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SUMMARIZE using column from another table

Hi,   I am trying to summarize a table across Regions and Categories for the amont of Spend, but then I also want to add another column to the grouping for the 'Asset' which comes from a table link...
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  • Zubair_Muhammad's avatar
    Zubair_Muhammad
    7 years ago

    Anonymous

     

    If that other table with Asset column is on the side of the relationship, then you can simply add it as GROUPING Column

     

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SUMMARIZE (
    'Visibility Data - All Regions',
    'Visibility Data - All Regions'[Region],
    'Visibility Data - All Regions'[Group],
    'Visibility Data - All Regions'[Category],
    'Visibility Data - All Regions'[Sub Category],
    OtherTableName[AssetColumn],
    "Revised Spend (USD)", SUM ( 'Visibility Data - All Regions'[Revised Spend (USD)] )
)
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Zubair_Muhammad
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7 years ago

Anonymous

 

Could you share your file?

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Anonymous
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7 years ago

Hi Zubair,

 

Afraid I cannot as the data is very sensitive client data.

 

I have a main fact table containing the Region, Category, and Spend, as well as Cost Centre, I then have a seprate mapping table to map the Cost Centres to Assets. The same aggregation works fine in a front end chart not sure why I am getting this error when doing it in DAX.

 

Thanks,
TG

 

  • v-jiascu-msft's avatar
    v-jiascu-msft
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    7 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

     

    Is the column in the ONE side of the relationship? If so, you can add it in summarize without any errors. Can you share a DUMMY sample that can reproduce the issue?

     

     

    Best Regards,
    Dale

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      Anonymous
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      7 years ago

      Hi v-jiascu-msft,

       

      Ah, I actually cleaned up my data model yesterday as I was previously using the new Many-to-Many relationship option for just one of the tables (the one I needed to get the extra column from!).

       

      Trying the same code Zubair_Muhammad suggested yeterday has worked perfectly! Is there a reason why this won't work on the MANY side?

       

      Thank you both for you help.

       

      TG

      • v-jiascu-msft's avatar
        v-jiascu-msft
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        7 years ago

        Hi Anonymous,

         

        As we can see from the definition on this site, SUMMARIZE returns totals over a set of groups. So what can we expect the totals of one-side from the many-side? 

        I'm glad you solved the issue.

         

         

        Best Regards,
        Dale