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Very new to Power BI, so I'm certain the anwer will be of an embarassingly syntactical nature,
I'm extracting Fields/Columns from an MS-Access Database.
One of these Columns is [Client Commission] = the $ revenue from an individual payment received.
Another Column is [Manager Commission] = the $ paid to a Mgr from an individual payment.
Say that a payment/row = $200 and the Mgr received a commissin = $50
The Database is already calculating [Client Commission] - [Manager Commission] = [Gross Profit]
So it's not necessary to create a calculated column for that in Power BI.
However, I'd like to use a What-If so that the I can create another column = to [Manager Commission] but that can be can be moved up and down based upon the selected value in the created What-If.
The What-If is set up to run from 0.75 to 1.25 giving the option to reduce [Manager Commission] to 75% of the actual $ amount, or increase it to 1.25% of the actual dollar amount.
I can't seem to find the correct syntax to multiply
CheckFromHistory[Manager Commission] * Mgr Change[Mgr Chg Value]
(CheckFromHistory being an actual table and Mgr Change being the table created by the What-If)
I can successfully multipy columns within the individual tables, but not across the two tables.
There is NO relationshop between the CheckFromHistory table and the What-If Table Mgr Change.
Can that be the problem ? Or is it, as I suspect, a simple syntax error on my part ?
Thanking you in advance,
H @Dow
Please share some sample file to test, it will be help for analysis.
BTW, does your 'what if value' store in a table or select from slicer? If is based on slicer, current power bi not support create dynamic table/column based on slicer.
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
A-Ha !
This may answer my next question as well.
Which I believe I should post under a New/Different Subject ?
At least that's what I'll do.
Thanks for the answer.
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