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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! 

@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

Community Support Team _ Lydia Zhang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Yes, that would be my expected result.

@epmck11,

What is your current issue?

Regards,
Lydia

Community Support Team _ Lydia Zhang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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