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vincegotts
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Running Balance

Hi,

 

I am quite new to DAX so am looking for a bit of help with a running balance query.

 

I am trying to graph out running balances of multiple bank accounts from csv files output from a third party application.

 

The csv contains data such as Bank (Bank A, Bank B etc), transaction details, debit, credit.

 

I have added a calcuated column where NET = debit + credit, thus providing the financial movement on that transaction.

 

I have three bank accounts that need mapping out in aggregate, i.e. Bank B + Bank K + Bank L or singularly (anticipating I will do this via a slicer).

 

I have started to create a calculated column for the running balance as follows:-

Running Balance ALL = (calculate (SUM('All Transactions'[NET]),ALL('All Transactions'[DATE]),'All Transactions'[DATE]<=EARLIER('All Transactions'[DATE])))
 
When graphing, I can see that it is correctly reporting the daily movement by day but not the cumulative movement.
 
Data as follows (CALC1, CALC2, CALC3 being my excel calcs)
 
A/CDATETRANSREFDEBITCREDITCALC1CALC2CALC3
BANKB       £1,934,682.00  
BANKB  01/07/2023PAYMENT     CARD   £0.00-£17.00£1,934,665.00-£17.00-£17.00
BANKK  02/07/2023RECEIPT     BACS   £0.00-£9,490.98£1,925,174.02  
BANKK  02/07/2023RECEIPT     BACS   £9,490.98£0.00£1,934,665.00  
BANKK  02/07/2023JOURNAL     INT    £9,490.98£0.00£1,944,155.98  
BANKL  02/07/2023JOURNAL     JNLS   £4,292.57£0.00£1,948,448.55£13,766.55£13,783.55
BANKB  03/07/2023RECEIPT     bacs   £118,378.46£0.00£2,066,827.01  
BANKB  03/07/2023PAYMENT     DD     £0.00-£3,512.23£2,063,314.78£128,632.78£114,866.23
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     JUL001 £0.00-£10,503.06£2,052,811.72  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     MARGIN £0.00-£6,364.37£2,046,447.35  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     TRANS  £100,000.00£0.00£2,146,447.35  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     JUL002 £0.00-£520,052.50£1,626,394.85  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     JUL003 £0.00-£51,275.17£1,575,119.68  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     JUL005 £0.00-£3,696.51£1,571,423.17  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     JUL006 £0.00-£9,687.88£1,561,735.29  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     JUL007 £0.00-£15,062.68£1,546,672.61  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     JUL008 £0.00-£709.68£1,545,962.93  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     JUL009 £0.00-£1,065.90£1,544,897.03  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     JUL010 £0.00-£4,335.61£1,540,561.42  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     JUL011 £0.00-£25,283.37£1,515,278.05  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     JUL012 £0.00-£1,518.56£1,513,759.49  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     JUL013 £0.00-£26,349.30£1,487,410.19  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     JUL014 £0.00-£32,100.74£1,455,309.45  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     JUL015 £0.00-£3,394.80£1,451,914.65  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     JUL016 £0.00-£16,839.29£1,435,075.36  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     JUL017 £0.00-£9,729.87£1,425,345.49  
BANKB  04/07/2023PAYMENT     YGDKSE £0.00-£18,000.00£1,407,345.49  
BANKB  04/07/2023RECEIPT     bacs   £48,605.94£0.00£1,455,951.43  
BANKK  04/07/2023PAYMENT     TRANS  £0.00-£100,000.00£1,355,951.43-£578,730.57-£707,363.35
 
So my graph is reporting Calc C by day but I need it to report Calc A cumulatively at the end of each day.
 
Can somebody assist please?
 
I wonder if I am missing something obvious here?
 
Thanks
 
Vince
 
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audreygerred
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Super User

Hello! I suggest creating your calculated (NET) column in Power Query instead or creating a measure for it instead, it will be better for performance. For the running total, try creating the below meausure:

 

*This assumes you have a measure for NET, so even if you leave NET as a column, still make an explicit measure to SUM [NET]

Measure =
TOTALYTD([NET], 'Date'[Date])
 
Based on above I can get a graph like this:
audreygerred_0-1698946163327.png

 





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vincegotts
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Hi Audrey,

 

Just tried your suggested solution,  now that I am back in the office.


It works like a charm - bless you! 

 

Many thanks

 

Vince

Please mark as a solution if this solved your issue so that others may find it in the future. Have a great week!





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audreygerred
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Hello! I suggest creating your calculated (NET) column in Power Query instead or creating a measure for it instead, it will be better for performance. For the running total, try creating the below meausure:

 

*This assumes you have a measure for NET, so even if you leave NET as a column, still make an explicit measure to SUM [NET]

Measure =
TOTALYTD([NET], 'Date'[Date])
 
Based on above I can get a graph like this:
audreygerred_0-1698946163327.png

 





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