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Moeaqrl's avatar
Moeaqrl
New Member
3 years ago

What-if parameters

At the retail company i work, the sales men are giving the customers discounts. At the end of  the year, the sum of sales after discount =100M and the total dicounts amount=45M. 

i want to make a what if parameter to the discounts in which i make it dynamic to show that :

 

if we decreased  the discount amount by 10% the sales would have increased by so and so ..

 

how can I achieve that ? 

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  • pi_eye's avatar
    pi_eye
    Resolver IV
    3 years ago

    Hi Moeaqrl,

     

    This is fairly easy to achieve in PowerBI desktop.

    Go to Modelling -> What if -> New parameter

     

    Change to below values, for a % change

     

     

     

    This then creates a discount field which can be used in a slider for the data entry, and referenced in measures:

     

    Measures:

    New discount % = PercentDiscount[PercentDiscount Value]
    Sum of Sales without Discount = sum('what if'[Sales]) + sum('what if'[Discount])
    New Discount, $ = [Sum of Sales without Discount] * PercentDiscount[PercentDiscount Value]
    New Sales Amt = [Sum of Sales without Discount]-[New Discount, $]
    Difference = [New Sales Amt]-sum('what if'[Sales])
     
    Resulting table - is dynamic when the value in the slider is changed

     

     

     

    HTH

     

    Pi

    • Moeaqrl's avatar
      Moeaqrl
      New Member
      3 years ago

      Hey Pi_eye

      Thank you for your help, 

      i did what you have clearified, but it did not work.

      my goal is to creat a what if senario that explanies the following :

      if we could have decreased the discounts by xyz%, the sales would have been so and so .

      do you know how i can achieve that ? 🙂 

      cheers