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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
    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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sausaged
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1 year ago

This is not ideal. You are replacing infinity with 0, which it should not be.
DIVIDE(numerator,denominator) is the correct option, yielding blank for the undefined fraction.