Total for measure column

[mkoontz]

Power BI 101 question here. Need help getting the correct total to show in a column that is a measure.

Measure 1 = SUM(TABLE1 [Project_Actual])

Measure 2 (to get Measure 1 from previous month) =

CALCULATE( [Measure 1],

FILTER( ALL( dimDate ),

dimDate[Period Rank] = MAX(dimDate[Period Rank]) - 1)

)

Measure 3 = [Measure 2] - [Measure 1]

When I export out to Excel and SUM up the column, the total looks great for Measure 3.

But in my Power BI report, it is just taking the difference between Measure 1 Total and Measure 2 Total instead of summing the column. Again, probably very basic, but I can't seem to get it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[Fowmy]

@mkoontz 

Can you try the following for Measure 3?

Measure 3 =
SUMX( 
    VALUES(dimDate[Period Rank]),
    [Measure 2] - [Measure 1]
)

[mkoontz]

Hi Fowmy,

Thank you for the quick reply. Unfortunately that did not work. 

Some more details on the report layout.

Project Id (dimProject)

8 measures (including the 3 above) from 2 different Fact Tables with relationships setup back to dimProject

[Fowmy]

@mkoontz 

Sharing a sample PBIX file will help understand the model.
You save it in google drive or one drive and share the link here.

[mkoontz · Accepted solution]

I was able to fix this using the VALUES function you mentioned above, but just making a few changes. Thank you for the direction you gave me. I appreciate it.

SUMX(

Measure 3 =

VALUES(dimProject[Project Id]),

IF([Measure 1] = BLANK(), 0, [Measure 2] - [Measure 1])

)