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jiinson
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Helper I

Total Display

Hi,

 

I'm trying to work out getting total number in the table.

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I wonder why total rows has 0 even though it's supposed to be 26536.40.

 

My measures are:

Act New Wins = IF(AND([CurrentPeriod]>0, OR([PriorPeriod] =0, [PriorPeriod] = BLANK())), [CurrentPeriod]-[PriorPeriod], 0)

 

CurrentPeriod = calculate(SUM(DM_Piece_Ord_Inv_WinFlag[Invoice_Amount_USD_PY]), datesinperiod(DM_Piece_Ord_Inv_WinFlag[GL Post Date],EOMONTH(DATE(YEAR([Selected]),MONTH([Selected]), 20),0), -2, YEAR))

 

PriorPeriod = CALCULATE(SUM(DM_Piece_Ord_Inv_WinFlag[Invoice_Amount_USD_PY]), DATESBETWEEN(DM_Piece_Ord_Inv_WinFlag[GL Post Date], DATE(YEAR([Selected])-2, MONTH([Selected]),1),EOMONTH(DATE(YEAR([Selected]), MONTH([Selected])-1, 20), 0)))

 

Thanks in advance!

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MattAllington
Community Champion
Community Champion

This is not how it works. A total is not the addition of the rows in a visual.  A total is the same formula applied with a different set of filters. I can't  see what filters you have in your visual as you have cut them out.  What you need to do is look at your formulas and evaluate them in your head given the filter context. 

 

Read my article here to understand more http://exceleratorbi.com.au/sum-vs-sumx-in-dax/

 

also you would be well advised to read about best practice http://exceleratorbi.com.au/best-practices-power-pivot-power-query-power-bi/



* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
I will not give you bad advice, even if you unknowingly ask for it.

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v-sihou-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

@jiinson

 

As @MattAllington said, the Total row doesn't add up all rows of values for this measure together. It uses the entire set in this table visual as filter context to slice this measure, and get the result as "grand total". So this result depends on filter context. For understanding filter context and row context, please refer to article below:

 

Row Context and Filter Context in DAX

 

Regards,

MattAllington
Community Champion
Community Champion

This is not how it works. A total is not the addition of the rows in a visual.  A total is the same formula applied with a different set of filters. I can't  see what filters you have in your visual as you have cut them out.  What you need to do is look at your formulas and evaluate them in your head given the filter context. 

 

Read my article here to understand more http://exceleratorbi.com.au/sum-vs-sumx-in-dax/

 

also you would be well advised to read about best practice http://exceleratorbi.com.au/best-practices-power-pivot-power-query-power-bi/



* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
I will not give you bad advice, even if you unknowingly ask for it.

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