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Ravenna
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Issue with Dynamic Formatting in Waterfall Chart Total

 

Hi,

I'm facing an issue with a Waterfall Chart in Power BI. I'm using dynamic formatting in a measure, like this:

VAR variation = [ACT vs BP total] 
VAR growth = [% GROWTH ACT x PY]
RETURN "#,0" & " | " &
"""" & FORMAT(growth, "0.0%") & """"

However, in the Total of the chart, the growth value is incorrect—it repeats the first value instead of showing the correct total.

I also tried formatting both values (variation and growth), but then both show incorrect values in the Total.

Interestingly, when I use the same measure in a Matrix visual, the Total displays correctly.

Does anyone know how I can fix this issue in the Waterfall Chart?

Thanks in advance!

 

Ravenna Santos.

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Anonymous
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Hi @Ravenna 

Can you provide detailed sample pbix file and the results you expect.So that I can help you better. Please remove any sensitive data in advance.

 

 

 

 

 

Best Regards,

Jayleny

 

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Hi @Anonymous 

I tried to upload a sample PBIX file here, but it says, "The file type (.pbix) is not supported."

Therefore, I am including a screenshot and the formulas instead.

Ravenna_0-1732190594344.png

Category, Value and Year are columns. 

PY YTD = CALCULATE(SUM(Tabela[Value]), Tabela[Year] = YEAR(TODAY())-1)
Value YTD = CALCULATE(SUM(Tabela[Value]), Tabela[Year] = YEAR(TODAY()))
 
Waterfall label:
Mesure:
Waterfall label = [Value YTD]
Formatting:
VAR valuee = [Value YTD]
VAR growth = [Growth]
RETURN "#,0" & " | " &
"""" & FORMAT(growth, "0.0%") & """"

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