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stuart_honeyman
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IF Function and Measure

I am trying to embed an image in a table to show some KPI's based on whether sales are up or down.

 

In order to do this I have formula as a measure to calculate the change in values to prior reporting week by client

 

% variance -1 v -2 = 
DIVIDE(SUM('Bookings'[-1 week rev])-sum(Bookings[-2 week rev]), SUM('Bookings'[-2 week rev]))

 

I am then using an if statment to return the correct image;

Column = IF([% variance -1 v -2]<0,"http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/visualpharm/must-have/16/Stock-Index-Down-icon.png","http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/semlabs/web-blog/32/arrow-up-icon.png")

Which in a way works...but sadly it returns both the positive and negative of the IF statement so for each client I have different results and the differing images showing. Without the IF statement, the formula works perfectly. Can anyone please shed any light on what I appear to be doing wrong?

 

TIA 

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v-jiascu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @stuart_honeyman,

 

Can you share a sample and some snapshots?

I would suggest using Unichar arrows instead, which is simpler. Please refer to Power-BI-Desktop-DAX-Using-Unicode-Arrows-as-Measures-in-a-Table.

 

Best Regards,

Dale

Community Support Team _ Dale
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Floriankx
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Can you give as a sample table to show your expected result?

 

Maybe replace the icon URLs with 'TRUE' and 'FALSE'.

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