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Hello Community,
I am using a table visual like on the screenshot below. The first 5 columns (Customer, Dates and Amount) are taken from different tables. Next, I have a measure "Scenario", which returns a text value. This measure makes a comparison between the 3 dates from the left and asignes a certain "scenario code". In reality the comparison is done based on 6 fields, so the code length is 6 characters.
Also, I am using a date slicer to identify the reporting period. i.e. the fist 5 columns are dynamically updated based on user selection, and therefore the scenario code is recalculated every time.
PROBLEM:
I need to find a way to calculate the subtotal of the amount for each scenario code. In Excel I would do it using the SUMIFS function. In DAX I tried Calculate(SUM....; SUMX but they need a reference to a table or to a column. In my case I need to reference just a value from the measure, as there is no table behind.
Can anyone help how can this be done?
Thank you in advance!
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Hello
Try to create a column for the scenario:
Scenario =
if(
'Table'[Reg Date] < 'Table'[Trans Date] , "Y" , "N"
)
&
if(
'Table'[End Date]>'Table'[Trans Date] ,"Y", "N"
)
then create the mesaure:
SubTotal =
var _scenario = SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[Scenario])
return
CALCULATE(
SUM('Table'[Amount]),
REMOVEFILTERS('Table'[Customer]),
'Table'[Scenario]=_scenario
)
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Hi ElenaGrom
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Hello
Try to create a column for the scenario:
Scenario =
if(
'Table'[Reg Date] < 'Table'[Trans Date] , "Y" , "N"
)
&
if(
'Table'[End Date]>'Table'[Trans Date] ,"Y", "N"
)
then create the mesaure:
SubTotal =
var _scenario = SELECTEDVALUE('Table'[Scenario])
return
CALCULATE(
SUM('Table'[Amount]),
REMOVEFILTERS('Table'[Customer]),
'Table'[Scenario]=_scenario
)
Best regards
Bruno Costa | Solution Supplier
Did I help you to answer your question? Accepted my post as a solution! Appreciate your Kudos!! 👍
Take a look at the blog: PBI Portugal
Best regards
Bruno Costa | Super User
Did I help you to answer your question? Accepted my post as a solution! Appreciate your Kudos!!
Take a look at the blog: PBI Portugal
Dear Onurbmiguel,
Many thanks for your quick response.
Sorry for the delay with the answer - i was playing around with the offered solution. Yes, what you suggest works perfectly in the example which I gave in this topic and I could reproduce it at my side. I will mark it as an accepted solution.
My issue is - in my real life case I cannot have the scenario column in the same table where i have customers and amounts, because the scenario value is really dynamic and based on what user selects in slicers - the scenario value may be different for the same data set.
E.g.
Customer1 - in the current example has the value "YY", but he may as well have "YN" etc.
In reality there is a Scenario table, which says "YY" = Existing Customer, "NY" = New customer etc. But this table cannot have any relation to the main table from which the amounts are analyzed.
This is my fault, I should have asked it differently. I will open a new topic for that with more details.
Thank you again for your help, your solution solves exactly the problem as it was described!
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