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Coltella8013
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2 years ago
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Help to sum value from another table but filtered by multiple columns that match both tables.

Hi.   I am hoping someone can assist here, I am trying to find a way to sum the column WTE Actual from an Employees table but to group by / filter by three other columns that exist. I've included a...
  • Selva-Salimi's avatar
    2 years ago

    Hi Coltella8013 

     

    you can write a measure as follows:

     

    measure _WTE := 

    var _region = selectedvalue ('first table' [region])

    var _team = selectedvalue ('first table' [team])

    var _jobtitle = selectedvalue ('first table' [job title])

    return

    calculate (sum( 'employee data' [ WTE avtual] ) , filter ('employee data' , 'employee data' [region] = _ region && 'employee data' [team] = _team  && 'employee data' [job title] = _jobtitle))

     

    If this post helps, then I would appreciate a thumbs up and mark it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly. 

  • Coltella8013's avatar
    Coltella8013
    2 years ago

    Thank you! This is great. I have however noticed a flaw in my design and have had to change it slightly making it more complicated.

     

    I have had to group the results of both tables using a union:

     

    WTE Union = UNION(SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER('Employee Data', 'Employee Data'[Employee Status] = "Active"), "Region", 'Employee Data'[Location], "Team", 'Employee Data'[Department], "Job Title", 'Employee Data'[Job Role]), SELECTCOLUMNS('Funded Establishment (WTE)', "Region", 'Funded Establishment (WTE)'[Region], "Team", 'Funded Establishment (WTE)'[Team], "Job Title", 'Funded Establishment (WTE)'[Job Role]))
     
    This appears to be working.
     
    I then introduced a lookup from the WTE fields in both original tables, however I have noticed where no result returns is is empty which I believe is causing charts not to render correctly.
     
    I have tried an IF and IFEMPTY statement but cannot seem to get it right.
     
    Any idea on the best way to handle the null / blank records in each table, i.e. replace empty with a 0 ?

     

     

     

    Really appreaciate any ideas on this.

  • elitesmitpatel's avatar
    elitesmitpatel
    2 years ago

    you can try 

    + 0

    at the end of measure to deal with null.