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Using a Multiplier to Construct Financial Statements
I am realitively new to Power BI. I am attempting to use a multiplier (negative if expense) to construct an income statement. It appears to work at the bottom level of the grouping, however the sub totals are wildly exaggerated. Attached is an example of the problem, along with the table. I'm hoping it's a simple formula error. Please help.
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Hi ShrimpSurf
Can you post a sample data as text, use the table tool in the editing bar
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Hi ShrimpSurf
Don't send an image, we can not copy and past data from image.
Please copy and past data here in a table or text format to be able to copy and past that
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This measure will not work like that. Use should use SUMX instead in this case.
But you can create calculated column in your table like this:
InvertedAmount$ = Financials[Multiplier] * Financials[Dollars]
And then you can create a measure like $ = SUM(Financials[InvertedAmount$])
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Hi ShrimpSurf
You can use Copy table function to share some sample data,
And please provide the correct value you want based on the sample picture, thank you.
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Community Support Team _Tang
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