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Anonymous
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Waffle visualisation not working

I have a table which I've grouped into just two rows - the Range which consists of 'Within 12 months' 'Within 3 months' and 'Within 1 month' 

And the count of how many times each range appears in the dataset. 

 

I want a waffle chart to show the three rangesWaffle Test.png and the percentage of each count against the total. 

I know the percentages are

'Within 12 months' = 81.8% 

'Within 3 months' = 12.27%

'Within 1 month' = 5.9%

 

In the Category Data of my chart I have the Range

Under Values I have Count (which is the Sum of Count)

Under Max Values I have Count (also the sum)

 

However, the waffle is showing

'Within 12 months' = 100%

'Within 3 months' = 15%

'Within 1 month' = 7%

 

I have the pbix file I can send but I am unable to attach it to this post for some reason. 


What the hell am I doing wrong????

 

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Anonymous
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Hi, 

 

You need to add a measure (right click your table, add measure) and enter the following formula :

Total MEASURE = CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Table'[Count]); ALL('Table'))
This will compute the total of your Count column.
Then just add your Total measure to MAX Value of your Waffle visualisation.
 
Here is a screenshot of what I did (my Power BI is in french but it's not any different from yours). image.png
 
Tell me if you encounter any problems, 
Regards,
Etienne

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Anonymous
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Hi, 

 

You need to add a measure (right click your table, add measure) and enter the following formula :

Total MEASURE = CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Table'[Count]); ALL('Table'))
This will compute the total of your Count column.
Then just add your Total measure to MAX Value of your Waffle visualisation.
 
Here is a screenshot of what I did (my Power BI is in french but it's not any different from yours). image.png
 
Tell me if you encounter any problems, 
Regards,
Etienne
Anonymous
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@Anonymous merci!

I thought it might be to do with the max measure - I was trying to create a max aggregation but it didn't work, your measure has finally fixed my visualisation thank you so much! 🙂 

Anonymous
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It's my pleasure, have a nice day !

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