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Anonymous
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Help with calculated column

Hi,

 

I have the following situation. 3 Tables (workhours, sales & revenue).

 

1st question.

By visual element TABLE, I want to show the construction name + Workhours + Materials+ Revenue. This works fine.

I want an extra calculated column (profit/loss) that calculates the amount in column Revenue minus amount workhours minus the Materials.

How is this done? I'm not getting any further with this.

 

bi1.PNG

 

Thanks in advance !

 

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@Anonymous 

 

Thanks for posting a sample PBIX...

 

Here is the solution I propose.

First the model structure

 

model.JPG

 

and the result:

result.JPG

 

I'm attaching the PBIX file for your reference





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PaulDBrown
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@Anonymous 

 

Just to make sure, can you post a screenshot of your model (to check relationships between tables)?





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Anonymous
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Sure,

 

Here you go.

 

test2.PNG

Anonymous
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And here the solution I would want.

 

A green color with profit and a red color with losses would be awesome 🙂

 

test3.png

@Anonymous 

 

Thanks for posting a sample PBIX...

 

Here is the solution I propose.

First the model structure

 

model.JPG

 

and the result:

result.JPG

 

I'm attaching the PBIX file for your reference





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In doing so, you are also helping me. Thank you!

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Anonymous
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Dear Paul, 

 

This helped a lot !

 

Thx !

parry2k
Super User
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@Anonymous not sure your column name on the screen shot are the same but it should be simple calculation , add new column with following expression

 

Profit and Lost = 
Table[Column1] + Table[Column2] - Table[Column3] 

 

change the logic and column/table name in calculation as per your need.



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Anonymous
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Hi,

 

Thx for the reply, it shows me 3 options (calculatetable, datetable and relatedtable). Which option to chose from?

Anonymous
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For reference, i've included my test file with 3 tables (workhours, materials, sales). 

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/k2p772kkw85vreh/test1.pbix?dl=0

 

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