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ckoulis
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data in excel, budget vs actual = variance formula

Hello all,

 

i have the below data in excel

 

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and then i have a powerbi table

 

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i would like to have another column with the variance per month.

any idea?

thank you

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samdthompson
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Hello you probably want to make three measures (if you havent already made the first 2)

 

1. Actual=SUM(Table1[Actual])

2. Budget=SUM(Table1[Budget])

3. Variance=[Actual]-[Budget]

 

Drag them all into your table

 

 

// if this is a solution please mark as such. Kudos always appreciated.

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samdthompson
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Hello, you need to have the three measures i mentioned earlier, each dragged in. I think you have just a single measure there with the actual/budget as a column header.

 

 

// if this is a solution please mark as such. Kudos always appreciated.
samdthompson
Memorable Member
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Hello you probably want to make three measures (if you havent already made the first 2)

 

1. Actual=SUM(Table1[Actual])

2. Budget=SUM(Table1[Budget])

3. Variance=[Actual]-[Budget]

 

Drag them all into your table

 

 

// if this is a solution please mark as such. Kudos always appreciated.

thank you @samdthompson  that worked great but ihave a follow up.

 

i have a matrix and if i add the measure "Variance" at that matrix it appears at both columns like below

 

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how can i remove the column marked with blue?

thanks in advance

Hi,

These measures should work

Budget total = calculate(sum(Data[amount]),data[type]="budget")

Actual total = calculate(sum(Data[amount]),data[type]="actual")

Variance = [budget]-[actual]

To your Table, visual, drag Month and Year from the Calendar table and the 3 measures written above.


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

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