Matrix of functions

[alexeisenhart]

Hello. I need to create a daily summary chart that reports the total, max, average and max / average of several measures.

For example...

Source Data:

A	B
2	10
5	20
6	50
3	10

Desired result in Power BI

	A	B
Total	16	90
Max	6	50
Avg	4	22.5
Max : Avg	1.5	2.22

I previously acheived this result by creating a view in SQL Server to calculate the dataset that I needed and threw it into a matrix using a column called "function" for the row header. But I'm rebuilding the report to more properly utilize measures.

I don't think it is possible to create a visual that would accept a measure and then automatically apply these sort of aggregate functions. (Perhaps it would be possible with columns instead of measures, but that wouldn't help in this situation.)

Is there a visual that would allow me to arbitrarily put measures into a matrix, somewhat like Excel does? Something that would allow me build a measure for calculating the max of A and then displaying it in (1,1) and then putting other measures into other cell positions?

Or, would is there a better visualization to display these values? Ultimately, Max : Avg is the most important measure. This table has 6 measures / column headers.

I'm open to any thoughts or ideas 😃 Thank you!

[v-xuding-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @alexeisenhart  ,

By my test, I can’t put the measure to a matrix using your sample data. The following is the sample  that I implement in Power Query. If there are other columns and relationships in your actual tables, you can reference the blog to have a try using the option of Show on rows .

1. Calculate Max, Sum, Avg , Max:Avg in advance and get data in Power Query. Then copy three tables of Table1 for appending later.

1. Choose two columns of Sum_A and Sum_B -- > click Home -- > Remove Columns -- > Remove Other Columns.    And the same steps as the other tables for Max, Avg and Max:Avg.

1. Choose the columns of Sum_A and Sum_B -- > click Transform -- > Unpivot Columns .

1. Click  Home -- >Append Queries

1. Click Add Column -- > Conditional Column.  Add two new columns.

1. Remove the column “Attribute”. Click  Home -- > Remove Columns

1. Remove the duplicate rows. Click Home -- > Remove Rows -- > Remove Duplicates. Then apply changes and close.

1. Use Matrix to implement the result.

Best Regards,

Xue Ding

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