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Hello,
I have a report I am trying to consolidate. This report involves gathering data on a transactional basis, summing it, and comparing it to a budget.
For example, I have 3 employees who have made the following purchases shown below in a table:
| Name | Transaction Amount |
| John Appleseed | $50 |
| John Appleseed | $125 |
| John Appleseed | $60 |
| John Appleseed | $70 |
| David Smith | $558 |
| David Smith | $143 |
| David Smith | $369 |
| Bill Gates | $258 |
| Bill Gates | $749 |
| Bill Gates | $319 |
| Bill Gates | $178 |
| Bill Gates | $2,589 |
| Bill Gates | $14,563 |
| Bill Gates | $1,485,857 |
I also have the budgets for these employees in another table:
| Name | Budget |
| John Appleseed | $1,000 |
| David Smith | $2,000 |
| Bill Gates | $2,000,000 |
What I am wanting to do is have Power BI summarize the transactions and then display the budget next each employee with a budget remaining column. All of this done in a matrix and viewed like this:
| Name | Total Transactions | Budget | Budget Remaining |
| John Appleseed | $305 | $1,000 | $695 |
| David Smith | $1,070 | $2,000 | $930 |
| Bill Gates | $1,504,513 | $2,000,000 | $495,487 |
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you
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Hi @Anonymous ,
You need to create a relationship between both tables, and then create the following measure:
Budget Remaining = SUM(Budget[Budget])-SUM(Purchases[Transaction Amount])
Now create your matrix accordingly to the following:
Check the result in the PBIX file attach (August version).
Regards,
MFelix
Regards
Miguel Félix
Proud to be a Super User!
Check out my blog: Power BI em PortuguêsHi @Anonymous ,
You need to create a relationship between both tables, and then create the following measure:
Budget Remaining = SUM(Budget[Budget])-SUM(Purchases[Transaction Amount])
Now create your matrix accordingly to the following:
Check the result in the PBIX file attach (August version).
Regards,
MFelix
Regards
Miguel Félix
Proud to be a Super User!
Check out my blog: Power BI em PortuguêsHi @MFelix ! Thank you very much for this solution, and it has worked just as you stated.
However I am expierencing a new issue that I should have disclosed initially. I have added dates to the transaction table, and this is how Power BI looks when added.
| January | February | March | Total | |||||||||
| Transaction Amount | Budget | Remaining Budget | Transaction Amount | Budget | Remaining Budget | Transaction Amount | Budget | Remaining Budget | Transaction Amount | Budget | Remaining Budget | |
| John Appleseed | 175 | 1000 | 825 | 60 | 1000 | 940 | 70 | 1000 | 930 | 305 | 1000 | 695 |
| David Smith | 558 | 2000 | 1442 | 143 | 2000 | 1857 | 369 | 2000 | 1631 | 1070 | 2000 | 930 |
| Bill Gates | 1007 | 2000000 | 1998993 | 3086 | 2000000 | 1996914 | 1500420 | 2000000 | 499580 | 1504513 | 2000000 | 495487 |
I would prefer that the Budget and Remaining Budget be removed from the monthly sets and to only show the budget and remaining budget columns at the end, as pictured below:
| January | February | March | Total | |||
| Transaction Amount | Transaction Amount | Transaction Amount | Transaction Amount | Budget | Remaining Budget | |
| John Appleseed | 175 | 60 | 70 | 305 | 1000 | 695 |
| David Smith | 558 | 143 | 369 | 1070 | 2000 | 930 |
| Bill Gates | 1007 | 3086 | 1500420 | 1504513 | 2000000 | 495487 |
Is this possible in a Power BI matrix?
Thank you for your help.
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