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Anonymous
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Timesheet data - visualise specific activity in each month

Hi,

 

I have a dataset of timesheet data, relevant columns are:

 

Entry Date - date of time entry e.g. 26 July 2018

Hours Worked- time spent on an activity - decimal hours

Task User Name - details of a specific actitvity e.g. Administration

MonthYear - custom column showing just hte Month and Year to help order things - August 2018

 

I need to show the time spent on a task (e.g. administration) as a percentage of the total time recorded in a single month.  I think I need to create an additonal column with the subtotal of hours for each month and then can use that to create the percentage in a further column but i cannot work out how to make the subtotal!

 

It also needs to be dynamic as am creating a template that I want to run each month without updating it...

 

Any help appreicated. 

 

Thanks,

 

James

 

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@Anonymous,

 

You may take a look at the following post.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Subtotal-Percentages/m-p/313658#M139139

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MFelix
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Hi @Anonymous,

 

You need to create a measure to calculate this:

 

hours =
SUM ( Timesheet[Hours Worked] )
    / CALCULATE (
        SUM ( Timesheet[Hours Worked] );
        ALL ( Timesheet[Month Year]; Timesheet[Task User Name] )
    )

Without any data example is difficult to give you a better answer.

 

Chan you share some sample data and expected result?

 

Regards,

MFelix


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Anonymous
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I can get the subtotals in a visualisation easily - I just want to use these montly substotals in further calculations!

 

Is there a way to refer to this table or can i create this table dynamically in an expression so i can set up a robust template?

 

Thanks,

 

James

 

Anonymous
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MonthHours = CALCULATE(SUM('January 2019 (rolling 6)'[Hours Worked]),RELATED('January 2019 (rolling 6)'[MonthYear]))
 
Trying to use this but there isn't a relationship...
 
James
 
Anonymous
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Hi @MFelix

 

Thanks for replying.

 

Sample data attached. 

 

I don't understand how that measure will help me to find the monthly total for each month and then

allow me to use that in later calculations?

 

Thanks,

 

James

 

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