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afrerichs
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3 years ago
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Help with cumulative total

I've looked at many, many posts for how to calculate a cumulative/running total and not a single solution worked for me.  I have a table that looks like this:      I want to calculate the r...
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  • parry2k's avatar
    parry2k
    3 years ago

    afrerichs update the measure as below:

     

    RT Measure = 
CALCULATE ( 
   SUM ( 'Monthly Flu Admin'[TotalVacc] ), 
   FILTER( 
      ALL ( 'Date Table'[Date] ), 
      'Date Table'[Date] <= MAX ( 'Date Table'[Date] )
   ),
   VALUES ( 'Date Table'[Flu Season] )
)

     

     

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parry2k
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3 years ago

afrerichs what measure you have tried so far?

You should be using date dimension in your model and then it will be super easy with the measure below:

 

RT = 
CALCULATE ( SUM ( Table[Vacc Column] ), 
   FILTER( ALL ( 'Date Table'[Date] ), 
        'Date Table'[Date] <= MAX ( 'Date Table'[Date] )
   )
)

 

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  • afrerichs's avatar
    afrerichs
    Frequent Visitor
    3 years ago

    Thank you, I have tried something similar! Here's what happens when I use your DAX calculation: 

     

     

    The RT column isn't actually a running total. 

    The Date column I used is from a date table that looks like this: 

     

    What am I doing wrong?