Join us at FabCon Atlanta from March 16 - 20, 2026, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.
Register now!Learn from the best! Meet the four finalists headed to the FINALS of the Power BI Dataviz World Championships! Register now
Hi,
I have a time series table like this one, and what I want to do is calculate a normalized Rating based on the relevant Rating for each Team and Rating_Type in year 1. To be clear, I mean I want to divide Rating by the year 1 value of Rating for each Year, Team, and Rating_type.
| Team | Year | Rating_Type | Rating |
| A | 1 | Happiness | 5 |
| A | 1 | Quality | 4.5 |
| A | 2 | Happiness | 5 |
| A | 2 | Quality | 5 |
| B | 1 | Happiness | 4.5 |
| B | 1 | Quality | 5 |
| B | 2 | Happiness | 4.5 |
| B | 2 | Quality | 5 |
| C | 1 | Happiness | 4 |
| C | 1 | Quality | 5 |
| C | 2 | Happiness | 3 |
| C | 2 | Quality | 5 |
I've tried this a few different ways but none seem to work. I'm new to Power BI and I think I am still thinking of this in terms of how I'd do the calculation in excel, SQL, etc. Help me think in a Power BI way, please. Thanks.
Solved! Go to Solution.
HI @kmo
Try this column
Column =
Table1[Rating]
/ CALCULATE (
SUM ( Table1[Rating] ),
FILTER (
ALLEXCEPT ( Table1, Table1[Team], Table1[Rating_Type] ),
Table1[Year] = 1
)
)
You can use the below formula for your requirement
= Var Denominator = CALCULATE(SUM(Table2[Rating]), CALCULATETABLE(Table2, ALLEXCEPT(Table2, Table2[Team], Table2[Rating_Type]), Table2[Year] = 1)) Return DIVIDE(Table2[Rating], Denominator)
Can you share your expected result for better understanding?
Hi, here is the expected result. Does this help? Thanks!
Team | Year | Rating_Type | Rating | Rating_Normalized_by_Year_1 |
| A | 1 | Happiness | 5 | =5/5=100% |
| A | 1 | Quality | 4.5 | =4.5/4.5=100% |
| A | 2 | Happiness | 5 | =5/5=100% |
| A | 2 | Quality | 5 | =5/4.5=111% |
| B | 1 | Happiness | 4.5 | =4.5/4.5=100% |
| B | 1 | Quality | 5 | =5/5=100% |
| B | 2 | Happiness | 4.5 | =4.5/4.5=100% |
| B | 2 | Quality | 5 | =5/5=100% |
| C | 1 | Happiness | 4 | =4/4=100% |
| C | 1 | Quality | 5 | =5/5=100% |
| C | 2 | Happiness | 3 | =3/4=75% |
| C | 2 | Quality | 5 | =5/5=100% |
HI @kmo
Try this column
Column =
Table1[Rating]
/ CALCULATE (
SUM ( Table1[Rating] ),
FILTER (
ALLEXCEPT ( Table1, Table1[Team], Table1[Rating_Type] ),
Table1[Year] = 1
)
)
Thank you. As a new user, I'm sure I am missing something.
I get the error "Expression.Error: The name 'CALCULATE' wasn't recognized. Make sure it's spelled correctly."
I was trying to put your formula into the Query Editor --> Custom column box. It seems that DAX formulas (I think that's what this is) don't work there. Is there somewhere else I should be putting this code?
HI @kmo
Yes you are right... this won't work in Query Editor.. since it is a calculated column (different than a custom column)
Exit the Query Editor>>>Go to modelling Tab>>>New Column>>then use this formula
Share feedback directly with Fabric product managers, participate in targeted research studies and influence the Fabric roadmap.
Check out the February 2026 Power BI update to learn about new features.
| User | Count |
|---|---|
| 61 | |
| 59 | |
| 42 | |
| 18 | |
| 15 |
| User | Count |
|---|---|
| 108 | |
| 100 | |
| 39 | |
| 29 | |
| 29 |