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Tom_
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Percentage of row total going over 100%

Hi All,

 

I'm a bit new to Power Bi and have been struggling to find a way to correct the percentage of row totals going over 100% as in the below matrix:

 

Example.png

 

 

The table data looks like this, with the value field in the Matrix being set to a count of the "Ticket ID" column one of which is showing the value as a percentage of the row total

 

Table name is 'Data'

 

Ticket IDDate ClosedSLA State
105/07/2018Within SLA
206/07/2018Breached SLA
307/07/2018Breached SLA
408/07/2018Within SLA
509/07/2018Within SLA

 

 

Have looked around the forum but unable to find anything that works, any advice would be appreciated

 

Many Thanks,

Tom

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Anonymous
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I have a gantt chart and a column named completed percent limited where the values range between 0 to 100. But when I plot a gantt chart by adding the completed percent limited column to tooltip, I can see that the values exceed 100. Can someone explain me how to resolve this issue?

 

sachin_r2911_0-1715959841962.png

 

Anonymous
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Hi, did you ever find a solution for this? I'm facing the same issue. Thanks!

Greg_Deckler
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That looks for all the world like a rounding problem if I understand what you are saying. Try increasing the decimal places to 2 digits?



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Thanks for your response, i adjusted the number of decimal places but the percentage totals still don't add up to 100% (i.e. July is 88.95% + 11.72% = 100.67%)

 

 

Example_2.png

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many Thanks,

Tom

Anonymous
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Hi @Tom_,

 

Hmm, weird. Is the % a self made measure, or did you create it by "show value as: percent of row total"?

 

If it is a measure, could you share the dax formula?

 

Koen

Hi Koen,

 

I was using the "show value as: percent of row total", however I just changed the count (distinct) to a normal count and it all adds up to 100% for some reason. All of the columns were set to Count (Distinct) as there were a few instances where dupes appeared in the data where a case has been reopened.

 

 

 

Many Thanks,

Tom

I can confirm, I ran into the same issue and I was counting distinct values.  Once I changed it to just count, it totaled correctly.

 

I would like to know why distinct count doesnt work with the percent of row function.  It doesnt make sense that it will add up to be more than a 100%, and it even displays the total as 100% when its actualy 102.xx% 

Anonymous
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Hi @tom_,

 

This looks like a rounding issue. I would change the number of decimals in the format pane of the visual.

 

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