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Anonymous
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Matrix table multiple data types in same column

I'm trying to get a matrix table into the format below where my rows are my metrics and I have two column hierarchies: Time and Current/Prior. For each metric I want to have the raw values for "Current" and then a %increase/decrease in the "Prior" column.

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This data is coming via DirectQuery from SQL and it looks like this: 

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I'm doing the % calculation in the SQL query, but if it's easier to create a measure to do that work then I can pull in the raw values. 

Ideally what I need is the ability to have the Current values be formatted as currency and the prior values formatted as a percent. Unfortunately I can't use the FORMAT() function with direct query so that's off the table. Is there any other way to achieve this?

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Anonymous
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What I wound up doing was reformatting the SQL code to look like this:

 

 

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That way Current/Prior are have two separate values and the "metric" is categorical. I got the idea from this post: Simple way to transpose columns and rows in SQL?

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Anonymous
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What I wound up doing was reformatting the SQL code to look like this:

 

 

cbb4_1-1622734136941.png

 

That way Current/Prior are have two separate values and the "metric" is categorical. I got the idea from this post: Simple way to transpose columns and rows in SQL?

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@Anonymous,

 

You might try using a calculation group. Each calculation item within a calculation group has a format property.

 

https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/controlling-format-strings-in-calculation-groups/ 





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