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Barrie2020
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HHMMSS Duration Total

I currently have a column titled PlayedTime which has seconds converted to show as HH:MM:SS - this appears to be ok

 

I have a quick measure titled TotalPlayedTime which uses this formula:  TotalPlayedTime = CALCULATE(SUM('1'[PlayedTime])) 

If you see the total below, obviously the total does not add up correctly, am i doing something wrong here?

 

 

 

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Anonymous
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Hi @Barrie2020 ,

 

Try use SUMX() function instead SUM().

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/sumx-function-dax.

sumx(table,[TotalPlayedTime])

 

Best Regards,

Jay

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Anonymous
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Hi @Barrie2020 ,

 

Can't see your sample data.

1.PNG

But you can check the following steps and see if the result achieve your expectation.

1# Refer to the below topic to convert your PlayedTime to hh:mm:ss.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/How-to-convert-seconds-to-hh-mm-ss/td-p/310219.

2# Use your formula above to create a measure.

3# convert the measure to hh:mm:ss format.

Result would be shown as below.

2.PNG

 

Best Regards,

Jay

Community Support Team _ Jay Wang

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

Hello

 

Apologies for the delay

 

I have redone the formula following the steps in the above link as advised, i now have a Custom Column titled TIME which is a Data Type of TIME 

 

TotalPlayedTime in the image below is a MEASURE based n this formula: 

 

TotalPlayedTime = CALCULATE(SUM('1'[Time]))

 

That gives me the result below

 

totalplayedtime.JPG

I have tried to create a duration measure based on this which does not work 

 

Duration = MAX( '1'[TotalPlayedTime] ) - MIN( '1'[TotalPlayedTime] )
 
I Cannot use a Calculate Sum formula as TotalPlayedTime is a measure and not a column
 
Any help for the overall total would be welcome

 

 

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @Barrie2020 ,

 

Try use SUMX() function instead SUM().

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/sumx-function-dax.

sumx(table,[TotalPlayedTime])

 

Best Regards,

Jay

Community Support Team _ Jay Wang

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

Anonymous
Not applicable

First of all create a measure with the sum of all seconds:
 
TotalSecondsPlayedTime = CALCULATE(SUM(Seconds)
 
Then create this measure:
 
VAR Your_Time = 
IF([TotalSecondsPlayedTime ] <> BLANK();
VAR Duration = [TotalSecondsPlayedTime ]
VAR hh =
INT ( Duration / 3600)
VAR Minutes =
INT ( MOD( Duration - ( hh * 3600 );3600 ) / 60)
VAR Seconds =
ROUNDUP(MOD ( MOD( Duration - ( hh * 3600 );3600 ); 60 );0)
VAR H =
IF ( LEN ( hh ) = 1;
CONCATENATE ( "0"; hh );
CONCATENATE ( ""; hh )
)
VAR M =
IF (
LEN ( Minutes ) = 1;
CONCATENATE ( "0"; Minutes );
CONCATENATE ( ""; Minutes )
)
VAR S =
IF (
LEN ( Seconds ) = 1;
CONCATENATE ( "0"; Seconds );
CONCATENATE ( ""; Seconds )
)
RETURN
CONCATENATE (
H;
CONCATENATE ( ":"; CONCATENATE ( M; CONCATENATE ( ":"; S ) ) )
); BLANK())
Mariusz
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hi @Barrie2020 

 

Try 

Measure = MAX( '1'[PlayedTime] ) - MIN( '1'[PlayedTime] )

Best Regards,
Mariusz

If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution.

Please feel free to connect with me.
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