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Rumbles
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9 years ago
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Relative Cumulative variance

Hi all,   I have the following two measures for cumulative sales amounts for a fiscal year, with the previous year plotted for comparison:   YTD = CALCULATE(SUM(FactInternetSales[SalesAmount]), F...
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  • Rumbles's avatar
    Rumbles
    9 years ago

    Ok, soI've solved the problem, by dealing with the infinity calculation at the beginning, by using:

     

    Increase From Previous Fiscal Year ii = DIVIDE( ([Internet Sales YTD] - [Internet Sales PYTD] ), [Internet Sales PYTD],0)

     

     

    BUT: the graph shows 0% for the first year of trading for which there was no previous year.

    Is there a way of the third argument returning something other than 0?

     

    Increase From Previous Fiscal Year ii = DIVIDE( ([Internet Sales YTD] - [Internet Sales PYTD] ), [Internet Sales PYTD],"") would work,but I can't then format the measure as a percentage, since it contains text.

     

     

    Any ideas?

     

    Rumbles

  • v-huizhn-msft's avatar
    v-huizhn-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi Rumbles,

    1. You don't need to use "" if you want to display blank() on the picture. If don't add any argument on the DIVIDE function, the default value is BLANK(). 

    2. Personnal, I think 1 is the apporpriate like the followinf formula. There is no previous year, so the increase should be by the current year self. It will return on the graph.

    Increase From Previous Fiscal Year ii = DIVIDE( ([Internet Sales YTD] - [Internet Sales PYTD] ), [Internet Sales PYTD],1)


    Please let me know if you have any question.

    Best Regards,
    Aneglia

Greg_Deckler's avatar
Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
9 years ago

When you say it doesn't work, what kind of error are you getting?

  • Rumbles's avatar
    Rumbles
    Frequent Visitor
    9 years ago

    I've got slightly further now.

     

    Of course, it should be  (YTD - PYTD) /PYTD to get the increase from PYTD.

     

    But, on the visual the lines are missing, but when I hover over, I get the information. See attached

    • Rumbles's avatar
      Rumbles
      Frequent Visitor
      9 years ago

      Ok, soI've solved the problem, by dealing with the infinity calculation at the beginning, by using:

       

      Increase From Previous Fiscal Year ii = DIVIDE( ([Internet Sales YTD] - [Internet Sales PYTD] ), [Internet Sales PYTD],0)

       

       

      BUT: the graph shows 0% for the first year of trading for which there was no previous year.

      Is there a way of the third argument returning something other than 0?

       

      Increase From Previous Fiscal Year ii = DIVIDE( ([Internet Sales YTD] - [Internet Sales PYTD] ), [Internet Sales PYTD],"") would work,but I can't then format the measure as a percentage, since it contains text.

       

       

      Any ideas?

       

      Rumbles

      • v-huizhn-msft's avatar
        v-huizhn-msft
        Microsoft Employee
        9 years ago

        Hi Rumbles,

        1. You don't need to use "" if you want to display blank() on the picture. If don't add any argument on the DIVIDE function, the default value is BLANK(). 

        2. Personnal, I think 1 is the apporpriate like the followinf formula. There is no previous year, so the increase should be by the current year self. It will return on the graph.

        Increase From Previous Fiscal Year ii = DIVIDE( ([Internet Sales YTD] - [Internet Sales PYTD] ), [Internet Sales PYTD],1)


        Please let me know if you have any question.

        Best Regards,
        Aneglia