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Anonymous
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How to have variance instead of total for column subtotal in Matrix

Hi Team,

I am new to power BI. I am using matrix visualization to show the average of data for departments for the two years. Below is the screenshot of sample data.

ShrutiDande_0-1677222609722.png

My requirement is that, instead of column subtotal i want to have variance of the data. i.e data of 2021 subtracted from data of 2022(e.g for division A: 56.57 - 20) and show the difference instead of total. The data displayed in matrix  is the average of the
data divisionwise for that particular year.

Thanks!

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amitchandak
Super User
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@Anonymous , Make sure you are having a separate year/date table and create a diff measure

 

//Only year vs Year, not a level below

This Year = CALCULATE(sum('Table'[Qty]),filter(ALL('Date'),'Date'[Year]=max('Date'[Year])))
Last Year = CALCULATE(sum('Table'[Qty]),filter(ALL('Date'),'Date'[Year]=max('Date'[Year])-1))
diff = [This Year]-[Last Year ]
diff % = divide([This Year]-[Last Year ],[Last Year ])

 

You can use allselected in this case

This Year = CALCULATE(sum('Table'[Qty]),filter(allselected('Date'),'Date'[Year]=max('Date'[Year])))
Last Year = CALCULATE(sum('Table'[Qty]),filter(allselected('Date'),'Date'[Year]=max('Date'[Year])-1))

 

 

Then you need a meausre like

if(not(isinscope('Date'[Year])), sum('Table'[Qty]),[diff ])

 

Make sure you use year in visual from date/year table

 

IsInScope - Switch measure at different levels: https://youtu.be/kh0gezKICEM

 

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rajulshah
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@Anonymous ,

 

Can you please share your structure or sample data?

Anonymous
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Hi @rajulshah 
here is screenshot of my sample data.

ShrutiDande_0-1677246467066.png

Thanks!

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