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JadenWelch
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2 years ago
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Variance Reporting

I have a Power BI matrix where I have the field "Scenario" as my Columns, the field "Industry" as my Rows, and two Values, Revenue & Expense, which are both calculated metrics. However, I have enable...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Hi JadenWelch 

     

    After my testing, the following methods can achieve the effect you want for your reference:

     

    Create several measures as follow

    CurrentBudget = CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Amount]), FILTER('Table', [Scenario] = "Current Budget"))
    CurrentForecast = CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Amount]), FILTER('Table', [Scenario] = "Current Forecast"))
    VB = [CurrentForecast] - [CurrentBudget]

     

    Output:

     

    Best Regards,
    Yulia Xu

     

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Anonymous
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2 years ago

Hi JadenWelch 

 

Could you please provide me with some sample data and output based on your sample data? That would be very helpful. Please remove any sensitive data in advance. Thank you for your time and efforts in advance.

 

Best Regards,
Yulia Xu

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JadenWelch
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2 years ago

Anonymous 

Attached is a picture of sample data, along with what it currently looks like. I've also shown an image from excel of what I'm trying to get it to do. 

 

 

 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    2 years ago

    Hi JadenWelch 

     

    After my testing, the following methods can achieve the effect you want for your reference:

     

    Create several measures as follow

    CurrentBudget = CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Amount]), FILTER('Table', [Scenario] = "Current Budget"))
    CurrentForecast = CALCULATE(SUM('Table'[Amount]), FILTER('Table', [Scenario] = "Current Forecast"))
    VB = [CurrentForecast] - [CurrentBudget]

     

    Output:

     

    Best Regards,
    Yulia Xu

     

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