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Anonymous
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Trying to Replicate a Total in a Measure

I am trying to create a measure that replicates the total value in this table:

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The total fluctuates as filters are applied and I would need the measure to do the same. Ultimately I will use the measure to calculate a "Percent of Students Enrolled in Top 10 Programs" value.

For instance:
1,219 (Sum of Top 10 Program Enrollment Measure) / 2000 (Total Students) = 61%
 

Thank you in advance!

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Anonymous
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I have solved this, thank you for the input. The two measures needed: 

 

Top10 Program Total =
var A = SUMMARIZE('TE',[program],"Enrollment",SUM('TE'[
student_flag])) 

var Top10 = TOPN(10,A,[Enrollment],DESC)
RETURN
SUMX(Top10,[Enrollment])

T10P % of TE = [T10P Total]/[Total Students Distinct]

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Anonymous
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I have solved this, thank you for the input. The two measures needed: 

 

Top10 Program Total =
var A = SUMMARIZE('TE',[program],"Enrollment",SUM('TE'[
student_flag])) 

var Top10 = TOPN(10,A,[Enrollment],DESC)
RETURN
SUMX(Top10,[Enrollment])

T10P % of TE = [T10P Total]/[Total Students Distinct]

v-xuding-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

You could try like this:

Measure 2 = 
var total = SUMX(ALLSELECTED('Table'[Program]), [Measure])
return
DIVIDE(total,2000)

 

Best Regards,
Xue Ding
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Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
Community Champion

@Anonymous This looks like a measure totals problem. Very common. See my post about it here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/DAX-Commands-and-Tips/Dealing-with-Measure-Totals/td-p/63376

Also, this Quick Measure, Measure Totals, The Final Word should get you what you need:
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Quick-Measures-Gallery/Measure-Totals-The-Final-Word/m-p/547907



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@Anonymous , TOPN is one option another option is Rank

example

Top 10 City Rank = CALCULATE([Sales],TOPN(10,all(Geography[City]),[Sales],DESC),VALUES(Geography[City Id]))

 

For GT

Sum(Table[total student])

or

calculate(Sum(Table[total student]) , allselected(Table))

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