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epmck11
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Problem dividing one column by another

I'm very new to Power BI, so please go easy on me here. I am trying to calculate scanning percentage based on branch. So my data would look something like this:

 

Branch Electronic Signature

ABC     Y

DEF     Y

ABC     N

 

The idea is if product has an electronic signature, it would be a "Y", if not, it would be a "N". I created an additional column that says:

 

Scanned = IF (Query1[Electronic Signature] = "Y", 1, 0)  

 

This works and allows me to turn the scanned into a numeric so I can figure out the percentage. So I want to figure out what percentage of stops were scanned, so I create another measure:

 

Scan Percent = sum(Query1[Scanned]) / countrows(Query1)

 

But I am getting data that matches nothing like I am expecting. What am I doing wrong? What is a better way to do this? Please help and I'm sorry for the newb question! 

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Anonymous
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Hi @epmck11,

 

According to your description, you want to calculate the percent of signed records of current type, right?

Percent of current Branch =
CALCULATE (
COUNTA ( 'Table'[Electronic Signature] ),
'Table'[Electronic Signature] = "Y",
VALUES ( 'Table'[Name] ),
ALLSELECTED ( 'Table' )
)
/ CALCULATE ( COUNTROWS ( ALLSELECTED ( 'Table' ) ), VALUES ( 'Table'[Name] ) )

Percent of all Branch=
CALCULATE (
COUNTA ( 'Table'[Electronic Signature] ),
'Table'[Electronic Signature] = "Y",
VALUES ( 'Table'[Name] ),
ALLSELECTED ( 'Table' )
)
/ COUNTROWS ( ALLSELECTED ( 'Table' ) )

9.PNG

 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @epmck11,

 

According to your description, you want to calculate the percent of signed records of current type, right?

Percent of current Branch =
CALCULATE (
COUNTA ( 'Table'[Electronic Signature] ),
'Table'[Electronic Signature] = "Y",
VALUES ( 'Table'[Name] ),
ALLSELECTED ( 'Table' )
)
/ CALCULATE ( COUNTROWS ( ALLSELECTED ( 'Table' ) ), VALUES ( 'Table'[Name] ) )

Percent of all Branch=
CALCULATE (
COUNTA ( 'Table'[Electronic Signature] ),
'Table'[Electronic Signature] = "Y",
VALUES ( 'Table'[Name] ),
ALLSELECTED ( 'Table' )
)
/ COUNTROWS ( ALLSELECTED ( 'Table' ) )

9.PNG

 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

epmck11
Frequent Visitor

I'm very new to Power BI, so please go easy on me here. I am trying to calculate scanning percentage based on branch. So my data would look something like this:

 

Branch Electronic Signature

ABC     Y

DEF     Y

ABC     N

 

The idea is if product has an electronic signature, it would be a "Y", if not, it would be a "N". I created an additional column that says:

 

Scanned = IF (Query1[Electronic Signature] = "Y", 1, 0)  

 

This works and allows me to turn the scanned into a numeric so I can figure out the percentage. So I want to figure out what percentage of stops were scanned, so I create another measure:

 

Scan Percent = sum(Query1[Scanned]) / countrows(Query1)

 

But I am getting data that matches nothing like I am expecting. What am I doing wrong? What is a better way to do this? Please help and I'm sorry for the newb question! 

Anonymous
Not applicable

@epmck11,

I  use your measure to create the following table, does it return your expected result? If not, please post your desired result.

1.JPG

Regards,
Lydia

Yes, that would be my expected result.

Anonymous
Not applicable

@epmck11,

What is your current issue?

Regards,
Lydia

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