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jedlewis12345
3 years agoRegular Visitor
Get Variance from the same column
Hi all, I have my data laid out in the following format: There are 2 years of data - 2022 Actuals and 2023 Budget. How would i get a Card Visual to display the variance for Actua...
- 3 years ago
Try this measure:
Variance = VAR vActuals = CALCULATE ( SUM ( Table1[Value] ), Table1[Actuals/Budget] = "Actuals" ) VAR vBudget = CALCULATE ( SUM ( Table1[Value] ), Table1[Actuals/Budget] = "Budget" ) VAR vResult = vBudget - vActuals RETURN vResult - 3 years ago
Since you are trying to slice by different years simultaneously, you'll have to create separate Year tables to use for slicers. Alternatively, you could create a column Reporting Year and populate it with 2022 for the "2022 Actuals" and "2023 Budget" rows. Then you could slice by Reporting Year.
DataInsights
3 years agoSuper User
Try this measure:
Variance =
VAR vActuals =
CALCULATE ( SUM ( Table1[Value] ), Table1[Actuals/Budget] = "Actuals" )
VAR vBudget =
CALCULATE ( SUM ( Table1[Value] ), Table1[Actuals/Budget] = "Budget" )
VAR vResult = vBudget - vActuals
RETURN
vResultjedlewis12345
3 years agoRegular Visitor
Hi DataInsights
You really are a super user! Thanks so much.... saved me alot of headaches!