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kg4u
Helper II
Helper II

How to divide column totals

Hi,

 

I have looked through this forum and searched online but cannot find a solution for what I think is an easy problem.  Below is my data table, and I simply would like a measure that will calculate (5,161.3/4392.7) or (Total CY/Total Target).  Do I need to create a measure for CY Total and Target Total?  I do not know how to create the two measures if that is what is needed.   Thanks!!

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justingraff88
Helper I
Helper I

should be able to just do a measure like below and change it to a %

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@justingraff88 The only problem is I don't have a 'Table'.  The picture in my example is a table visual.  How do I pick up the total from the value from the visual table?  I can't create the calc you suggested as I don't have an actual table.   Do you have any other ideas for me to try?

@kg4u Can you post a copy of your pbix?

@justingraff88 Not quite what I am looking for.  I want to divide the column totals (5,161.3/4392.7)

It will display at the level it is at. So the total (117.50%) is the total of the columns divded by each other. If you don't want to display it with the different product levels showing I would recommend just putting the measure into a card visual (this would be the easiest way).

 

Alternatively you could just change the text and background of that column in the table to essentially hide the values

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