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Anonymous
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Var Formula error

Hi All,

 

I have a measure where the user would be able to display a value of their choice within a linked MAtrix table. 

 

My issue is that one of the option links to a percent measure but the others are decimal number format. What I want to do is amend the code to format 3 of the selections as Decimal Number and the 4th (in red) as Percentage.

Selected Metric = 
VAR MySelection = 
SELECTEDVALUE('Select Metric'[Measure])
Return
SWITCH (
TRUE (),
MySelection = "Volumes",[Volume YTD],
MySelection = "Forecast",[Cumulative Forecast],
MySelection = "% Forecast Met",[Ytd % Forecast Met],MySelection = "Variance",[Cumulative Variance],
[Volume YTD]
)

thanks in advance for any assistance offered.

 

Cheers

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v-jiascu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous,

 

If you just want to show the number as a percentage, you can try this formula.

Selected Metric =
VAR MySelection =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Select Metric'[Measure] )
RETURN
    SWITCH (
        MySelection,
        "Volumes", [Volume YTD],
        "Forecast", [Cumulative Forecast],
        "% Forecast Met", FORMAT ( [Ytd % Forecast Met], "0.00%" ),
        "Variance", [Cumulative Variance],
        [Volume YTD]
    )

Var-Formula-error

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _ Dale
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-jiascu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous,

 

If you just want to show the number as a percentage, you can try this formula.

Selected Metric =
VAR MySelection =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Select Metric'[Measure] )
RETURN
    SWITCH (
        MySelection,
        "Volumes", [Volume YTD],
        "Forecast", [Cumulative Forecast],
        "% Forecast Met", FORMAT ( [Ytd % Forecast Met], "0.00%" ),
        "Variance", [Cumulative Variance],
        [Volume YTD]
    )

Var-Formula-error

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _ Dale
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Anonymous
Not applicable

Awesome! Thank you, that's done the job.

 

Thanks

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