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SimonKibsgaard
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9 years ago
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Sum up data in calculated table

Hi

I have a table with survey data. I am using Power BI Visualizations to show this data and segment by groups.

When I do page level filtering of eg one company's data, I am no longer able to show the totals and averages across all companies. I know this is by design, but I need to override it.

 

My idea for a solution was to calculate a new table with company names and their averages based on the initial table - and then reference those values in my reporting - as I believe they will not be affected by the report filter.

 

Table one has:

Company name --- Survey Result
Acme Corp        --- 4
Acme Corp        --- 7
Acme Corp        --- 10
No Such Co       --- 3
No Such Co       --- 4
No Such Co       --- 8

My calculated table should then show:

 

Company name --- Average Result
Acme Corp    --- 7
No Such Co   --- 5

I hope this makes sense and someone knows the answer.

 

Br, Simon

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  • Phil_Seamark's avatar
    Phil_Seamark
    9 years ago

    Hi Simon,

     

    Give this a crack...

     

    New Table = SUMMARIZECOLUMNS(
                            --- Group By ----
                            'Table1'[Company Name],
                            --- Aggregations ----
                            "Average Result" , AVERAGE(Table1[Survey Result])
                            )

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  • Phil_Seamark's avatar
    Phil_Seamark
    Microsoft Employee
    9 years ago

    Hi Simon,

     

    Give this a crack...

     

    New Table = SUMMARIZECOLUMNS(
                            --- Group By ----
                            'Table1'[Company Name],
                            --- Aggregations ----
                            "Average Result" , AVERAGE(Table1[Survey Result])
                            )
  • v-ljerr-msft's avatar
    v-ljerr-msft
    Microsoft Employee
    9 years ago

    Hi SimonKibsgaard,

    My idea for a solution was to calculate a new table with company names and their averages based on the initial table - and then reference those values in my reporting - as I believe they will not be affected by the report filter. 

    Yes, calculate table\column is evaluated during the database processing(like data refresh), it won't be affected by the report filters. And the formula provided by SimonKibsgaard should work in your scenario.:smileyhappy:

     

    Regards