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Power BI Dynamic Column level calculation

Hi, I have a base table like below which stores income of my organisation. This table contains data from 2017 onwards. One of my BA requested report like below where he will select any two con...
  • v-lid-msft's avatar
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    If you mean the logic of %Diff should be (4000-6000)/4000 = -33%, we can try to use the following steps to meet your requirement:

     

    1. create a calculated table:

    Column Header Table = 
    var startDate = MIN('Table'[Date])
    var endDate = MAX('Table'[Date])
    var t = FILTER(CALENDAR(DATE(YEAR(startDate),MONTH(startDate),1),DATE(YEAR(endDate),MONTH(endDate)+1,1)-1),DAY([Date])=1)
    return 
    ADDCOLUMNS(CROSSJOIN(DISTINCT('Table'[Component]),UNION(ADDCOLUMNS(t,"Month-Year",FORMAT([Date],"MMM-YYYY")),ADDCOLUMNS(t,"Month-Year","% Diff"))),"Sort Column",SWITCH([Month-Year],"% Diff",COUNTROWS(t)+1,RANKX(t,[Date],,ASC,Dense)))

     

    2. sort "Month-Year" column by "Sort Column"

     

    3. create a measure and use it in matrix visual:

    Value Measure = 
    VAR t =
        FILTER (
            ALLSELECTED ( 'Column Header Table' ),
            'Column Header Table'[Component]
                IN DISTINCT ( 'Column Header Table'[Component] )
        )
    RETURN
        IF (
            ISINSCOPE ( 'Column Header Table'[Month-Year] ),
            SWITCH (
                SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Column Header Table'[Month-Year] ),
                "% Diff",
                VAR maxMonth =
                    CALCULATETABLE (
                        DISTINCT ( 'Column Header Table'[Month-Year] ),
                        FILTER (
                            t,
                            'Column Header Table'[Sort Column]
                                = CALCULATE (
                                    MAX ( 'Column Header Table'[Sort Column] ),
                                    FILTER ( t, 'Column Header Table'[Month-Year] <> "% Diff" )
                                )
                        )
                    )
                VAR minMonth =
                    CALCULATETABLE (
                        DISTINCT ( 'Column Header Table'[Month-Year] ),
                        FILTER (
                            t,
                            'Column Header Table'[Sort Column]
                                = CALCULATE ( MIN ( 'Column Header Table'[Sort Column] ), t )
                        )
                    )
                VAR valueInMaxMonth =
                    CALCULATE (
                        SUM ( 'Table'[Amount Received] ),
                        FILTER (
                            'Table',
                            'Table'[Component] IN DISTINCT ( 'Column Header Table'[Component] )
                                && 'Table'[Month_Year] IN maxMonth
                        )
                    )
                VAR valueInMinMonth =
                    CALCULATE (
                        SUM ( 'Table'[Amount Received] ),
                        FILTER (
                            'Table',
                            'Table'[Component] IN DISTINCT ( 'Column Header Table'[Component] )
                                && 'Table'[Month_Year] IN minMonth
                        )
                    )
                RETURN
                    FORMAT ( valueInMaxMonth / valueInMinMonth - 1, "Percent" ),
                ""
                    & CALCULATE (
                        SUM ( 'Table'[Amount Received] ),
                        FILTER (
                            'Table',
                            'Table'[Component] IN DISTINCT ( 'Column Header Table'[Component] )
                                && 'Table'[Month_Year] IN DISTINCT ( 'Column Header Table'[Month-Year] )
                        )
                    )
            ),
            CALCULATE (
                SUM ( 'Table'[Amount Received] ),
                'Table'[Component] IN DISTINCT ( 'Table'[Component] )
            )
        )

     


    Best regards,