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Using pivot data as raw data for calculation

Basically, I am trying to create something similar to Pivot table in excel and then do calculations using fields in that Pivot table. 

Currently I have data which looks like this: 

ID MonthColumn 1Column2
5426May10
5432May10
5466May10
5499May10
5426April01
5432April01
5466April01
5499April01

 

If I were using Excel, I would create a pivot table on this data and create a view like following :

Desired Data 
ID Column 1Column2
542611
543211
546611
549911

 

I just don't know how to achieve this result in Power BI. Once I have this desired result then I want to do more calculations using aggregated values in Column1 and Column2. 
Point is I want to do calculations on "aggregated" values of Column1 and Column2 and not the raw data. 


Any suggestions will be appreciated. 

 

Thanks.

 

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Ashish_Mathur
Super User
Super User

Hi,

To your Table visual, drag ID to the row labels.  Write these measures

Column1 total = SUM(Data[Column 1])

Column2 total = SUM(Data[Column 2])

Hope this helps.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

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MattAllington
Community Champion
Community Champion

While you “can” load data this way, this is not the best approach. A better approach (generally speaking) is to unpivot the data. Have the column names as attributes and the values in a new column. I have a video showing how here https://youtu.be/K7VS5oqjCxU

 

once you have this structure, you can drag the columns into a visual in Power BI and build the visuals you need using the aggregates. 



* Matt is an 8 times Microsoft MVP (Power BI) and author of the Power BI Book Supercharge Power BI.
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Ashish_Mathur
Super User
Super User

Hi,

To your Table visual, drag ID to the row labels.  Write these measures

Column1 total = SUM(Data[Column 1])

Column2 total = SUM(Data[Column 2])

Hope this helps.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

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