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alexa_0028
Resolver II
Resolver II

Performance issue using calculate and SUMX

Hi All,

I am having a table visual and I am seeing slow performance while adding the measure "test_acc" and it seems to load very slow.

test_acc =
var test_1 = calculate('Sales'[Volumes], left('Product'[Code],3)="ACC")
RETURN
calculate(SUMX('Sales', test_1 ),'Calendar'[cytd_flag]=1)

Please let me know how can i improve my formula if any great suggestions?
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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@alexa_0028 , try like

 

test_acc =
var test_1 = calculate(sum('Sales'[Volumes]), left('Product'[Code],3)="ACC")
RETURN
calculate( test_1,'Calendar'[cytd_flag]=1)

 

or

 

test_acc =
var test_1 = calculate(sum('Sales'[Volumes]), filter('Product', left('Product'[Code],3)="ACC"))
RETURN
calculate( test_1,filter('Calendar','Calendar'[cytd_flag]=1))

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alexa_0028
Resolver II
Resolver II

Hi All,

With some retrying, I figured out the way to optimise. The formula I pasted above indeed worked, I was looking the performance along with old measures therefore it was showing high values.
Thank you so much @amitchandak  for pointing me to right direction.

test_acc =
var test_1 = calculate('Sales'[Volumes],KEEPFILTER( left('Product'[Code],3)="ACC") ,KEEPFILTER('Calendar'[cytd_flag]=1))
RETURN
test_1



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alexa_0028
Resolver II
Resolver II

Hi All,

With some retrying, I figured out the way to optimise. The formula I pasted above indeed worked, I was looking the performance along with old measures therefore it was showing high values.
Thank you so much @amitchandak  for pointing me to right direction.

test_acc =
var test_1 = calculate('Sales'[Volumes],KEEPFILTER( left('Product'[Code],3)="ACC") ,KEEPFILTER('Calendar'[cytd_flag]=1))
RETURN
test_1



alexa_0028
Resolver II
Resolver II

I tried to rewrite my measure like below , it didn't improve performance much but gave right result:

test_acc =
var test_1 = calculate('Sales'[Volumes], left('Product'[Code],3)="ACC" ,'Calendar'[cytd_flag]=1)
RETURN
test_1

Please help me to optimize the DASX ?

alexa_0028
Resolver II
Resolver II

Hi @amitchandak ,

Thanks for your reply, it did improved performance a lil more.
But this solution doesn't give me the right results. I am looking for the results like highlighted in green but I am getting the value of the volume measure only in test_acc




alexa_0028_0-1632220482499.png

 

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@alexa_0028 , try like

 

test_acc =
var test_1 = calculate(sum('Sales'[Volumes]), left('Product'[Code],3)="ACC")
RETURN
calculate( test_1,'Calendar'[cytd_flag]=1)

 

or

 

test_acc =
var test_1 = calculate(sum('Sales'[Volumes]), filter('Product', left('Product'[Code],3)="ACC"))
RETURN
calculate( test_1,filter('Calendar','Calendar'[cytd_flag]=1))

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