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AllanBerces
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1 year ago
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Visual Calculation_ Total per Category

Hi good day,

Can anyone help me on my visual calculation, i need total sum per category.

OUTPUT

Thank you

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  • MohamedFowzan1's avatar
    MohamedFowzan1
    1 year ago

    Hi AllanBerces 

    Please change the measure as follows which would sum up by date:

    Overall Total by Cat. = 
VAR CurrentDate = SELECTEDVALUE(CatSum2[Date])
VAR CurrentGroup = SELECTEDVALUE(CatSum2[Group])
RETURN
    CALCULATE(
        SUM(CatSum2[Current Total Hrs]),
        FILTER(
            ALL(CatSum2),
            CatSum2[Date] = CurrentDate &&
            CatSum2[Group] = CurrentGroup
        )
    )

     

    If you would like to particularly filter for the current date, use the following:

    Overall Total by Cat. = 
VAR FixedDate = TODAY()
VAR CurrentGroup = SELECTEDVALUE(CatSum2[Group])
RETURN
    CALCULATE(
        SUM(CatSum2[Current Total Hrs]),
        FILTER(
            ALL(CatSum2),
            CatSum2[Full Date] = FixedDate &&
            CatSum2[Group] = CurrentGroup
        )
    )

     

     


    If you have a flag column to filter to today's date feel free to use that as well.

    As mentioned for Visual level calculation, you could use:

    VisualCalcTrial =
SUMX(
    WINDOW(
        1,
        ABS,
        -1,
        ABS,
        ROWS,
        ,
        ,
        PARTITIONBY([Group])
    ),
    [Sum of Current Total Hrs]
)


    but again you would have to filter by the date and add the group column


  • MohamedFowzan1's avatar
    MohamedFowzan1
    1 year ago

    Hi AllanBerces 

    For column use either of these DAX for calculated columns based on your requirement:

    OverallTotalByCat_Col 2 = 
VAR CurrentDate = CatSum2[Date]
VAR CurrentGroup = CatSum2[Group]
RETURN
    CALCULATE(
        SUM(CatSum2[Current Total Hrs]),
        FILTER(
            CatSum2,
            CatSum2[Date] = CurrentDate &&
            CatSum2[Group] = CurrentGroup
        )
    )

     


    With fixed date:

    OverallTotalByCat_Col 2 = 
VAR FixedDate = TODAY()
VAR CurrentGroup = CatSum2[Group]
RETURN
    CALCULATE(
        SUM(CatSum2[Current Total Hrs]),
        FILTER(
            CatSum2,
            CatSum2[Full Date] = FixedDate &&
            CatSum2[Group] = CurrentGroup
        )
    )

     
    Mark as solution to guide others!

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  • MohamedFowzan1's avatar
    MohamedFowzan1
    Super User
    1 year ago

    Hi AllanBerces 

    Kindly do the following:

    Created the sample table:


    Add this as a calculated column: 

    Group = 
VAR dashPos = SEARCH("--", [Cat],, 0)
RETURN IF(dashPos > 0, LEFT([Cat], dashPos - 1), BLANK())


    Then, create the following measure:

    Total per Group = 
CALCULATE(
    SUM(CatSum[Current Total Hrs]),
    FILTER(
        ALL(CatSum),
        CatSum[Group] = SELECTEDVALUE(CatSum[Group])
    )
)


    You will not have to add the Group column to the visual


    With visual-level calculations, you can only partition or group by columns included in the visual. Measures and expressions are not accepted for PARTITIONBY in WINDOW, so the only way it would be possible to create a this measure in visual level calculation:

    VisualCalcTrial = SUMX( WINDOW( 1, ABS, -1, ABS, ROWS,,,PARTITIONBY( [Group] )), [Sum of Current Total Hrs])
    is by adding the Group Calculated column I have mentioned above and then adding this visual calculation measure.


    Once the Group column is removed, you would notice an error:

     




     

    • AllanBerces's avatar
      AllanBerces
      Post Prodigy
      1 year ago

      Hi MohamedFowzan1 TomMartens thank you very much for the reply, but mistake on my side. the current total be duplicate according to my plan date.

      DESIRED OUTPUT

      Thank you

      • MohamedFowzan1's avatar
        MohamedFowzan1
        Super User
        1 year ago

        Hi AllanBerces 

        I believe you could still use the same Group Column and Measure that I have given above as it is still splitting by the Category based on your desired output that is South, North or SouthEast

        The calculations above would still be the same
        Reference:

        And if your only option is to go with Visual Calculation then you will have to use this but include the Group column:

         

         

  • TomMartens's avatar
    TomMartens
    Super User
    1 year ago

    Hey AllanBerces ,

     

    if you want to use a Visual Calculations you can use this formula:

    Calculation = SUMX( WINDOW( 1, ABS, -1, ABS, ROWS,,,PARTITIONBY( [Cat] )), [Current Total Hrs])

     

    This is how it looks like in my sample report:

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Hopefully, this helps to tackle your challenge.

    Regards,
    Tom

    • MohamedFowzan1's avatar
      MohamedFowzan1
      Super User
      1 year ago

      Hi TomMartens 

      I still find this a limitation when we are not including the Group Column like he has asked in the output above.

      From my understanding, with visual-level calculations, you can only partition or group by columns included in the visual. Measures and expressions are not accepted for PARTITIONBY in WINDOW, so the only way it would be possible to create this measure in visual level calculation:

      VisualCalcTrial = SUMX( WINDOW( 1, ABS, -1, ABS, ROWS,,,PARTITIONBY( [Group] )), [Sum of Current Total Hrs])
      is by adding the Group Calculated column I have mentioned above and then adding this visual calculation measure.

      Haven't seen any workaround so believing its a limitations as of now.