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Unsupported percentile

Hi community!

 

I'm trying to calculate how much data megabyte use include the top 20% users/account.

I have a table with all kinds of data_MB values in one column, and to calculate the 80th precentile I did:

 

This measure brought me a value of 1136. Since I need to compare what values are above 1136 in the data_MB column, I calculated an IF-statement to see what accounts use more than 1136 MB, see picture in the DAX-bar. But when putting that value into the table it gives me an error as shown in the picture. Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

 

 

When doing an IF-statement without the percentile formula, see picture below, the table works.

 

 

Also, when removing the accountid from the table the original IF-statement works. Could it mabye be a dimention thing? 

 

Many thanks,

Alice

  • Hi Anonymous 

     

    Your current [Perc] is a measure right? If so, it should be calculated on the whole table rather than on every accountid. When you add accountid column to the table visual, the [Perc] is evaluated for every acountid so it couldn't return the correct result. Instead, you can try the following measure

    test =
    IF (
        SUM ( 'table'[data_MB] ) > CALCULATE ( [Perc], ALLSELECTED ( 'Table' ) ),
        1,
        0
    )
    

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Jing
    If this post helps, please Accept it as Solution to help other members find it.

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    v-jingzhang
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    Hi Anonymous 

     

    Your current [Perc] is a measure right? If so, it should be calculated on the whole table rather than on every accountid. When you add accountid column to the table visual, the [Perc] is evaluated for every acountid so it couldn't return the correct result. Instead, you can try the following measure

    test =
    IF (
        SUM ( 'table'[data_MB] ) > CALCULATE ( [Perc], ALLSELECTED ( 'Table' ) ),
        1,
        0
    )
    

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Jing
    If this post helps, please Accept it as Solution to help other members find it.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      Hi again!

      It works, thank you so much for your help 🙂

      Best regards,

      Alice