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HenryJS
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SUM Time Field

Hi all,

 

Is it possible to SUM a Time field?

 

Below I have summed [Rest Time 2] but instead of correctly adding up the times it gives an incorrect time

 

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Anonymous
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@HenryJS 

 

You cannot get the sum of the time value with Groupby() table because currentgroup() is referring to the current row instead of all(table). 

 

Try use summarize():

Table = Summarize('Engage Timesheet Export',
                  'Engage Timesheet Export'[Worker Name],
                  'Engage Timesheet Export'[Week Ending],
                  "Total Rest Time",Sumx(All('Engage Timesheet Export'),[Rest Time2]))

 

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@Anonymous this summarised the rest times and gave the same value for everyone - please see below

 

 

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Anonymous
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@HenryJS 
I guess I misunderstood you requirement. I only see the incorrect sum time. You may add filters to set context.

 

Table = Summarize('Engage Timesheet Export',
                  'Engage Timesheet Export'[Worker Name],
                  'Engage Timesheet Export'[Week Ending],
                  "Total Rest Time",Sumx(All('Engage Timesheet Export'),[Rest Time2]))

 

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

Anonymous
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Hey there. I find that when dealing with time, it's always best to use a decimal number for times, instead of actual times; especially when adding and subtracting. My advice would be to change your time column to type number, write the measure, and then change the measure display type to h:mm:ss or if the sum is over 24 hrs, [H]:mm:ss. Should work!

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