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ganeshnr073
Helper I
Helper I

Percentage difference

Hi

 

Need help to calculate the percentage differnce bwtween dates, with refrence to the Happy% column in the table. And based on increase or decarese need to show a visual if it's dropped or increased.

 

Thanks

 

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grazitti_sapna
Super User
Super User

Hi @ganeshnr073 

You can achieve this by creating a calculated column 

PercentageDifference =
VAR CurrentRowDate = 'YourTable'[Date]
VAR PreviousRowDate =
CALCULATE(
MAX('YourTable'[Date]),
FILTER('YourTable', 'YourTable'[Date] < CurrentRowDate)
)
VAR CurrentRowHappy = 'YourTable'[Happy%]
VAR PreviousRowHappy =
CALCULATE(
MAX('YourTable'[Happy%]),
FILTER('YourTable', 'YourTable'[Date] = PreviousRowDate)
)
RETURN
IF(
ISBLANK(PreviousRowHappy),
BLANK(),
DIVIDE(CurrentRowHappy - PreviousRowHappy, PreviousRowHappy)
)

 

Thn create a other column 

Change =
SWITCH(
TRUE(),
'YourTable'[PercentageDifference] > 0, "Increased",
'YourTable'[PercentageDifference] < 0, "Decreased",
"No Change"
)

This formula uses the SWITCH function to categorize the percentage difference as "Increased" if it's greater than 0, "Decreased" if it's less than 0, and "No Change" if it's 0

Thank you. Hope this will help

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grazitti_sapna
Super User
Super User

Hi @ganeshnr073 

You can achieve this by creating a calculated column 

PercentageDifference =
VAR CurrentRowDate = 'YourTable'[Date]
VAR PreviousRowDate =
CALCULATE(
MAX('YourTable'[Date]),
FILTER('YourTable', 'YourTable'[Date] < CurrentRowDate)
)
VAR CurrentRowHappy = 'YourTable'[Happy%]
VAR PreviousRowHappy =
CALCULATE(
MAX('YourTable'[Happy%]),
FILTER('YourTable', 'YourTable'[Date] = PreviousRowDate)
)
RETURN
IF(
ISBLANK(PreviousRowHappy),
BLANK(),
DIVIDE(CurrentRowHappy - PreviousRowHappy, PreviousRowHappy)
)

 

Thn create a other column 

Change =
SWITCH(
TRUE(),
'YourTable'[PercentageDifference] > 0, "Increased",
'YourTable'[PercentageDifference] < 0, "Decreased",
"No Change"
)

This formula uses the SWITCH function to categorize the percentage difference as "Increased" if it's greater than 0, "Decreased" if it's less than 0, and "No Change" if it's 0

Thank you. Hope this will help

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