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Anonymous
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9 years ago
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Handling infinity value

Hello,   I am currently using a measure to calculate Sales Rate. The calculation is as follows FactTable[X]/FactTable[Y]. The X and Y come from different Fact tables. If Y is not present for the co...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Hi,

     

    Thanks for the reply.

     

    I got a solution online before I came across your post. Refer below for the solution.

    IFERROR(
    [Mesaure 1]/[Mesaure 2],
    BLANK()
    )

     where Mesaure 1 is Sum(FactTable[x])and Mesaure 2 is Sum(FactTable[y])

     Found it in this blog- https://sqldusty.com/

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hugoberry
Responsive Resident
9 years ago

If FactTable[Y] is zero just display blank for example:

Measure = IF(FactTable[Y]=0,BLANK(),FactTable[X]/FactTable[Y])

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
9 years ago

Hi,

 

Thanks for the reply.

 

I got a solution online before I came across your post. Refer below for the solution.

IFERROR(
    [Mesaure 1]/[Mesaure 2],
    BLANK()
    )

 where Mesaure 1 is Sum(FactTable[x])and Mesaure 2 is Sum(FactTable[y])

 Found it in this blog- https://sqldusty.com/

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    7 years ago

    IF Error calculation does work, however it takes a load on the memory and fails with 'cannot load visual' error. Is there an alternative to avoid this issue?

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    Red217
    Helper III
    3 years ago

    Thanks, huge help !