table'[Date]) )
    ) * SUM('Table'[Value%]) / CALCULATE(
            SUM('Table'[Value%]),
            FILTER( ALL('Table'), 'Table'[Type] = MAX('Table'[Type]) && 'Table'[Date] >= MIN('Table'[Date]) )
        )


    If the problem is still not resolved, please provide detailed error information or the expected result you expect. Let me know immediately, looking forward to your reply.

    Best Regards,
    Winniz

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

     

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  • v-kkf-msft's avatar
    v-kkf-msft
    Community Support
    5 years ago

    Hi CraigMoran ,

     

    What do the different rows in your data mean? Why do you use the forecast data in line 51 instead of data in line 56 for calculations?

     

    Best Regards,
    Winniz

    • CraigMoran's avatar
      CraigMoran
      New Member
      5 years ago

      So the 3 rows are % of actuals, budget and Bestview. So in finance we set a budget a spread it over the 12 months before the year starts. As actuals come in we have adjust the % spend in each month to hit the yearly budget amount. The slight changes are bestviews that hyappen through out the year. I hope that was a good answer to your question 

      • v-kkf-msft's avatar
        v-kkf-msft
        Community Support
        5 years ago

        Hi CraigMoran ,

         

        Not clear your model, I created the following sample data and measure. Does this match your expected output?

         

        Measure = 
CALCULATE(
    SUM('Table'[Amount]),
    ALLEXCEPT( 'Table', 'Table'[Type] )
) - CALCULATE(
        SUM('Table'[Amount]),
        FILTER( ALL('Table'), 'Table'[Type] = MAX('Table'[Type]) && 'Table'[Date] < MIN('Table'[Date]) )
    ) * SUM('Table'[Value%]) / CALCULATE(
            SUM('Table'[Value%]),
            FILTER( ALL('Table'), 'Table'[Type] = MAX('Table'[Type]) && 'Table'[Date] >= MIN('Table'[Date]) )
        )


        If the problem is still not resolved, please provide detailed error information or the expected result you expect. Let me know immediately, looking forward to your reply.

        Best Regards,
        Winniz

        If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.